Ryan Heniser is a qualified professional, that works in Blizzard Entertainment main office of which is in 593. as a Shader Writer and Software Engineer since 2018. This person gained professional experience in more than nine positions at various companies. Ryan Heniser went to the Savannah College of Art and Design and received education there to 2008. Ryan Heniser has professional qualifications: Sun Certified Java Programmer and Sun Certified Grid Engine Administrator. Irvine, California is the area, where this professional was known to live. This expert's email address and phone number are easily accessed through SoftwareOfficial by request.
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Ryan Heniser
Last updated Jun 12, 2024
Contact Information
Last Update
Jul 10, 2022
Email
rh**@blizzard.com, he**@yahoo.com, ry**@blizzard.com
Location
Irvine, CA
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Work History
Senior Shading Technical Director
Debugged, enhanced, and optimized shaders in the existing Mantra Shader Library (Vex/VOPs)
Converted the existing Mantra rendering pipeline & shader library to use Arnold
Developed Arnold...
Jan 2015 — Dec 2017
Shader Writer and Software Engineer
Assisted with the development, debugging, and maintenance of Weta's Shader Library (in C++
and RSL)
Optimized shader and C++ (shadeop) plug-in code
Responsible for tracking-down and reso...
Apr 2013 — Nov 2014
Cg Supervisor
Responsible for tracking-down and resolving shading/rendering artifacts and bottlenecks in
production scenes
Served as the liaison between the core shading team and the show on all render...
Jun 2012 — Nov 2012
R and D Software Engineer
Lead Software Developer for DNeg's Re-rendering Package
Responsible for the design, implementation, and maintenance of the Maya-to-PRMan re-
rendering package using Python, PyQt, DBus, an...
Jan 2010 — Jun 2012
Lead Software Engineer
Assisted with the development, debugging, and maintenance of MPC's proprietary lighting tool.
Served as the liaison between the core R&D team and all shows on all rendering, shading, and l...
Sep 2009 — Jan 2010
Ilm R and D Software Engineer
P/O Box 29919, San Francisco, CA
Lead Software Developer for ILM's Proprietary Lighting Package:
Responsible for the development and maintenance of both the C++ and Python multiple tier
architecture for the package, incl...
Jan 2008 — Nov 2009
Shader Writer and Programmer
Designed and developed PRMan Rif Filter Plug-ins to modify the PRMan graphic state to a
state, optimal for a specific type of render pass e.g. ambient occlusion or subsurface scattering
R...
Sep 2004 — Sep 2005
Education
2002 — 2004
1997 — 2002
1993 — 1997
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Shaders
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Renderman
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Mel
Nuke
Houdini
Technical Direction
Computer Animation
Compositing
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Python
Pipeline Development
Shake
Look Development
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Mental Ray
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Arnold
C++
Cmake
Katana
Modo
Lightwave
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