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Toronto, ON, CA

General Supervision-Designed and established CG division best practices-Organized and oversaw CG initiatives-Coordinating with support and pipeline teams to empower CG artistsShow Supervision-Develop show workflow and methodology with VFX supervisor-Providing creative and QC input for the duration of the show-Guiding show schedule and order of execution to.

Toronto, Canada Area

-Deptarment Supervision and QC-Working with VFX supervisors and artist to insure all creative targets are hit-Providing artists with creative feedback and direction-Design and implentation of Lighitng Department workflow/best practices-Developement of custom lighting tools for increased efficency-Render RnD, QC and optimization in Redshift-Working with.

Toronto, Canada Area

-Creating provocative and engaging imagery for use in commercial motion graphics and VFX-Management of studio 3D pipelines and equipment, including render farm management -Working on development and execution of a variety project scopes-Production of photo real as well as stylized renders to suit client and directorial expectations-Execution of a wide.

-Provided quality assurance support for Maya 2008-Performed feature, functionality, regression, load and performance testing-Developed test scenes for the purpose of demonstrating and testing new features in Maya and Mental Ray-Specialization in Rendering with Mental Ray-Maintained and verified daily automatic render tests-Assisted in development of new.