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Luqman Sharif
Game Developer · Producer · Product Owner · Technical PM
Lahore, Pakistan (open to remote)luqman.emailbox@gmail.com+92 307 4711227luqmansharif.comlinkedin.com/in/iluqmansharif
Summary
Game developer, producer and product owner with 7+ years of experience and 50+ shipped digital products across games, Web3, web and mobile. Managed licensed IP products for global brands (Sega, WildBrain), led a Web3 launch that generated $20M in revenue within 45 seconds, and built a bootstrapped studio from zero to $300K+ in sales. Owns the full lifecycle - discovery, backlog, sprints, stakeholders, UAT and release - while wearing the PM and tech-lead hats on complex, multi-disciplinary teams.
Experience
Product Owner and Tech Lead (CTO) · Kiwi Creations
Feb 2025 – Aug 2026
Lahore, Pakistan
- Grew a flagship client account roughly 10x in 14 months, turning a one-off job into a long-term retainer.
- Scaled the delivery team 2x and lifted per-person output an estimated 30–40%.
- Product owner and tech lead on Roots of Embervault, a 14-month Web3 RPG - from concept to public launch, including the token economy and backend.
Project Manager (contract) · GameFam
2021 – 2022
Remote · alongside Microperts
- Ran delivery of the Strawberry Shortcake (WildBrain) Roblox experience for 12+ months with a ~10-person team.
- Managed delivery of the Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega) Roblox experience between GameFam and the brand's stakeholders.
Founder and CEO · Microperts
Mar 2019 – Feb 2025
Lahore · clients in the US, UK, EU and GCC
- Built a bootstrapped game studio to $300K+ in sales with zero outside funding.
- Led product and technical delivery of 77-Bit, an NFT MMORPG whose launch did $20M+ in 45 seconds.
- Delivered 5+ research-based educational games for the Smithsonian Institution.
- Won and kept clients through Upwork and LinkedIn - Top-Rated, ~70% repeat business.
Highlights
- $20M+ in sales from a single launch - in 45 seconds
- 50+ games and digital products shipped
- $300K+ studio revenue, bootstrapped - zero funding
- ~70% of clients came back for more
Core competencies
- Game development
- Unity (C#), WebGL, iOS and Android, multiplayer, AR / VR, Roblox, AI-assisted development
- Technical
- Node.js backends, REST APIs, databases, blockchain and smart-contract integrations
- Product ownership
- Roadmaps, backlog grooming, user stories, acceptance criteria, MoSCoW, release and live-service cycles
- Project management
- Agile / Scrum, Kanban, milestones, risk registers, resource planning, change requests
- Stakeholders
- C-suite and brand-owner communication, discovery, scoping, cross-timezone coordination
- Tools
- Jira, ClickUp, Notion, Trello, Confluence, Figma, GitHub, Slack, Discord
- Business
- Proposals, pricing, contract negotiation, client retention, Upwork Top-Rated
Education
BS Computer Science · University of Central Punjab, Lahore
2019