CDR External Development was founded in 2023 with one clear goal: to help more companies unlock the incredible value in the global games services market.
Based in San Francisco, California with a globally distributed team and over 120+ successful partnerships and counting CDR empowers companies to plan smarter, be more agile, and build better.
Years of working with external partners showed us a tough truth: the games services market was busy and hard to trust. New relationships often began informally, prices climbed as they passed through middlemen, and underlying incentives often stayed hidden. Strong studios and skilled providers struggled to connect, burning time and budget on mismatched work.
CDR makes the outsourcing market open, efficient, and fair. We connect suppliers directly with clients, publish our fees, and judge our success by the strength and longevity of every partnership we help create. By continuously mapping the provider landscape and vetting teams ourselves, we remove guesswork and cut unnecessary costs. The result is faster matchmaking, lower project risk, and more shared value by everyone.
Founder Brooke Van Dusen has 14+ years of strategic leadership in video games and startups.A founding Twitch employee, he led Business Development and Developer Relations. As Xsolla’s VP of Business Development, he oversaw global sales. He’s also held leadership roles at venture-backed game startups that raised over $75M, managing executive production, partnership and go-to-market efforts.
Senior Producer Franco Albertti has had over a decade of experience managing creative production.Most recently, he served as Executive Producer at Game Ever, a leading art and animation studio in Buenos Aires. Franco is also an executive board member of ADVA – Argentina’s Video Game Developer Association, and serves as adjunct professor of games production at Universidad Argentina.
Director of Engineering Saimoom Safayet Akash is an engineering leader with over a decade of experience building scalable, production-grade systems.He has led distributed teams across media, simulation, travel, and enterprise, specializing in platform architecture, cloud infrastructure, and reliability. In addition to his technical expertise, Saimoom is an active mentor fostering the next generation of engineering excellence.
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We're always looking for exceptional people with a passion for games production and partnerships to join our team.
If you’re thoughtful, diligent, and energized by helping great teams do their best work, we’d love to hear from you. We care deeply about the details and take pride in doing things right.
