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Burbank, Ca, Us

Research new technologies and techniques.Set up a CG pipeline with Shotgun and RV.Manage and write tools for Rush and Deadline render farms.Maintain and extend pipeline tools for Maya and Nuke (MEL, Python, PyQT, PySide, MongoDB, and FileMaker).Maintain and extend desktop applications and web APIs (C#, MongoDB, Redis, Angular, AWS SDK).Write Javascript to automate Adobe products.Work with other departments to improve the pipeline's infrastructure.Write documentation in a wiki.Lead a monthly training session.Monitor and analyze logs with Sumo Logic.

• Startup in Stealth Mode, Front End Web Developer: Create responsive landing and confirmation pages to match Photoshop comps for a Ruby app using HTML, CSS (Bootstrap), and Javascript. Create custom functioning Twitter and Facebook share buttons• General Assembly, Teacher’s Assistant: Help students in the Front-End and Back-End Web Development courses with their projects.

• Project 1: Write a tic tac toe game that can be played by two players on two different devices using AngularJS and Firebase.• Project 2: Write a web app that allows users to locate and rate independent record stores and bookstores using Google Maps and Mongo DB and Mongoid.• Project 3: Work in a group and write a web app that allows users to upload and download sound clips using Paperclip and AWS. Sound clips can be previewed and rated, which drives ratings on the users. Worked primarily on backend.• Project 4: Write a web app that allows a user to create force directed graphs using D3.js.• Projects were written in HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, Javascript (jQuery), Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL.• Tested using Rspec, Selenium, FactoryGirl and Capybara.• Used Pivotal Tracker, Heroku, and Github to plan, deploy, and version control projects.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

• Write crons in Python to email users and generate pie charts and bar graphs using Matplotlib to report global disk usage and remove Houdini back up files that were over a week old• Write a Perl scripts with a Pipeline TD to report disk space usage for a show and retire assets in Los Angeles that were retired in overseas facilities• Manage render resources and disk space

San Francisco, Ca, Us

• Troubleshoot and debug proprietary software for 3D Story Artists• Improve Python script used to transfer assets to overseas vendors by making sure it uses up to date libraries (improve delivery times)• Create a Python script with a GUI (in PyQt) that allows users to transfer audio files to different locations (simplifying the process)• Create a new blaster tool using proprietary software, Python, and PyQt (allowing artist to accurately animate blaster battles)• Use Shake and Gimp to simulate splashes, blaster fire, traffic, etc

Us

• Process images with csh or Python (rename, convert, etc.)• Prep and load frames onto Infernos/Flames• Create Python scripts to show disk space usage in a GUI, track archived media using a SQLite database, and show the location of restored media• Render water in Houdini and publish animation data in Houdini• Convert tiffs to HDRI images and fix them in Shake

• Debug Mental Ray renders• Write Perl scripts to detect a Mental Ray thread on a server blade and to search in a series of blades for the mqnode (Mental Ray daemon)• Test pipeline tools• Train new hires

• Render wrangling• Data management

• Install, test and research hardware/software (i.e. find a new Apple keyboard for the VC room)• Write a Perl script to remove Renderman licenses from an user• Track DLT tapes in a spreadsheet• Help desk issues in a multi operating system environment (Linux, Mac OS X, Windows)

Master Of Fine Arts, Experimental Animation

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), German Studies

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