Daniel Shimmyo

Work History

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  Materials Technical Director

  Blue Sky Studios

  June 2006 - March 2011

  Tasks include:
  Coloring and texturing NURBS and Subdivision Surfaces models using proprietary shading language.
  Shaders development using Maya Hypershade and C++ expressions
  Asset Management and Pipeline tools development and maintenance using PERL, MEL and CGI Studio (proprietary) scripting languages
  
  Materials Technical Director show credits:
  Ice Age : The Meltdown 2006
  No Time For Nuts 2006
  Surviving Sid 2008
  Horton Hears a Who! 2008
  Ice Age : Dawn Of The Dinosaurs 2009
  Rio 2011
  Ice Age : Continental Drift 2012
  Epic 2013
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  Modeler

  Blue Sky Studios

  June 2004 - June 2006

  Built Characters, environment models and props using Maya NURBS and Subdivision Surfaces.
  
  Modeler Screen Credits:
  Robots 2005
  Ice Age : The Meltdown 2006
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  Technical Assistant

  Blue Sky Studios

  October 2002 - June 2004

  Was responsible for cleaning up models, rendering turntables, and some modeling of characters and props using Maya NURBS and Subdivision Surfaces.

• Programmer

  selfemployed

  2000 - 2002

  Programmed Tools for Animation:Master and Lightwave3D in C, C++, and RealBasic.
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  Computer Consultant

  Citibank

  1997 - 2002

  
  I was a permalancer (permanent freelancer) at Citibank in the Corporate Communications dept. I mainly worked as a Network Integrator and Mac/Windows desktop support type person. I installed software and built some 3D workstations which ran mostly Softimage 3D and XSI.