John-Mark Gibbons

John-Mark Gibbons has a diverse work experience in the field of animation and rigging. John-Mark is currently working at Digital Domain as an Associate Lead Software Engineer, starting in March 2023. Prior to this role, they were a Software Engineer at Digital Domain from September 2021 to March 2023. Before joining Digital Domain, John-Mark held the position of Animation & Rigging TD at the company from September 2019 to September 2021.

Before joining Digital Domain, John-Mark worked at Hybride as a Senior Rigging Artist from September 2018 to September 2019. In this role, they developed a facial rigging system, authored nodes to expand the studio's capabilities, and built and maintained the animation tool shelf.

Prior to Hybride, John-Mark worked at Industrial Light & Magic as a Senior Creature TD from February 2018 to August 2018. John-Mark built rigs and simulation setups for various characters and assets and collaborated with R&D to develop creature, crowd, and animation tools. Notably, they contributed to the development of a toolset to automate and manage crowd cloth caches. Before that, they held the position of Creature TD at Industrial Light & Magic from February 2016 to February 2018.

John-Mark also has experience working at Rainmaker Entertainment Inc as a Creature TD from February 2016 to February 2016, and as a Junior Creature TD from February 2015 to February 2016. Additionally, they worked at MPC as a Junior Techanim Artist from July 2014 to February 2015, where they enhanced shot realism through cloth, fur simulation, and skin fixing, and developed Python tools to improve team efficiency.

Furthermore, John-Mark worked at New Creature as a 3D Designer from October 2011 to August 2013. In this role, they corresponded with customers to concept, design, and render marketing solutions, and developed custom tools to streamline the rendering workflow. John-Mark also worked at DaySpring Cards as a Designer from September 2010 to October 2011, where they improved the rendering workflow and designed event advertising for print and the web.

Additionally, John-Mark worked briefly as a Freelance Designer at Tyson Foods in February 2011.

Overall, John-Mark Gibbons has valuable experience in various roles related to animation, rigging, and design, showcasing their expertise and versatility in the industry.

John-Mark Gibbons' education history includes attending the Vancouver Film School from 2013 to 2014, where they studied 3D Animation and Visual Effects. Prior to that, they attended John Brown University from 2007 to 2010, where they earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Graphic Design and Digital Media Arts.

In addition to their formal education, John-Mark has obtained several certifications. John-Mark completed various courses and specializations on Coursera, such as Linear Algebra for Machine Learning and Data Science, Deploying Machine Learning Models in Production, Introduction to Machine Learning in Production, Machine Learning Data Lifecycle in Production, Machine Learning Engineering for Production (MLOps) Specialization, Machine Learning Modeling Pipelines in Production, Apply Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) Specialization, Build Better Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Build Basic Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs), Deep Learning Specialization, Sequence Models, Accelerated Computer Science Fundamentals Specialization, Convolutional Neural Networks, Unordered Data Structures, Ordered Data Structures, Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization, Structuring Machine Learning Projects, Object-Oriented Data Structures in C++, and Neural Networks and Deep Learning. The specific months and years in which John-Mark obtained these certifications are included in the additional information provided.