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Jon Cowley Email & Phone Number
Tech Founder @ whatifi.ai | Data-Informed Decision Making | VFX Leadership | Raising Angel Investment
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@scanlinevfx.com
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Tech Founder @ whatifi.ai | Data-Informed Decision Making | VFX Leadership | Raising Angel Investment
Location
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Jon Cowley is listed as Tech Founder @ whatifi.ai | Data-Informed Decision Making | VFX Leadership | Raising Angel Investment at whatifi, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at scanlinevfx.com and a matched LinkedIn profile for Jon Cowley.
Jon Cowley previously worked as Founder at Whatifi and Head of Studio & Senior VFX Supervisor at Fusefx. Jon Cowley holds Industrial Engineering from University Of Toronto.
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About Jon Cowley
I’m a 25 year veteran of the feature film and TV Visual Effects industry - having worked on some of the coolest (and some duds) movies and TV shows out there. VFX is a wonderful blend of creativity and technology and I’ve been able to leverage my fine arts background, small business experience and Industrial Engineering education to carve out prominent leadership roles at some of the top VFX studios in North America.Leadership wires you for problem solving. Understanding the big picture and how all of the smaller pieces and relationships contribute to the success of a project overall. Entrepreneurship primes you to see opportunities. Some of those opportunities may be in the industry you were trained for. Other times, it is looking over the fence into a different industry and asking “have you thought about doing it this other way?”Having spent years leading creative and technical teams, I started to see patterns and opportunities to innovate how financial and strategic decisions are made. How to take the complexity and variability of business and reframe it in a more intuitive way.Visual effects is an incredibly visual industry. We make pretty pictures but we also use very visual, graphics-based technology to make those pretty picture. We think about time and timings and how different actions and operations connect and combine together to create pixels. We expect things to change and our technology has evolved to embrace change and speed and flexibility.A good financial model tells a story and I’ve spent the last 25 years that is all about storytelling and communication.The traditional finance world is rigid, static and the spreadsheet-centric technology is the opposite of VFX. Decisions and outcomes live in cells. The structure makes it near impossible for others to collaborate or participate.This gap was the inspiration for whatifi and the beginning of my own startup entrepreneurial journey as a Founder and tech leader.
Listed skills include Visual Effects, Vfx Supervision, Compositing, Lighting, and 11 others.
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17 roles · 27 years
Jon Cowley work experience
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Head Of Studio & Senior Vfx Supervisor
Oversaw more than 80 different television and feature film projects with responsibilities ranging from direct VFX Supervision, to mentorship, to high-level client communications to bidding and resource planning. Responsible for leading and mentoring all creative production and supervision staff with a crew size ranging from 120 to 140 people.
Mar 2017 - Jun 2023
Vfx Supervisor
Netflix - A Series Of Unfortunate Events
Jul 2016 - Jan 2017
Jul 2014 - Jun 2016
Vfx Supervisor
Prime Focus
VFX Supervisor for Vancouver's VFX facilitySin City: A Dame to Kill For - VFX Supervisor (Global)The Great Gatsby - VFX Supervisor (Global)Out of the Furnace - VFX Supervisor (Global)Resident Evil: Retribution - VFX Supervisor (Local - Vancouver)Total Recall - VFX Supervisor (Local - Vancouver)Men In Black 3 - VFX Supervisor (Global)Yellow - Onset.
Nov 2010 - Jun 2014
Digital Effects Supervisor
Prime Focus
Tron: Legacy - Digital Effects Supervisor
Jun 2010 - Nov 2010
Sep 2009 - May 2010
Owner
Rogue Vfx/Vfx And Onset Supervision
Doomstown - VFX Supervisor (MOW)The Man Who Lost Himself - VFX Supervisor (MOW)
Jan 2005 - Sep 2009
Feb 2009 - Jun 2009
Oct 2008 - Dec 2008
Oct 2008 - Oct 2008
Digital Supervisor - The X-Files: I Want To Believe
Short term contract in the Vancouver office (Entity FX North) supervising spillover VFX work from the California office (50 shots).
May 2008 - Jun 2008
Inhouse Vfx Supervisor - Smallville
Short-term contract position to complete Season 7 of Smallville.
Apr 2008 - May 2008
Freelance Vfx Supervisor
Slam Dunk (Kung Fu Dunk) - VFX/Onset SupervisorAre We Done Yet? - VFX/Onset SupervisorWind Chill - VFX/Onset SupervisorIn the Name of the King - Dungeon Siege - VFX Supervisor
Dec 2005 - Jan 2008
Optix - Onset Supervisor
Big Big World
2005 - 2005
Cg Supervisor
Stay - CG SupervisorThe Woods - CG SupervisorThe Man - CG Supervisor
2004 - 2005
~1 yr
Vfx Supervisor / Vfx Artist
A Wrinkle In Time - VFX SupervisorPanic Room - VFX ArtistJason X - VFX Artist
1999 - 2004
~5 yrs
3 education records
Jon Cowley education
Industrial Engineering
University Of Toronto
Digital Animation
Centennial College
Advertising/Graphic Design
Ocad University
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What company does Jon Cowley work for?
Jon Cowley works for whatifi.
What is Jon Cowley's role at whatifi?
Jon Cowley is listed as Tech Founder @ whatifi.ai | Data-Informed Decision Making | VFX Leadership | Raising Angel Investment at whatifi.
What is Jon Cowley's email address?
AeroLeads has found 1 work email signal at @scanlinevfx.com for Jon Cowley at whatifi.
Where is Jon Cowley based?
Jon Cowley is based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada while working with whatifi.
What companies has Jon Cowley worked for?
Jon Cowley has worked for Whatifi, Fusefx, Netflix - A Series Of Unfortunate Events, Scanlinevfx, and Prime Focus.
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What schools did Jon Cowley attend?
Jon Cowley holds Industrial Engineering from University Of Toronto.
What skills is Jon Cowley known for?
Jon Cowley is listed with skills including Visual Effects, Vfx Supervision, Compositing, Lighting, Film, Computer Graphics, Project Bidding, and Feature Films.
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