Jeff Yana
Los Angeles,CA
Summary
Highly organized IT professional with extensive experience supporting CG/VFX, post-production and motion graphics workflows. Proven ability to manage complex technical challenges while leading teams in demanding, high pressure production environments.
Overview
2027
2027
years of professional experience
Work History
Executive Director of Technology
CrashCart LLC
Los Angeles, California
2023 - Current
- Architect/manage client technology infrastructure, achieving operational & cost efficiencies while reducing risk.
- Drove client cybersecurity initiatives to align with MPA/TPN+ content security guidelines & best practice frameworks
- Lead recruitment efforts and champion team members by promoting skill-building & mentorship
- Oversee incident management operation, initiate & track escalations
- Architect/design enterprise-class, next-gen network security solutions using principles of least privilege and zero trust.
- Lead development, galvanize department run-books and internal documentation systems to support engineering processes
Solutions Architect
Independent Contractor
Los Angeles, California
2003 - 2023
- Designed innovative solutions to meet client technology needs.
- Solutions engineering for enterprise networking, storage and CG/VFX production environment, .
- Evaluated new technologies to enhance existing systems/workflows.
- Provided technical leadership in designing, developing and implementing enterprise-wide business solutions.
- Provided expert advice on technology strategies and architecture decisions.
- Ensured compliance with established security policies through reviews of architecture designs and implementations.
Director of Technology
Dassault Systèmes 3DEXCITE
Pasadena, California
2006 - 2011
- Recruited and led a team of six full-time systems engineers.
- Prepared annual budgets and conducted forecasting for CEO's office.
- Directed initial four-wall build-out of Dassault Systems 3DExcite’s US operations, including IS and 3D production environment.
- Evaluated hardware/software products to align with business requirements.
- Performed proof-of-concepts with technology partners.
- Managed procurement processes for hardware/software for corporate IS, 3D production, and pro services.
- Reviewed and approved vendor contracts, work orders & statements of work.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Film Production
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA3D Animation
Santa Monica College
Santa Monica, CALinux System Administration
Pasadena City College
Pasadena, CASkills
- IT strategy alignment
- Cybersecurity frameworks
- Network security architecture
- Infrastructure mgmt
- Client relationship management
- Strong storage fundamentals
- IPv4 networks, layer 2/3 protocols & standards
- Procurement/vendor mgmt
- 2D/3D network rendering
SOFTWARE:
- Windows, macOS & linux administration
- Arista EOS, CloudVision FortiOS
- OpenZFS design principles
- ABM, Mosyle, Intune, Munki
- Active Directory/Entra ID
- SSO, SAML
- Google Workspace M365
- AWS Thinkbox Deadline
- Vray & Redshift renderers
- Adobe CC, Resolve, Maya, Nuke & Avid
- MASV, Aspera, Media Shuttle
- PCoIP, Jump Desktop
- AWS and Azure Cloud
- VMware, Proxmox
- Apache,Nginx
- NimjaRMM, Splashtop
- Github, Bash shell
Timeline
Executive Director of Technology
CrashCart LLC
2023 - Current
Solutions Architect
Independent Contractor
2003 - 2023
Director of Technology
Dassault Systèmes 3DEXCITE
2006 - 2011
Bachelor of Arts - Film Production
San Francisco State University
3D Animation
Santa Monica College
Linux System Administration
Pasadena City College