I had the pleasure of working with Olaf for almost 4 years in different roles in both the QA and Product Team. While Olaf was an absolutely formidable QA Lead, I will focus on my experience working with him as a Product Manager. Olaf has a very strong design background, having worked as a game designer in flaregames' internal studio. His design mindset is apparent in his work as a Product Manager. While his input is data and KPI driven, it also always makes sense in the context of the game and its intended design. He is diligent, efficient and thinks outside the box. When faced with hurdles - be it technical or resource related-, he finds creative ways to work around them and provides valuable feedback to help avoid them in the future. Besides his PM skills, one of Olaf's biggest assets is his ability to help teams grow. He's empathetic, humble and well-liked. He's excellent at surfacing and solving communication problems and his contagious optimistic attitude helps teams master stressful situations. I'm sure our paths will cross again and I'm looking forward to it. Until then, I can highly recommend Olaf to any team looking for a skilled PM and an overall great team member.

It was a big pleasure to work with Olaf Rauland. He is a highly self-motivated and supportive colleague, who enjoys to face up new challenges. Being there from the very start of his career, I can say that his skills in system design, balancing and content design improved fast and steadily. In his design work Olaf not just has a good eye for details but always keeps the big picture in mind as well. His player centric view and his analytic way of thinking allows him to abstract player actions and convert them into systems and features. His feedback and input for my own work always was highly appreciated and valuable. I would recommend Olaf to every studio looking for a Game Designer. Thank you Olaf for the great cooperation.

I had the pleasure of working with Olaf for almost 4 years in different roles in both the QA and Product Team. While Olaf was an absolutely formidable QA Lead, I will focus on my experience working with him as a Product Manager. Olaf has a very strong design background, having worked as a game designer in flaregames' internal studio. His design mindset is apparent in his work as a Product Manager. While his input is data and KPI driven, it also always makes sense in the context of the game and its intended design. He is diligent, efficient and thinks outside the box. When faced with hurdles - be it technical or resource related-, he finds creative ways to work around them and provides valuable feedback to help avoid them in the future. Besides his PM skills, one of Olaf's biggest assets is his ability to help teams grow. He's empathetic, humble and well-liked. He's excellent at surfacing and solving communication problems and his contagious optimistic attitude helps teams master stressful situations. I'm sure our paths will cross again and I'm looking forward to it. Until then, I can highly recommend Olaf to any team looking for a skilled PM and an overall great team member.

It was a big pleasure to work with Olaf Rauland. He is a highly self-motivated and supportive colleague, who enjoys to face up new challenges. Being there from the very start of his career, I can say that his skills in system design, balancing and content design improved fast and steadily. In his design work Olaf not just has a good eye for details but always keeps the big picture in mind as well. His player centric view and his analytic way of thinking allows him to abstract player actions and convert them into systems and features. His feedback and input for my own work always was highly appreciated and valuable. I would recommend Olaf to every studio looking for a Game Designer. Thank you Olaf for the great cooperation.

I had the pleasure of working with Olaf for almost 4 years in different roles in both the QA and Product Team. While Olaf was an absolutely formidable QA Lead, I will focus on my experience working with him as a Product Manager. Olaf has a very strong design background, having worked as a game designer in flaregames' internal studio. His design mindset is apparent in his work as a Product Manager. While his input is data and KPI driven, it also always makes sense in the context of the game and its intended design. He is diligent, efficient and thinks outside the box. When faced with hurdles - be it technical or resource related-, he finds creative ways to work around them and provides valuable feedback to help avoid them in the future. Besides his PM skills, one of Olaf's biggest assets is his ability to help teams grow. He's empathetic, humble and well-liked. He's excellent at surfacing and solving communication problems and his contagious optimistic attitude helps teams master stressful situations. I'm sure our paths will cross again and I'm looking forward to it. Until then, I can highly recommend Olaf to any team looking for a skilled PM and an overall great team member.

It was a big pleasure to work with Olaf Rauland. He is a highly self-motivated and supportive colleague, who enjoys to face up new challenges. Being there from the very start of his career, I can say that his skills in system design, balancing and content design improved fast and steadily. In his design work Olaf not just has a good eye for details but always keeps the big picture in mind as well. His player centric view and his analytic way of thinking allows him to abstract player actions and convert them into systems and features. His feedback and input for my own work always was highly appreciated and valuable. I would recommend Olaf to every studio looking for a Game Designer. Thank you Olaf for the great cooperation.