Peter C. Miller
818 558 7372
Resume
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| 2002 - Present |
Software Quality Assurance
& Maya
Specialist, Animation Production Technology, Dreamworks
Animation SKG (formerly Dreamworks
SKG)
Responsibilities:
- Authoring, maintaining,
and executing automated test suites (primarily Python) to ensure Maya
stability for various film productions in active R&D environments.
- Software Quality Assurance
testing, triage, and evaluation of core proprietary and third party
animation tools.
- Coordination, support,
and standardization of Maya within feature film production needs.
- Prioritizing new Maya
feature development with the Autodesk Custom Engineering office in
Santa Barbara.
- Defining Maya problems,
workarounds, and solutions for production artists.
- Testing
internal proprietary and third party 3d animation software packages,
as well as associated hardware.
- Facilitating solutions
with internal development as well as 3rd party vendors Autodesk
(Formerly Alias),
nVidia, HP and
Red Hat.
- Linkedin
page
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| 1997 - Present |
Commercial Glider
Pilot (Part time), Windhaven
Glider Rides. |
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1998 - 2002
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Quality Assurance Product
Specialist for Maya,
Alias Systems (formerly
Alias|Wavefront,) Santa Barbara, Ca. In 2003,
Maya won an Oscar for scientific and technical achievement from
the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Responsibilities:
Authoring and executing test plans for Maya software and hardware; authoring
and publishing qualification pages; defining application feature user
view requirements, oversight and education of interns; describing software
problems and verifying solutions with developers both internal and external
to the company; individual and team production testing of Maya; verifying
readiness of software for release engineering process; customer issue
escalation participation and resolution.
Quality Assurance Projects
at Alias|Wavefront:
Maya 1.0 IRIX, Maya 1.0 (Windows NT port), Maya 2.0, 2.5, 3.0 Trax Nonlinear
Animation, 3.0.1 (Linux port), 4.0, Maya 3.5 (Mac OS X port), Maya Personal
Learning Edition, Maya 4.5.
Maya Skills:
Polygonal and NURBS modeling, Rendering/IPR, MEL, Cloth, Particle Dynamics,
Rigid Body Dynamics, Expressions, Paint Effects. Examples in the Gallery.
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3d
modeler and animator, Pure Mirage Imaging & Animation. Contract game
content development for Shattered Light; Modeled and animated background
tilings for 2.5D multiplayer games. |
| 1995 - 1996 |
Photoshop Instructor,
Dean Collins Knowledge
Network. |
| 1993 - 1995 |
Faculty, Brooks
Institute of Photography, Santa Barbara, California. |
| 1989 - 1991 |
Programmer, APOLLO
Reservation System, United
Airlines. |
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| Film Credits: |
Kung
Fu Panda - Software Quality Assurance
Bee Movie - Software
Quality Assurance
Shrek the Halls -
Software Quality Assurance (Unlisted)
Shrek
The Third -
Software Quality Assurance
Flushed
Away -Software
Quality Assurance / Triage
Over the Hedge -Software Quality Assurance / Triage
First Flight
- Modeler
Madagascar - Software
Quality Assurance / Triage
Kelso Loco - Director, Digital
Effects Artist
Shark Tale - Software Quality Assurance / Triage
Shrek 2 - Glendale Animation
Technology (DVD only)
Sinbad: Legend
of the Seven Seas - Software Quality Assurance / Triage
(IMDb)
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| Current Film Projects: |
Madagascar
2
Monters vs. Aliens
How to Train your Dragon
Shrek 4
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| Education: |
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| 1996 |
M.S.
Brooks Institute of Photography - Photography / Digital Imaging. |
| 1989 |
B.S.
University of Colorado, Boulder - Business Information Systems. |
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| Software: |
3D - Maya 1.0 - 2008 (x32
& x64) on IRIX, Linux, Windows and OSX.
2D - Photoshop
Compositing - After Effects, Shake
Web Page Authoring - Dreamweaver
Number Crunching - Excel
Languages:
- MEL
(Maya Embedded Language) for automated build methods and runtime 3d
manipulations in Maya.
- Python
- Automated regression testing and Maya execution
- C++, Assembler for IBM
TPF facility mainframes while maintaining core seat inventory software
of United
Airline's 'Apollo' reservation system.
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| Other Education: |
FAA issued Commercial Pilot License - Glider/Sailplane
rating. Most recent Biennial review completed 26-MAR-2005, currency
valid to 26-MAR-2007.
Geoff Larkin CFIG, Instructor. 1029 flights, 360 hours as of July 2005.
USHGA
issued Paragliding
License - P3 rating. Rob
Sporrer, Instructor 153 flights, 29 hours as of August 2005.
National
Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS)
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| Memberships: |
Soaring
Society of America
United States Hang Gliding Association
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