Summary
Milan Kolar is a founder and pipeline-focused studio technologist with 11 years of experience building and running production-ready tools for animation and VFX studios. As CEO of Ynput he led development and commercial support for AYON, an open studio pipeline platform designed to scale across studios of all sizes. His background spans hands-on CG work, pipeline TD roles, VFX supervision and studio management, giving him a rare combination of artist empathy and systems-level engineering. He has a track record of turning studio pain points into robust integrations and automation—often shipping bespoke tools while maintaining production delivery. Based in Prague, he actively shapes community and training efforts to help studios adopt better workflows and collaboration practices.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
BA(Hons), Computer Animation, 1st class Honours, BA(Hons), Computer Animation, 1st class Honours at The University of Glamorgan
Master of Arts (MA), Digital Effects, Distinction, Master of Arts (MA), Digital Effects, Distinction at Bournemouth University
Czech, Slovak, English