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Mike began his career in Marketing / Sales for the Orlando Magic basketball organization. He was involved in Marketing / Promotions for print, TV and in-game activities as well as market research, financial reporting / budgeting for the Sponsorship Sales Department. Mike began his career in staffing with SystemOne as a Technical Recruiter in 1999 and was promoted to a recruiting management role in 2000. Following SystemOne’s acquisition by TMP Worldwide (Parent of Monster.com), Mike was responsible for establishing the Southeast Talent Acquisition Center (TAC) to support all IT sales activities in the SE region and was later promoted to Director of Recruiting for the SE. Since 2004, Mike served as the IT Practice Group Manager for the IT Division in Orlando, FL. In this role Mike was responsible for managing a team of recruiters and account developers while continuing to contribute as an individual producer specializing in the Simulation, Training and Gaming industries. Recently, Mike was promoted to general manager of Hudson's Orlando and Tampa offices.

Mike holds a BS degree in Business Administration (Major Marketing, Minor Economics) from the University of Florida and MBA degree from the University of Central Florida.

Outside of work, Mike enjoys most sports, playing No Limit Texas Hold’em, and spending time with wife and two boys (Ages 2 and 6 months). He also enjoys watching movies (Hooray for Netflix), writing and sarcasm.

Medical Gaming and Simulation: How to Save a Life

By Mike Bryan July 17th, 2009 at 3:52 pm 2 Comments

Serious gamers with a passion for challenges and innovation might consider the career opportunities presented in the medical gaming and simulation field. A new report from the Games for Health Project shows worldwide sales for health-focused games such as Wii Fit, EA Sports Active and Konami’s Dance Dance Revolution have totaled USD $2 billion over an 18 month period. It is no surprise that this year’s annual Games for Health Conference had an unprecedented turnout. The once negative stigma associated with videogames has come full circle to now be embraced as a significant value-add to the learning and health of our society.


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Shall We Play a Game?

By Mike Bryan February 22nd, 2009 at 8:22 am 4 Comments

The last 3 years of my IT staffing/job placement experience have been heavily focused in the Simulation and Gaming industries in Orlando. It’s been 3 months since my initial blog entry, (as such I desperately need a new entry to appease my one loyal reader), so I think it’s time to provide a little insight into these sometimes similar but different industries.

Consider today’s entry an intro to a multi-post series comparing and contrasting the Simulation (Mostly DOD) and Video Game industries. I’ll examine Simulation and Gaming separately and provide details on my experience supporting each from a client and candidate perspective.
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