Valérie leads the animation and rigging R&D team at Animal Logic. After obtaining master's degrees in mechanical and digital engineering from Arts et Métiers ParisTech, she started her career in the VFX and animation industry in her hometown of Paris before calling Vancouver home for the past decade. She has worked at various studios including Image Engine and Sony Pictures Imageworks, before joining Animal Logic in 2018. She brings a passion for animation to her job designing rigging and animation technology and thrives seeing characters and fantastical creatures come to life in the creative hands of artists.