Saeid Afsharnia

Saeid Afsharnia is an accomplished Pipeline Technical Director at ICON Creative Studio, where responsibilities include maintaining production pipelines, investigating issues, optimizing workflows, and developing new tools for animation production. Prior to this role, Saeid founded TECH4ART as a Technical Art Director, focusing on automation and procedural workflows in Maya, Unreal Engine, and Houdini. Experience includes serving as a Pipeline Technical Assistant at HOPTOONS Animation Studios and as a Character Rigger and 3D Generalist at Aria Animation Studio. Early career developments took place at Saba Animation Center as a 3D Modeling Artist and 2D Concept Artist. Saeid holds an Advanced Diploma in Technical Arts from the British Columbia Institute of Technology, along with several diplomas in engineering design and CAD drafting from Amirkabir University of Technology and a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from Azad University.