Stephen Winters

Work History

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  Head Of Information Technology

  Cinesite

  November 2020 - Present

  Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  

  
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  IT Systems Project Manager

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  October 2015 - November 2020

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Managed all IT infrastructure projects in both the Los Angeles and Vancouver campuses. Our group was responsible for first, second and third level support of 1,000+ users in a dynamic, high-performance production environment. Formulated and implemented system policies in compliance with directives from senior management. Oversaw and coordinated the daily activities of the Unix, Mac & Windows systems administration, Helpdesk administrators, Network Operations Center administrators and other various systems engineers and developers; including trouble ticket management, escalations from Helpdesk, Desktop support teams and project management Provided guidance and technical assistance to all Unix, Mac, Windows, Network administrators/engineers in the Systems Administration and User Support group. Reported SLA compliance and other key IT performance metrics to senior management. Developed and implemented standards, procedures, and processes for the Systems Administration and User Support group.
  - Facilitated in 3 separate Studio from the infrastructure side
  - Managed team​ ​ in establishing pipelines with our cloud initiative with 3 separate providers
  - Key stakeholders in determine future year purchases for the companies infrastructure
  - Established and managed a co-op/internship program in both Los Angeles and Vancouver campuses
  - Led multiple mentoring programs internally in python and gscript development
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  Resource Administrator

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  August 2013 - March 2016

  Vancouver, Canada Area

  Currently I manage the facility render farm processors and production storage in both LA and Vancouver. These duties include:
  - Ensuring sufficient resources are met for current and future needs
  - Balancing resource allocations between active productions
  - Maintaining a sensible organization of production data
  - Optimizing the use of facility hardware
  - Providing resource utilization information to Finance for billing.
  
  Other duties:
  - Main sales represenative for renting our render farm processors to outside clients in both Vancouver and LA.
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  Lead Production Services Technician

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  October 2011 - August 2013

  Culver City CA

  Worked one-on-one with productions to accommodate their needs while also managing a group of Senior PSTs. Leadership, communication and time sensitive decision making was top priority.
  - Trainer for all new hires coming in the department on daily pipelines/procedures
  - Developed several scripting tools that are now used facility-wide:
  - Provided a viewable GUI warning system in Katana before problematic render jobs hit the cue using PyQt
  - Eliminated back-n-forth between the director and animator by creating a real-time animation editor in proprietary review tool
  - Established a way to source reference images for every shot viewed by creating an Itview plugin with PyQt
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  Sr. Production Services Technician

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

  June 2010 - October 2011

  Culver City CA

  Served as a PST on both "Green Lantern" and "Hotel Transylvania" films
  
  Brings consistent high-quality technical production support by manipulating and managing each show’s digital assets throughout all stages of the production cycle using a Linux environment. Quality assurance on all output for film and reviews while being able to exchange data between satellite sites using various mediums, such as FTP and firewire is a high priority in this position.
  *Increased render queue efficiency by 60% with a python script that handled policing resource in

• Youth Minister/Media Specialist

  Oldham Lane Church of Christ

  April 2009 - June 2010

  • Active youth minister of 75 teenagers (involved in teaching, ministering, event planning and counseling)
  
  • Established creative solutions for congregation such as web design, logo design, advertisements, and video productions
  
  • Creative director for the Proof of Love video ministry

• Freelancer

  Skewed Perceptions

  August 2007 - December 2009

  Served as freelancer for overflow work such as an HBO opener (Under NDA)
  
  Provided visualization of architectural designs through 3D renderings
  
  Seamlessly integrated digital elements into photographic content

• Freelancer - 3D Visualization

  O'Toole Design Associates

  January 2009 - January 2009

  3D visualizations for clients
  Modeled, textured, and lite completed 3d interiors
  Rendered and composited final images
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  Student Volunteer

  ACM SIGGRAPH

  July 2008 - July 2008

  Monitored special sessions, assisted in presentations, and provided assistance in registration.
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  Teaching Assistant - Houdini

  Savannah College of Art and Design

  September 2007 - November 2007

  Delivered four lectures on advanced topics to enrich students experience
  
  Assisted students inside and outside of classroom with general questions and specific problems
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  Teacher for Art Educators' Forum

  Savannah College of Art and Design

  July 2007 - July 2007

  Introduced High School Teachers to digital video productions and animation with Final Cut Pro and Maya
  
  Provided lectures for video equipment usage as well as utilizing software applications

• Director - T.V. 40 News

  Freed-Hardeman University

  March 2002 - May 2004

  Director & Technical Director for 5 o'clock news program
  
  Provided training for studio staff in NewTek Video Toaster