Cottalango Leon

Graphics tools and infrastructure engineering for film visual effects and animation, open source software development for the entertainment industry
Involved with various parts of the visual effects and animation production pipeline, specifically in the core infrastructure and facility level tool development. Specialized in developing custom digital asset management systems, artist collaboration tools, systems integration with third party cloud solutions, on-premises and cloud based distributed job processing systems, large scale data transfer tools and bespoke employee life cycle management systems. Working with Academy Software Foundation to build a unified open source toolset for playback, review and approval of film media. Exploring machine learning and AI for entertainment industry, research on the evolution of data centers and large scale data management.
Academy Scientific Award for the development of "Itview", an artist collaboration tool (2016). Member, Technical Steering Committee at Open Review Initiative with Academy Software Foundation. Member, Visual Effects Society.