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Consultant : Fran Zandonella Consulting, Fullerton, CA |
7/2007 - present |
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Business development, proposed SIGGRAPH talk, travelled, house sat, restored
bathroom, initiated fundraising for the Girls into Science and Technology
scholarship at Sonora High School, webmaster for Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH.
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VP Software Engineering : Perceptive Pixel, New York City, NY |
4/2007 - 6/2007 |
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Assisted the start up of a small company. Managed engineers, created engineering
budget, scheduled projects, developed Software Developer Training course, and
developed hiring plan.
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Research & Dev. Tech. Dir. : Laika Inc. (aka Vinton Studios), Portland OR |
2003 - 4/2007 |
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Wrote user interface software in PERL/Tk, C/C++
with Qt, mel scripts, and shell scripts for use by production on 3D
animated short and for use by commercials division.
Trained new hires in proprietary software.
Set up and specified database. Set up rendering queues.
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Credits: Moongirl
(2005)
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Software Engineer : Walt
Disney Feature Animation, Burbank, CA
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2000 - 2003 |
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Implemented process improvements, new features, and fixed bugs in C/C++ for CAPS,
Disney’s award-winning,
proprietary traditional production pipeline, used by
over 300 people on a daily basis for multiple productions in California, Florida
and Paris. Co-designed and programmed a Digital Bluesketch application in CAPS
for production artists on Treasure Planet, improving productivity by 50% by
automating time-consuming non-creative work. Assisted in Treasure Planet
Color Conversion, reducing conversion time frame down to 1.5 days from 4 weeks. |
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Credits: Home On The Range
(2004), Brother Bear (2003), Treasure Planet (2002),
Lilo & Stitch (2002), Atlantis (2001)
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Technical Support Engineer |
1996 - 2000 |
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Provided support for 30 applications used by 300+ users on Unix stations.
Created, performed, and maintained test plans for CAPS,
coordinating between 3 studios.
Specialized in Scanning, Filming, and Image Output.
Increased product reliability by writing scripts to
standardize the CAPS configuration and to improve installation time by 50%.
Wrote extensive web pages for TSEs and 2D Software group to support production,
including CGI and PERL scripts for searching web pages.
Promoted to Software Engineer.
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Credits: Emperor's New Groove
(2000), Oil & Vinegar (2000 - short), Tarzan (1999),
Mulan (1998)
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Hardware/Software Engineer : General Electric, San Jose,
CA
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1994 - 1996 |
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Resolved technical problems for
engineers at GE and partner companies. Consulted to partners
in Spain, Mexico, Japan and USA. Supported 300 engineers on/off-site.
Wrote and maintained scripts under Windows and Unix. Programmed in
Visual Basic and SQL. Installed and configured networking software
on PC's internationally. Created documentation.
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Graphics: |
Maya, Shake, Disney proprietary (CAPS), Houdini, Open GL |
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Languages: |
Shell (PERL, some Python, tcsh), C, C++, HTML |
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Systems/Machines: |
Linux/Unix/Irix, OSX, MS-Windows Vista/XP/98, SunOS; Apple; SGI; Sun |
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Programs: |
dbx, Insure, tcl, MS-Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), vi |
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Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter
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2004 - present |
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Secretary (2005 - 2007) maintain
minutes, oversee membership roster & election process, produce meetings
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Los Angeles ACM SIGGRAPH
Chapter
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1996 - present |
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Secretary (2002 - 2003) maintained
minutes, oversaw election process
Treasurer (1999 - 2002) maintained
finances and $75,000 budget for membership of 1400
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UCSC
Alumni Association - Los Angeles Chapter
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1997 - 2003 |
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Treasurer (2002 - 2003) maintained
finances of local Alumni chapter, produced meetings
Webmaster (1998 - 2003) created and
maintained the local chapter's web page
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Willing to travel internationally. |
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