Mary M.Conley

 

Detailed oriented solutions focused Render Systems Administrator, and Visual Effects Artist with a 3+ year experience supporting Data , Render Farms and Studio Operations . I am proficient with Side effects Houdini, Avid, Race render software . I have exceptional background knowledge , experience and,hands on proficiency with Studio Softwares  . I have outstanding troubleshooting skills, and the ability to clearly communicate technical subjects,and  mentor others. I am experienced with multi-platform sensitive data environments   , inbound and outbound client content control, and all aspects of render farm management.

Data Administrator

Stereo D llc / Deluxe 3D 

Stereoscopic Post-production Company Burbank CA

I was a key member in a team that  designed the data management department , implemented  and managed security policies for physical and digital data movement in and out of the studio.All client in and out for film and commercials to DVD/Hard drive, as well as manage the Aspera Server and Signiant transfers between multiple studios. Manage back-up data and restoration, command line LTO restore, Atempo, troubleshoot render farm issues. Maintain data on SAN, Isilon and NAS storage, maintain data on production servers including managing snapshot recovery for artists.  Work cross multiple platforms Linux, Mac, Win, general server and robot  troubleshooting and maintenance. 

          Projects

• Film:  Thor, Captain America,Titanic 3D, Thor - Comic-Con trailer, Jackass 3D, Gulliver's Travels 3-D, Green Hornet 3-D.
• Tape Back up and Restoration:  LTO, Atempo, CommVault , Command-line 
• Client services: Global Digital transfer account setup and management (Signiant ,          FASPEX,Aspera)
• I/O Quality Check and data management for receivables and deliveries.
• Trained  on Isilon Storage Systems and OneFS

 

 

 Director Digital Productions
Lucid SFX Development
production company Savannah GA 2009

Generalist with duties ranging from Pre-Visual Artwork, Camera Work and Studio Marketing to promote and gather new clients for Studio. Commercial Production as Photo shop and Houdini artist , Pre-Visualization artist for mockup of new projects. Assist in Studio operations, buying of equipment and technical consulting.

Projects

• BlackSkin.com TV advertisement, Texture and Photo retouch artist . 
• Visual Effects Generalist 

 

 

Render I/O Administrator

Digital Domain Venice, CA 2007-2009

Client in and out for film and commercials to DVD/Hard drive, Created accounting logs for each Client drive.

Managing back-up data and restoration, Troubleshoot Render Farm Issues. Assigned and managed hard drive space for jobs. Maintain CPU’s, Log problem reports, Liaison between Production and Systems

 Projects

• Film Client I/O : 2012, GI Joe, Transformers 2 , library titles
• Tape Back up and Restoration: Veritas, migrating ATI tape material to LTO4 
• Cataloging Tape backups ,and vault organizational management 
• Render management support Staff : 2012, G I Joe, Transformers 2 , The Curious case of Benjamin        Buttons, The Dark is Rising, The Golden Compass, Mummy 3, Speed Racer 
• Render management support Staff : Commercials: Bacardi Slosh, SOBE Thrillicious, Mazda Red/ White 
• Render Machine Trouble Shooting , NetApp disk space management , using command-line and GUI network visualization tools for load balancing.
• Digital Domain Training : prepared and taught four part intro to Houdini Class for render wranglers.
• Commercials Support , Creating Show Directories and managing software licensees 

 

 

 AVID Editor and Generalist

Slappy Studios , Universal City CA 2007

Line Producer , AVID Editor, Camera Assistant, and handled the Tape Logging and network infrastructure for the studio. Photoshop artist , After Effects compositor,  handled online Advertising for the studio,and Trained new Employees

 

        Projects

• The Power of Mentorship, “The Law of Attraction.” 2007 
• Mick Moore, SEO Promotional Commercial. 2007 
• Pre-visuals for Bidding