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Expertise


In-Depth

C/C++

experience (9 years) including PlugIn development for

Maya

,

Nuke

and other software.
Expert in

Realtime Rendering

using

OpenGL

including

GLSL-Shaders

for 11 years.
Excellent knowledge in

Maya API

(8 years) and

Nuke NDK

(3 years).
Interface design in

Qt

(5 years),

MEL

(6 years) and

Nuke

(3 years).
In-Depth knowledge of most cg image formats, especially

OpenEXR

.
Shader writing for

MentalRay

(1 year),

Vray

(2 years) and

GLSL

(4 years).
Scripting in

Python

(6 years),

MEL

(6 years) and

PHP

(> 10 years).

Cross Platform

development for

Windows

,

MacOSX

(9 years),

Linux

(6 years) and

iOS

(4 years).
Experienced in

R&D

and strong at “

Problem Solving

”.
Great

Team Player

with excellent

Communication

skills, able to meet challenging

Deadlines

.
Experienced in

working closely

with Artists, Production and R&D,

fulfilling their needs

.
Operator experience in

Maya

(8 years),

Nuke

(4 years) and

Photoshop

(8 years).



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Achivements


Developed a complex

pipeline

with

software bindings

(i.E. Nuke) used by

Scanline VFX

in all steps of production like I/O, Compositing, Simulation, Rendering, HR and Management - greatly improving the

workflow

.
Successfully introduced other developers into a

self-developed PlugIn-API

for creating new UI Interfaces or modules in the pipeline tool mentioned above.
Created a

complex shader

for Vray allowing the artist to tweak and control all material parameters by curves. The shader also has the ability to integrate any other Vray shader into the final rendering result. As of now Scanline VFX is using this shader

almost exclusively

for any 3D object.
Developed a

PlugIn for Nuke

which allows compositors to completely

relight

a scene by adding and tweaking common lightsources known from 3D packages like Maya in post production without having to rerender the scene.
Planned and developed a

crowd simulation

tool for Maya that was used in a high profile film production.
Created a short film using

Motion Capturing

- doing all the necessary production steps like directing the actress, editing and cleaning the data using “

Motion Analysis EVaRT

” and “

Autodesk Motion Builder

”.
Developed a

widely used

Script Suite for Maya including tools for Modeling, Rigging, Animation and Rendering known as the “

Koshigaya Script Suite

”.



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Work Experience


Date Company Position / Projects
Since
Aug. 2019 		Sony Pictures Imageworks
Vancouver, Canada 		Principal Software Engineer

Oct. 2014
- Aug. 2019 		Sony Pictures Imageworks
Vancouver, Canada 		Senior Software Engineer

Aug. 2013
- Sep. 2014 		Topalsson
Munich, Germany 		Senior Software Engineer

  • Development with realtime game Engines: Unreal Engine 4 and Unigine.
Nov. 2011
- Aug. 2013 		Scanline VFX
Munich, Germany 		Senior Software/Pipeline Engineer
Several feature and tv movies [NDA]

  • Development and Maintenance on the new production pipeline.
  • Writing of Vray shaders and 3ds Max plugins.
  • Development of Nuke effect plugins.
Jun. 2011
- Nov. 2011 		Dr. D Studios
Sydney, Australia 		Motion Capture Pipeline TD
Happy Feet 2 [feature]

  • General pipeline development for animation and moedit.
  • Development of Tools for Shotgun and Tank.
May. 2009
- Jun. 2011 		Scanline VFX
Munich, Germany 		Senior Software/Pipeline Engineer
Several feature and tv movies [NDA]

  • Development of a new production pipeline, replacing the old one.
  • Writing of Vray shaders and 3ds Max plugins.
  • Development of Nuke effect plugins.
Feb. 2009
- Apr. 2009 		Parasol Island GmbH
Düsseldorf, Germany 		Software/Pipeline Engineer, Rigging TD
Audi R8 [commercial]

  • Development of a complex Car-Setup.
  • Developed and introduced an OpenEXR pipeline.
May. 2008
- Dec. 2008 		PIXOMONDO IMAGES
Ludwigsburg, Germany 		Software/Pipeline Engineer
Ninja Asassin [feature]
2012 [feature]

  • Development of the production pipeline.
  • Writing of 3ds Max plugins used for crowd caching.
Mar. 2008
- Apr. 2008 		Cine plus vision GmbH
Ludwigsburg, Germany 		Software/Pipeline Engineer, Effects TD
Prisoners of the Sun [feature]

  • Fluid simulations of smoke and dust.
  • Development of an OpenEXR pipeline.
Jan. 2007
- Feb. 2008 		Elektrofilm
Stuttgart, Germany 		Software/Pipeline Engineer, Effects TD
Armageddon - The longest night [tv]
Hafen der Hoffnung - Die letzte Fahrt der W. Gustloff [tv]
Lamborghini [commercial]

  • Fluid simulations for Fire, Smoke and Water.
  • Development of tools to shatter windows.
  • Development of a crowd tool for Maya.
  • Development of a pipeline for fast interaction between Maya and Fusion.
Sep. 2006
- Nov. 2006 		Berliner Film Company
Berlin, Germany 		Cloth TD / Effects TD
Happily N'Ever After [feature]

  • Cloth simulation for the main characters.
  • Fluid simulations for Smoke and Dust.



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Education


Date School Graduation
Sep. 2003
- Sep. 2006 		The German Film School
Berlin (Elstal), Germany 		German diplom (equiv. to masters) as “Digital Artist”
Sep. 1999
- Aug. 2002 		Max-Eyth Gymnasium
Kassel, Germany 		Abitur (HSC)



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Knowledge & Skills


Software

 Maya, 3ds Max, Photoshop, Nuke, Shake, After Effects

Coding Languages

 C++, Python, Java, Delphi, C#, PHP, Obj-C, MEL, JavaScript

Software APIs

 Maya, Nuke, Shake, 3ds Max, Vray, MentalRay

Technologies

 OpenGL (incl. GLSL), OpenEXR, OpenAL, Qt, Cocoa/Touch

Languages

 German (native language), English