Dan Delapena

About Dan Delapena

Extensive skills in- Leadership - Developing Software and Tools for Art Content…

Experience

1. Principal Lead Technical Artist

   Blizzard Entertainment

   Mar 2022 — Present

   Leadership Experience- Define and Manage a team of 10+ with up to 4 different sub disciplines- Provide Guidance with bi-weekly 1 on 1\'s, shifting leadership style as needed- Drive career growth with quarterly career discussions focusing on S.M.A.R.T. goals- Drive the team to be more modern, innovative and consistent across the board- Drive the main focus of the teams production with a yearly roadmap, working with producers- Collaborate to define that roadmap based on the needs of 200+ game developers - Determine priorities of production with bi-weekly sprint planning - Support planning around onboarding, mentorship, and training as needed - Passionate about making sure the team gets what they need to do the best job they can in a fun and safe environment. Developer Experience- Design workflows by asking questions, listening, understanding, clarifying, and hands on experience- Create documentation/presentations describing workflows to get buy-in from end-users - Collaborate with end-users to get specific or vague feedback - Interpret that feedback with questions, clarification, and examples - Understand what problem end-users are trying to solve with a specific request - Ensure that problem is solved at a higher level- Create Technical documentation that describes how something is going to work to gain feedback and visibility to other developers - Collaborate with other engineers to jam/brainstorm on ideas or get constructive feedback on proposed architecture or user interface elements- Author, Package, Configure and Deploy software through automated solutions with the usage of CLI\'s that are run by git, perforce, python and jenkins- Create and Maintain a variety of software including back-end systems and front-end applications or tools that are critical to the success of an efficient game dev environment- Passionate about providing a consistent environment across all machines and ensure end-users get the best workflow experiences possible.

Skills

• Maya Fluids
• Lighting
• Fume Fx
• Realflow
• Autodesk Maya
• Texturing
• Eyeon Fusion
• Nuke
• Fluid Simulation
• Javascript/Unityscript
• Maya Particles & Expressions
• Compositing
• Maya C++ Api
• Zbrush
• Maya
• Computer Graphics
• Krakatoa
• Maya Mel
• 3d
• Autodesk 3dsmax
• After Effects
• Mel
• Mental Ray
• Dynamics
• 3d Studio Max
• Unity3d
• Nextlimit Realflow
• Maya Python Api