Summary
Björn Siegert is a senior product manager and former VFX pipeline specialist with over a decade of experience bridging real-time visualization, lighting/rendering, and product strategy. Currently at Autodesk, he transitioned from hands-on render supervision and TD roles at DNEG and Weta Digital into product leadership, shaping tools used by artists and studios. His background includes deep technical work—Katana integration, automated render testing, and Python tooling—paired with customer-facing product roadmapping from his RTT days. He excels at translating complex artist workflows into scalable product requirements and shipping pipeline features that improve studio throughput. Based in Greater Montreal, he combines cinematic-grade technical craft with pragmatic product delivery, often spotting optimization opportunities that only former pipeline TDs would notice.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
English, German, French