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18 + years blending large-scale VFX pipelines with production-grade machine-learning systems.
- Built the Coca-Cola Content Engine → FastAPI micro-service mesh + SDXL Diffusers on A100 GPUs + Omniverse RTX viewer
↳ Cut creative review cycles by 65 % and archived 100 TB to cold storage. - Expert in USD automation, real-time RTX rendering, and MLOps (Docker / GKE / Ray).
- Mentor & leader — up-skilled 6 TDs in ML workflows; supervise cross-site teams of 200 + artists.
| Languages | Frameworks / Libs | DCC / Engines | DevOps / Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
Python • C++ • Bash |
FastAPI • Qt / PySide • NVIDIA Omniverse • Stable Diffusion XL | Nuke • Maya • Houdini • Unreal | Docker • GKE • Jenkins • W&B |
| Year | Role | Key Impact |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | Principal ML Engineer (VFX), Hogarth | 🚀 Shipped Coca-Cola Engine (↡ 65 % cycles) • Authored global deployment playbook |
| 2022-23 | Sr. VFX Pipeline Supervisor, The Embassy VFX | ↡ 180 h/week artist effort • 30 % fewer hand-off errors |
| 2018-22 | Domain Lead – Pipeline TD, Cinesite | Migrated legacy tools to Py/Qt → ↑ 40 % stability |
Older Experience (DNEG, Prime Focus, …)
- R&D Programmer, DNEG — Integrated USD, built 15 PySide widgets (↡ 22 % shot time).
- Sr. Pipeline TD, Prime Focus — Farm handled 50k jobs/day; LEGO franchise pipeline.
- …and earlier compositing & illustration roles (scroll résumé).
| Year | Venture | What I Do |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-▶ | Founder, Ayudh Inc. | R&D for Sorcera.Studio & CommitGuardian; $85 k PoCs; USD/Omni consulting (↡ 20 % costs). |
| 2023-▶ | Angel Investor, Acculi Labs | Advise on GPU orchestration & ML security for pharma-AI platform. |
- Diploma, Film Animation — NIIT
- XR Dev w/ Unity, UBC · Project Mgmt, Google · Game Design, VFS
Visual Effects Society (VES) • ACM SIGGRAPH
“We are what we repeatedly automate. Excellence, then, is not an act but a pipeline.”
— Adapted from Aristotle (…with a TD spin)