Lindsey Woolf Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, CA, US

Glendale, California, US

• 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁:
• Inclusive Team Leadership: Mentored junior technical directors and fostered a collaborative team culture, empowering team members to excel and take ownership of their work.
• Strategic Vision: Provided technical leadership and execution oversight for pipeline optimization projects, aligning team objectives with studio goals to deliver measurable results.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Built strong relationships across production and technical teams, working as a key liaison to clarify priorities and implement innovative, scalable solutions.𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱.
• Workflow Standardization: Partnered with 8+ production teams to standardize pre- and post-production workflows, streamlining operations across departments and improving efficiency.
• Environment & Deployment Tools: Designed and deployed an environment management toolchain and implemented CI/CD workflows using Git, simplifying version control and deployment processes.𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁:

Glendale, CA, US

• 𝗣𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁:
• Maya and Houdini Development: Engineered plugins for Maya and Houdini to support 11+ productions across 4+ distinct pipelines, enhancing cross-production consistency and efficiency.
• Tool Design & Development: Designed and developed tools using Qt/PySide, resulting in a 50% reduction in pipeline troubleshooting time; significantly enhancing production efficiency and collaboration between DreamWorks.
• Rez Environment Management: Set up or maintained flexible Rez environments for 11+ productions, ensuring proper licensing and installation, and streamlining environment management.𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻:
• Artist Support & Department Collaboration: Collaborated closely with artists to address bug fixes and feature requests, and worked with cross-department TDs to implement improvements into the shared production toolset.
• Pipeline Exploration: Contributed to the initial investigation of integrating Unreal Engine (UE) and USD into animation production pipelines, assessing their potential for enhancing current workflows and future.

Vancouver, BC, CA

• 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 & 𝗕𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴:
• Budget Management: Managed resource budgets for multiple productions, each exceeding $30 million, ensuring efficient allocation and utilization.
• Disk & Cue Management: Projected disk and cue usage throughout the show's duration, creatively problem-solving to meet targets. Led the process, collaborating with production support technicians, artists, and.
• Technical Issue Resolution: Coordinated with production teams and multiple development teams to address and resolve technical show issues. Led biweekly tech syncs, managing the identification and implementation of.
• Process Optimization & Tool Development: Identified and addressed inefficiencies in the review process by engineering plugins to enhance usability and speed, adapted production tools to meet evolving show needs, and.

Vancouver, BC, CA

• 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 & 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽:
• Team Oversight: Managed a team of 2-4 people providing technical support across various productions, ensuring timely and accurate resolution of issues.
• Task Ownership: Took ownership of all tasks, ensuring correct and prompt handling while maintaining high standards of work.
• Team Development: Conducted quarterly one-on-one meetings with team members to provide constructive feedback, praise, and support for personal and professional growth. Developed individualized plans to align career.
• Task Delegation: Delegated tasks as needed to ensure efficient turnaround times and effective team performance.𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁:
• Production Communication: Communicated with production teams in a friendly and professional manner, keeping them informed of all relevant developments and issues to ensure smooth operations.

Vancouver, BC, CA

• 𝗣𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 & 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁:
• Automated Pipelines: Developed automated pipelines to generate media for clients, leveraging render farms for faster processing and using oiiotool and ffmpeg to ensure delivery specifications were met.
• Data Management Tools: Created tools to enhance data management efficiency, including cleanup scripts for old FX data or caches, archive scripts, and backup and restore scripts.𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 & 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴:
• Render Cue Efficiency: Optimized render cue efficiency by reallocating and adjusting resources based on production and job needs.
• Job Troubleshooting: Diagnosed and troubleshot failed jobs on the cue, working with artists to optimize and resolve issues.𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 & 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻:
• Data Transfer Automation: Automated data transfer processes in and out of the internal network using custom scripts.

Provo, UT, US

- Manage backups for the University's animation films- Manage 300+ servers making up the BYU render farm- Built and installed new computer images for the animation machines - Installed and managed software licenses for all animation machines

Provo, UT, US

- Participated in the development of the BYU Student Animated Film Death and Delilah - Responsible for the "magic" sythe effects - Also assisted in render wrangling several shots