Armando Ricalde
Mexico City
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SeniorArmando Ricalde is a technology and production leader who blends physics, visual effects, and organizational design to build high-performing creative teams. Based in Mexico City, he is the Chief Technology Officer at Boxel Studio, and previously served as General Manager and VFX Producer at Ollin VFX, Latin America’s largest VFX house working on international features and series. A self-taught CG practitioner who studied physics at UNAM, he began by visualizing astronomy data and evolved into a technology strategist, co-founding Cluster Studio and shaping pipelines and CG workflows for over a decade. His leadership philosophy emphasizes generative leadership, culture, and continuous learning, evidenced by roles such as Boxel Studio’s leadership and organizational learning efforts and a 2014 Shotgun Pipeline Hero Award. He has steered complex productions—from Mindhunter and Jumanji to Godzilla: King of the Monsters—toward reliable, scalable pipelines while mentoring teams across Mexico. Armando combines technical depth with a passion for storytelling through technology, turning ambitious creative visions into practical production systems.
10 years of coding experienceGithub contributions (1)
aricalde/PipelineClass
May 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch, 1 comment in 1 day
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