Michael Mccartney
Software Architect at SDFX Studios
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolMichael Mccartney is a Software Architect with a decade of experience building large-scale production tracking and real-time review systems for the VFX and film industry. He has progressed from stereoscopic compositor to architecting cross-platform render engines and synchronized review ecosystems used by 30+ concurrent users, blending deep production knowledge with pragmatic engineering. His work includes designing plugin frameworks (SDI, NDI, streaming), implementing OpenColorIO v2 pipelines, and leading cloud migrations and backend infrastructure on AWS. Known for improving team standards and onboarding while preserving creative freedom, he also created NetRelay, a replication system for real-time synchronized review across long distances. With an uncommon combination of an art background and senior software development skills, he translates artistic requirements into robust, high-performance tools for demanding studio pipelines.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Animation, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Animation at Full Sail UniversitySUNY Purchase
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Github Skills (55)
cut10
animation10
image-processing10
image10
post-processing10
video-editing10
texture10
api10
visual-effects10
editing10
color-management10
pyside9
aiohttp8
interchange8
http-server8
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
StereoD-Development/oiio
Aug 2017 - May 2019
OpenImageIO
Contributions:3 releases, 3 PRs, 16 pushes in 1 year 9 months
openimageio
mccartnm/lutil
Jul 2020 - Oct 2022
Lightweight utility library for embedded systems
Contributions:2 PRs, 22 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 2 months
lightweight-utilityembedded-systemsembeddedhalutility-library
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