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MillimeterCliff Plumer Named ILM Chief Technology Officer
Oct 26, 2001 12:00 PM
San Rafael, CA -- Cliff Plumer has been promoted to the position of Chief Technology Officer, it was announced recently by Gail Currey, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Industrial Light & Magic (ILM).
Plumer,who most recently served as ILM's Director of Digital Technologies, is a five-year veteran of ILM and has been instrumental in guiding ILM’s massive expansion in the digital arena. The CTO post had been vacant for over two years.
“Cliff’s leadership has already been demonstrated by his reorganizing of ILM's digital technologies areas to align better with our production goals,” says Currey about Plumer’s selection. “He helped to build and understands our infrastructure better than anyone. Moving him up into this position was the obvious choice.”
As Chief Technology Officer, Cliff Plumer, will oversee all of the company’s research and development, systems support, networking operations, information systems and production software.
“Advancements in technology are allowing ILM to provide more powerful tools for the creative process,” says Plumer. “The company is comprised of the best and the brightest minds working in our industry and it is an honor to be leading the technology team.”
Prior to joining ILM in 1996, Plumer was a partner at Parallax Software, which developed software tools for the visual effects industry. At that time, Plumer worked with with ILM during production on films like "Death Becomes Her," "Jurassic Park" and "Forrest Gump." Plumer also previously worked at Wavefront Technologies, a 3D animation software company.
Industrial Light & Magic is a division of Lucas Digital Ltd. LLC, which also includes Skywalker Sound. Formed in 1993, Lucas Digital Ltd. is dedicated to serving the digital needs of the entertainment industry for visual effects, commercial production and audio post-production.
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