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 include:
- Authoring, maintaining,
and executing automated test suites (primarily in Python) to ensure
Maya stability for multiple feature film and television productions
in active R&D environments.
- Software Quality Assurance
(QA) pre-release testing of core proprietary and third party animation
tools.
- Isolating difficult-to-reproduce
problems and wrapping them up in solidly defined workflows and problem
definitions to enable resolution from R&D.
- QA-based performance measuring
and evaluation for internal and third party software toolsets.
- Promotion of QA engineering
needs and specification authoring for new R&D project teams.
- Managing ongoing development
of a visually based render farm throughput optimization tool. This
project was initially the result of 6 week sabbatical granted in 2008.
- 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.
- General
testing of 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
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| 1997 - 2003 |
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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| 1996
- 1997 |
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: |
Shrek
Forever After - Software Quality Assurance
How To Train Your Dragon
- Software Quality Assurance
Monsters vs. Aliens
- Software Quality Assurance
Madagascar
2 - Software Quality Assurance
Kung Fu Panda - Software Quality Assurance
Bee Movie - Software
Quality Assurance
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
(Peter C. Miller: IMDb)
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Bok
Choy To The World - Software Quality Assurance (DVD only)
Scared Shrekless - Software Quality Assurance (DVD only)
Shrek the Halls - Software Quality Assurance (DVD only) |
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| Current Film Projects: |
Megamind
Kung Fu Panda 2 - The Kaboom of Doom
Puss in Boots
The Croods (Working title)
Guardians (Working
title)
Madagascar 3
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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 - 2010 on IRIX,
Linux, Windows and OSX.
2D - Photoshop
Compositing - After Effects, Shake
Web Page Authoring - Dreamweaver
Number Crunching - Excel
Languages:
- Python
- Automated regression testing and Maya execution
- MEL
(Maya Embedded Language) for automated build methods and runtime 3d
manipulations in Maya.
- 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 22-AUG-2009, currency
valid to 22-AUG-2011.
1050 flights, 370 hours as of August 2009.
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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