“Without a doubt, I consider Colin to be one of the most impressive developers I have ever worked with and a clear asset for any company wanting to scale-up their capabilities. During my time as his supervisor at Technicolor/The Mill I worked with Colin in largely two aspects: Firstly, to drive the planned development for his CG team according to the roadmap. In this case he had to content with keeping a wide range of projects on track and delivered to a high level. These projects included substantial updates for ftrack, Maya, Houdini, Unreal, Frostbite, Cinema4D and Arnold on both linux and Windows platforms. The other area where we collaborated was when I tasked Colin with architecting the next phase of the CG pipeline. This was going to be a ground-up rework, moving The Mill to a full, sequence-based USD workflow. Colin was a fantastic design partner throughout this project - he took time to understand the product requirements, took questions and critique in a productive and professional manner and worked hard to ensure that the system would be maintainable in the future. Whilst the unfortunate closure of Technicolor meant that this project never made it to full production, working with him on it was a bright light in that final year. Although I would consider Colin's most valuable skill to be in delivering long-term, consequential value for a company; I do also have to mention the numerous times when production needs at The Mill required a steady hand and immediate, decisive action. Whether this called for delegation to his team or personal action, Colin was always willing to take control of the situation; speaking to the stakeholders to establish the problem space, finding out the best means to a solution and delivering it in time. In many cases, this was vital for the successful delivery of jobs in production.”
Colin Kennedy
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Hi I'm Colin, a Software Developer based in Los Angeles, California for the visual…
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46 years ago, I walked into a small cinema in Aberystwyth and watched The Empire Strikes Back. I was five years old — and without realising it, that…
46 years ago, I walked into a small cinema in Aberystwyth and watched The Empire Strikes Back. I was five years old — and without realising it, that…
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#ACMSIGGRAPH is around the corner — I’m thrilled to head to Vancouver to learn, connect, and showcase #OpenUSD with many of you! #NVIDIA has curated…
#ACMSIGGRAPH is around the corner — I’m thrilled to head to Vancouver to learn, connect, and showcase #OpenUSD with many of you! #NVIDIA has curated…
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Savannah College of Art and Design
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USD-Cookbook
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USD Example Projects (Pixar's Universal Scene Description) that are self-contained and easy to run. Perfect for anyone looking to learn USD! https://github.com/ColinKennedy/USD-Cookbook/
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English
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