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Expertise

In-depth

C/C++

experience (15 years) including plug-in development for

Maya

Katana

Nuke

and more.

Expert in

Realtime Rendering

using

OpenGL

Vulkan

and

Metal

since

OpenGL 1.2

Experienced in

GPU Acceleration

(e.g. OpenCL),

CPU Intrinsics

and

Multithreading

Excellent knowledge in

Maya API

(14 years) and many other APIs.

Great ability to design and build pretty and intuitive

User Interfaces

for a great

User Experience

In-depth knowledge of most commonly used

Image Formats

Shader writing for

MentalRay

(1 year),

Vray

(2 years) and

GLSL

(10 years).

Scripting in

Python

(12 years),

MEL

(6 years) and

PHP

(10 years).

Cross platform

development for

Windows

macOS

Linux

and

iOS

Experienced in

R&D

and strong at “

Problem Solving

”.

Great

Team Player

with excellent

communication

skills, able to meet challenging

deadlines

Excellent in

working closely

with artists,

understanding

their problems and

fulfilling their needs

Operator experience in

Maya

(16 years),

Nuke

(4 years) and

Photoshop

(10 years).

Strong in

web design

with

HTML5

Java Script

CSS

with a

WSGI

backend (>10 years).

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Achievements

Received the

Sony Outstanding Engineer Award

, the highest form of individual recognition for

Sony Group

engineers, in 2020.

Developed

Sony Pictures Imageworks'

next-generation in-house

Hair and Fur Grooming

software

Fyber

. Used as

primary

grooming tool by many artists on all

live-action

and

animated

shows since 2020.

Developed

Sony Pictures Imageworks'

in-house software

Sprout

, a Maya plug-in for efficient creation, manipulation and rendering of

large scale environments

Presented

Sprout

Siggraph 2017

("Interactive Environment Creation with Sprout") and

Fyber

Siggraph 2021

("Hair Grooming with Imageworks' Fyber", also available on YouTube).

Developed a complex

pipeline

with

software bindings

(e.g. Nuke) used by

Scanline VFX

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

workflows

Developed a

plug-in 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 re-render the scene in 2008.

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 an around 2006

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 Developed Fyber (see "Achievements"), a standalone hair and fur grooming software with plug-ins for Maya, Katana and Houdini.
Oct. 2014 - Aug. 2019	Sony Pictures Imageworks Vancouver, Canada	Senior Software Engineer Developed Sprout (see "Achievements") and many other Maya plugins, e.g.: Playblast with support for deformation motion blur. Custom texture projection shader with support for shadowing. Texture blending shader with a custom tool to efficiently paint vertex masks on very high resolution geometry. and many more .. :)
Aug. 2013 - Sep. 2014	Topalsson Munich, Germany	Senior Software Engineer Development of a car-configurator in 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, Katana, Photoshop, Nuke, 3ds Max, Shake, After Effects
Coding Languages	C++, Python, Java Script, Objective C, Java, Delphi, C#, PHP, MEL
Software APIs	Maya, Katana, Nuke, Shake, 3ds Max, Vray, MentalRay
Technologies	OpenGL, Vulkan, Metal, Qt, HTML5, OpenCL, OpenAL, OpenEXR, Cocoa/Touch
Languages	German (native), English (fluent)