{"id":205110,"date":"2024-02-09T06:23:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T06:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/09\/get-to-know-our-team-tim-operations-manager-game-app-flighting\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:21:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:21:59","slug":"get-to-know-our-team-tim-operations-manager-game-app-flighting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/09\/get-to-know-our-team-tim-operations-manager-game-app-flighting\/","title":{"rendered":"Get To Know Our Team: Tim \u2013 Operations Manager (Game\/App Flighting)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Get To Know Our Team
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Hi, everyone! Wynn here. Back again with another Xbox Insider Team interview. Today we\u2019re sitting down with Tim\u2014an Operations Manager, man of few words, and\u2026 wait, are you a cat?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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You said we could choose whatever we want for our pictures! So, I\u2019m my cat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Not exactly what I was going for, but technically correct.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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That\u2019s the best kind.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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You know you\u2019ve started something here, right?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mission Accomplished.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Okay, then I have one more question before we hop in.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hmm?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pspspspspspspspspsps?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I’m not responding to that.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Excellent! Just like my cat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I\u2019m fully committed to this bit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Well, let\u2019s tell the Community about Tim, the human. How long have you been with Microsoft and the Xbox Insider Team?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sure! I started back in 2010 as a Tester for Xbox Cert. I did that for a few years, before moving to Japan with my wife for a couple years to teach English as a second language.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I thought about embarrassing myself and hitting you with my, \u201cI spent too much time on IRC in college\u201d level Japanese, but I\u2019ll just say I think that\u2019s really sick instead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Haha. It was a really rewarding experience and we still go back and visit as often as we can. We moved back to the States in\u2026 probably mid-2014, and I was able to land back with Xbox on the ID Team. I worked as a Release Manager for them until 2021 when I transitioned to this team.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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That\u2019s quite the journey. I\u2019m always surprised by how many people we have here that have such a deep history on Xbox.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Yeah, our team is pretty stacked.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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You\u2019re right about that. <\/p>\n

Speaking of: anything you\u2019re working on right now for the 10th<\/sup> Anniversary you can tell us about?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hmm. I feel like you\u2019re doing most of the big stuff. I\u2019m mostly focused on keeping our game and app flighting on track every day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Oh, stop. You\u2019re making me blush. But we do <\/em>have a few upcoming flights that I think people are going to enjoy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Absolutely! There\u2019s a couple I know you\u2019re like very amped about.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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What can I say? I\u2019m always first onboard the hype train. Okay, shifting gears. Let\u2019s get to know a little more about your interests. What game has impacted your life the most?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It\u2019s maybe an over-used answer, but Final Fantasy VI really just blew me away the first time I played it. It was my first RPG I played as a kid, and it solidified a love for the genre that I\u2019ve had ever since.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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That opening crawl is seared into my mind. When they dropped the 35th<\/sup> Anniversary shirts I knew VI was an instant purchase.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It\u2019s an iconic moment in gaming for sure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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What kind of music are you into? Any albums you keep on repeat?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I should go get my wife for this one. She\u2019s way more into music than I am. I generally listen to a lot of different video game OSTs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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OSTs are definitely music! I have dozens in my collection. What\u2019s your favorite?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Chrono Cross is the GOAT for me.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dude, yes! Yasunori Mitsuda is tied for my favorite composer along with Motoi Sakuraba. Scars of Time is one of the most moving pieces ever put in a game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I love all of Mitsuda\u2019s work. He contributed a few tracks to another OST I\u2019ve been enjoying recently, Sea of Stars.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Oh, I adore Sea of Stars. There\u2019s a bunch of heaters on that OST. The main composer, Eric Brown, is also the drummer in a few metal bands I listen to. Okay, I could talk music literally all day. Do you have any favorite binge shows?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I don\u2019t watch much TV. I tend to lean more toward anime.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A man of culture. What\u2019re some of your favorite series?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I really like comedy or \u201cslice-of-life\u201d stuff. So, Ranma \u00bd, K-On, KonoSuba, etc. I also watch the heavy-hitters too like SAO or One-Punch Man.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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What\u2019s your most “unique” pick?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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There\u2019s one I really enjoyed called Kono Oto Tomare!, which is about a group of high-school students learning to play the koto.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I wish everyone could hear how perfectly you\u2019re pronouncing these words. But you heard it here folks. Everyone go to MAL and add Kono Oto Tomare! to your watch list. <\/p>\n

Moving on. Do you have any hobbies or interests outside the realm of popular media?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I\u2019m really into Go.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Oh, no. I have to ask\u2014<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Yes, it\u2019s because I read Hikaru no Go.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Haha. That\u2019s so perfect. That manga rips though. It\u2019s so good.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I haven\u2019t played as much as I would like recently, but I\u2019ve been really fascinated with how after AlphaGo beat Sedol back in 2017, how much differently people have been approaching the game and how moves that used to be considered \u201ctraditional\u201d are changing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Oh, you\u2019re like deep <\/em>into this. I was gonna say we should play, but I\u2019m not looking to get ruined.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It wouldn\u2019t be that <\/em>bad. You\u2019d probably score a couple stones.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Haha. Okay, I\u2019ll wrap this one up before I keep getting dunked on by a cat. Any final words you\u2019d like to share with the Community?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Just that I\u2019m genuinely excited that I get to work in an industry that I care about so much, and that, as a gamer myself, it\u2019s awesome to bring cool games to our Xbox Insiders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Well, thank you so much for your time, Tim! It\u2019s been a pleasure.<\/p>\n

Xbox Insiders, be sure to be on the lookout for more content all throughout February including more interviews from the team, a trip down memory lane, and so much more. All of our 10th Anniversary content can be found on our Hub Page (Coming Soon). <\/p>\n

Until next time! Wy\\nn\/<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The post Get To Know Our Team: Tim – Operations Manager (Game\/App Flighting)<\/a> appeared first on Xbox Wire<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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