Brian Stokes ~ Resume

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Brian Stokes 1632 N. Formosa Ave #103 Los Angeles, CA 90046 H: 323-851-9345 C: 415-378-3264 email: basil@lifeformz.com Skills/Software: Programming: UNIX, Linux, HPUX, Irix, Windows 98/2000/XP, Mac OS; PERL, MEL, Python, C shell, C/C++; MySQL, Oracle, MS SQL Server Graphics: Maya, MotionBuilder, Shake (novice), Photoshop, Flash (novice), Web Design General: Technical Writing, Training, Project Management, Leadership Office: MS Office, MS SQL Server, FrameMaker; Experience:

Shopzilla, Inc. 2007-present
Software Engineer

Affiliate Fuel, Inc. (consulting via Xtivia) 2006-2007
Sr. Perl Programmer

Sony Pictures Imageworks, Inc. 2003-2006
Associate Character Pipeline TD (Technical Animator)

Member of pipeline team, responsible for building brand new reference-based pipeline for Beowulf.
Wrote geometry & shader import/export, documentation, and other tools with custom interfaces in MEL and python.
Enhanced and maintained separate pipeline for the motion capture tracking group, written in Perl, python, shell script, and Diva.


        
        Sr. Production Services Technician 

      
Worked on feature films including Spider-man 2, The Forgotten, Christmas with the Cranks, Monster House, Bewitched and Open Season, Sony Pictures' first all-CGI cartoon.
Wrote Perl and shell scripts to automate render management, image conversion, and disk management.
Managed film outs, vendor shots, data restores via a tape robot, and a giant render queue, with often extreme time pressure.
Troubleshooted render jobs from compositing, lighting, simulation and animation renders.
Set up and "drove" visual presentations (dailies) for FX Supervisors, Industry Executives, and crew.

        Moonlight Systems, Inc 2000-2002

        Software Engineer 
      
 Co-wrote Windows port of a Enterprise software management & auditing system, written in PERL.
Developed an automated Windows-based software deployment system
Wrote documentation
Trained clients on-site, developing customized solutions to their needs. 

Third Voice, Inc 1999-2000

Software Engineer
Wrote PERL-based link verification system, using MS SQL Server 2000.
Wrote Web spiders to comb web pages for content system back-end.
Wrote content pre-processing scripts, for classification and cleaning.
Managed intranet, developing dynamic charts for Marketing.


Internet Profiles, Inc  (Engage/Ipro) 1996-1999

Research Engineer

Responsible for custom processing and research of Internet clients
(approximately 6% of company revenue)
Wrote management and processing scripts in Python & PERL

Sr. Data Manager

Managed up to half a Terabyte of Web Log data a month for up to 17 clients, including ESPN, GeoCities, thestreet.com, USA Today, Yahoo!, and Starwave
Wrote data filters in PERL to clean, and pre-process data
Wrote resource management scripts

BioVision, Inc 1996

Tracker

 Used Vicon™ motion capture software to identify human body parts within data cloud.
 Cleaned motion capture data for use in proprietary animation software.

protozoa, Inc 1995

Performance Animator / Character TD

 Wired real-time CG puppets using proprietary ALIVE™ software.
 Wrote expressions for tail-wagging, eye-lid, body, time-delays and control via optical joysticks, Polhemus™ sensors, and optical sliders.
 Responsible for a 10-second animated short every week.

Education:

University of Pennsylvania,  Philadelphia, PA 1993
      BA in Communications, BAS in Computer Science  GPA 3.2
Academy of Art College
      Softimage I
San Francisco State Multimedia Extension
      Flash I, Video Production, Creating an Animated Series for Television
BAVC / Goodwill
      Intro to Digital Media (formerly Weblink)	 

Awards / Distinctions:

"Best Comedy" Region 3 for LifeFormz, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Colege TV Awards, 1994
Henson Muppet Auditions 1999


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