Sharanya Viswamani

DreamWorks Animation

Technical Director

                                                                                          

• Led and managed the global image transfer product which resulted in 50% increase in cross-functional efficiencies

• Pared down feature list and redirected product direction for the core Matte Painting platform, increasing the load time by more than 40% and usage by 75%

• Led planning and delivery of multiple key features for the cloud-based lighting platform including transition workflow and integrating third-party applications

• Coordinated department-wide product launches including documentation reviews, internal sales and technical training

• Directed technical strategy between interdisciplinary users in Redwood City (CA), Glendale (CA), and Bangalore (India)      

 

 

Technical Director, Junior                                                                                                                                       

• Increased artist productivity by over 80% by optimizing workflows, debugging day-to-day issues and building innovative front-end python applications

• Collaborated with engineers and lead artists for integrating third party applications into the DreamWorks pipeline

• Created and organized a comprehensive training program to actively train and mentor new recruits in using the DreamWorks pipeline

 

Technical Director, Intern                                                  

 

• Engineered a software product to automatically transfer assets from previous movies, saving 1000+ man-hours

• Led and monitored the stereoscopic conversion of Kung Fu Panda into 3D

Technical Skills

 

PYTHON

HTML/CSS

JAVA

C++/C#

WEB DEVELOPMENT

 

 

Tools

 

PHOTOSHOP

MAYA
NUKE

BASALMIQ

SKETCH3

PIXATE

 

 

 

2010 - present

2010 - present