Connie Chang
Technical Lead at DreamWorks Animation
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolConnie Chang is a Technical Lead with 11 years of experience building and shipping layout and previs toolsets at DreamWorks Animation, specializing in Python, Qt, Maya, USD, and C++ plugin development. She leads cross-functional collaboration between artists, TDs, and third-party vendors to balance production schedules with robust, maintainable code and weekly releases. Connie has driven major performance gains—optimizing features up to 400%—and architects APIs and design patterns that minimize tech debt and enable other teams to integrate easily. With an MEng in Computer Graphics and a background in biophysics, she blends rigorous technical curiosity with an artist-focused product sensibility. Outside of code she’s a musician who sings and plays piano, which informs her taste for storytelling and animation detail.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Johns Hopkins UniversityMaster of Engineering - MEng Computer Graphics and Game Technology, Master of Engineering - MEng Computer Graphics and Game Technology at University of Pennsylvania
Github Skills (5)
scene8
plugin7
autodesk7
maya7
usd6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
cawney4/FireTamerGame
Oct 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:22 commits, 13 pushes in 22 days
cawney4/Project3-CUDA-Path-Tracer
Sep 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:23 pushes in 8 days
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