Technical Innovation Evangelist

Identify and integrate new areas of technological advancement while anticipating and predicting industry trends.

• Deep Fakes
• AI and Machine Learning toolsets
• HDR imagery
• Real-time engines
• Performance capture.

Oversee and manage IT technology roadmaps and implementations. This involved working with the IT teams to:

• Implement high-speed networking solutions to maximize throughput and IOPS.
• Architected tiered storage policies and procedures to manage data footprint, performance, and cost.
• Architected color process to ensure consistent color for multiple targets (HDR TV, Projectors, Monitors, etc.).
• Managed cloud strategy for rendering, storage, and archiving.

CG Pipeline & Tool Development Oversight

In charge of development and integration of new technology into the company, with a special focus on innovations in digital imagery, computer vision, and data analytics. Coordinate deployment and training for new processes and tools across all six facilities of the company in London, San Francisco, Singapore, Sydney, Mumbai, and Vancouver.

Utilize agile development processes to coordinate the support and development needs of multiple feature film, special venue, television/streaming, and interactive projects simultaneously.

Project manage multiple engineering groups across multiple business units to bring about greater ROI or reduce costs for the company. Including items such as new tool development for faster shot production; retiring legacy tools, targeted investments in hardware infrastructure to unlock new workflows that save time or enhance creativity.

Streamlining and standardizing workflows to reduce technical debt.

Bidding & Show Execution Support

Interact with clients. Work out timelines and deliverables to manage and meet their needs.

Interact with vendors to understand their offerings and to guide their development priorities to suit the studio’s needs.

Studio Facility Budgeting & Planning

As a member of the technology leadership team, contributed to planning the annual operating budget, defining and ensuring compliance with corporate and government policies and IT security and BCP processes.

Created policies and roadmaps for implementing facility-wide hardware refreshes and deployment strategies.

Manage career planning and growth for individuals and teams.

Projects of note:

ABBA Voyage:

CG Supervisor: Managed the technology to help produce the concert currently playing in London. Coordinate across multiple disciplines and facilities to deliver photo-realistic recreations of ABBA. Produced 5 songs and 2 talks totaling 30 min of 20K footage playing back in real-time in HDR across multiple moving screens. Coordinate with vendors of “in-venue” visuals and audio to ensure that the digital versions of the characters were synchronized across the entire performance.

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