Technical Consultant, EMEA at Signiant
London, United Kingdom
- Current
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- Technical Consultant, EMEA at Signiant
- Information Systems Engineer at Deluxe Digital Entertainment
- Past
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- Information Technology Engineer - Pipeline Design at Capital FX
- Information Technology Engineer at Capital FX
- Systems Administrator and Render Wrangler at Jim Henson's Creature Shop
- Education
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- University College London
- Imperial College
- European School of Brussels I
- Connections
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- Industry
- Motion Pictures and Film
- Websites
Mark Smith’s Summary
Workflow Design: Scanning pipeline design for the DI on Children of Men and Atonement.
Systems Analysis: Analysis and documentation of the digital pipeline for a visual effects production house and a film scanning & recording facility. Optimisation of a 250-processor render farm by customisation and tuning of distributed render management software.
Software Development and Systems Automation: Development of Python/BASH/CSH systems tools and data extraction tools on Linux. Object-oriented programming developments in Python, C++ and Java, using UML and USDP. Construction and manipulation of Oracle (8.0) and MS SQL Server 2000 databases, as well as intranet pages using XML, CSS and XSLT. Automation of image resizing, digital subtitling, scan tracking and cleaning using IR maps, and generation of KDMs for D-Cinema distribution.
Systems Integration: Identification of common workflows in 3 different companies in order to design a unified content management system that can be implemented on a common infrastructure. Separation of data storage implementation and system functionality by an API to create a solid development platform for new tools while at the same time allowing for future integration with a DI database being developed by another division.
Project Management: Lead several projects including the development of a CG pipeline training program, the rapid documentation of the CG water pipeline using video and screen capture software, and a project to optimise a render farm in a hectic multi-project environment.
Mark Smith’s Specialties:
Professional Training:
Introduction to Irix @ Silicon Graphics UK, Redding
RH033 Red Hat Linux Essentials @ Red Hat Europe, Guilford
RH133 Red Hat Linux System Administration @ Red Hat Europe, London
RH253 Red Hat Linux Networking and Security Admin @ Red Hat Europe, Guilford
Certified Signiant Media Transfer Specialist
Mark Smith’s Experience
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Technical Consultant, EMEA
Signiant
(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)
August 2007 — Present (2 years)
Part of the Signiant Global Operations Team, covering the EMEA region, pre-sales and post-sales professional services, specialising in digital media workflow design, implementation and system integration. Proof of concept installations and/or workflow design for companies such as Channel 5, BBC, MTV Networks Europe, Mediaset, British Telecom, SDI Media, Czech TV, Chellomedia, Discovery UK and Red Bull.
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Information Systems Engineer
Deluxe Digital Entertainment
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
January 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)
Part of the IS team that cover the three companies under the Deluxe Digital Entertainment umbrella: Capital FX, EFILM London and Deluxe Digital Cinema.
Projects include scripting and workflow design behind a scan tracking system, scripting and workflow design behind an automated dust bust and scratch removal pipeline based on Arriscanner IR maps embeded in dpx files and Pixel Farm's PFClean, D-Cinema KDM generation, management and tracking and development of an API for the DDE Global Database. -
Information Technology Engineer - Pipeline Design
Capital FX
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
August 2006 — December 2006 (5 months)
Projects included setting up the scanning pipeline for the Digital Intermediate on Children of Men, automatic compositing of subtitles over the film Happy Feet using EDLs and Shake and building a RHEL FTP scan dumpster for client use.
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Information Technology Engineer
Capital FX
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
August 2005 — August 2006 (1 year 1 month)
Projects included using Sharepoint to setup a simple way of tracking all data I/O and connecting HP Blade BL35p servers to a SGI CXFS SAN over fibre.
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Systems Administrator and Render Wrangler
Jim Henson's Creature Shop
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
January 2004 — July 2005 (1 year 7 months)
Mark Smith’s Education
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University College London
MSc , Computer Science , September 2002 — September 2003
Specialisations of Graphics, Databases, Neural Networks and Project Management.
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Imperial College
BEng , Materials Science and Engineering , September 1996 — June 2000
Interdisciplinary course that included mathematics, physics and chemistry, encompassing structural, electrical, optical and bio-medical applications of materials
- Activities and Societies:
- Imperial College Radio, Imperial College Union Publications Board
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European School of Brussels I
European Baccalaureate , 1989 — 1996
Additional Information
Mark Smith’s Websites:
Mark Smith’s Interests:
Digital cinema, documentary making, the web.
Mark Smith’s Groups:
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Media Professionals Worldwide
Mark Smith’s Honors:
Presidents Award for services to Imperial College Union (1999)
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