Shawn Lewis

Pipelinex Asset Model Lead @DreamWorks Animation

Sunnyvale, CA, US
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WORK HISTORY

Dec 2014 — Present

Pipelinex Asset Model Lead @DreamWorks Animation

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Led a team of 5 to design the asset model for DreamWorks\' new PipelineX.• Gathered requirements by examining the strengths and weakness of the current pipeline across all departments and comparing our needs with pipelines from other studios.• Designed with an emphasis on cloud storage, a service-backed infrastructure, and an abstraction layer between the user and the underlying implementation.• Wrote the API specifications for both the Asset Model and the associated Pipeline Interface.

EDUCATION

1991 — 1994

Case Western Reserve University

MSE, Biomedical Engineering

1987 — 1991

Tulane University

BSE, Biomedical Engineering

SKILLS

Character RiggingVisual EffectsPythonLightingMelTechnical DirectionCharacter AnimationProject ManagementComputer GraphicsPipeline Development3d Studio MaxMayaLook DevelopmentComputer AnimationTexturing3dScriptingAnimationHoudiniResource ManagementPerl

ABOUT SHAWN LEWIS

Twelve years of experience managing, enhancing, and synthesizing creative solutions for animated motion picture pipelines (from pre-visualization through final delivery), supervising local and remote teams of up to 25, and working under high-pressure deadlines to deliver multimillion dollar projects on-time and under resource budget.Credits: Shrek 2, Shrek3, Madagascar, Madagascar 2, Merry Madagascar, Madagascar 3, Penguins of Madagascar, and Home.

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