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• Global Technology o Solve technical challenges at all stages of animated film production. o Collaborate with artists to create tools on short timelines with limited resources. o Notable projects: • Centipede animation system (Monsters University) • Motion blur authoring for “stop-motion” look (Lava) • Secondary jiggle simulator with smart bones and artistic control (Coco) • Workflow for authoring garment seams and stiches (Turning Red) • Leadership of GT department for the short film Lava• Dailies Sequence Lead (Soul, Lightyear) o Responsible for shepherding film sequences through production, facilitating inter-department communication, conducting dailies and final director reviews.• Rendering, Lightspeed, Motion Graphics o Responsible for production shot work, ensuring final film frames meet director standards. Includes fix identification and triage, technical debugging and optimization, extensive compositing work, other fixes as required. Technical management of picture-in-picture and motion graphics pipeline and authoring ofmotion graphics to backfill art department

Develop internal software for film production• Presto animation system: scene representation and composition, integration of USD format, runtime evaluation performance, graphics and rigging primitives, animation editor creation and UI refinement.• Legacy Menv animation system support: member of small team responsible for maintenance, handling DSL runtime, interface to renderer and animation editors• Plugins for third-party tools such as Maya, Katana, Nuke and Houdini. Rewrite of studio shading system in OSL

Design and implement next-generation mesh file format, library and suite of geometry processing tools. Collaborate with Characters, FX and other departments to build tools to solve production problems.

Software development for astronomical image analysis, distributed data acquisition and accelerator systems modeling. Control system and hardware design for educational exhibits. Research and Development of Commodity PC farms for event reconstruction.