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Deluxe’s Method Studios Names Global Production Operations Leaders (MESA)
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As Deluxe’s Method Studios continues to integrate new VFX and VR and AR operations, the studio has added several new global leaders, including the promotion of Eric Combrié to chief operating officer, reporting to president of VFX and VR/AR, Ed Ulbrich.
Combrié first joined Method in 2016 as SVP of global business operations, after working for nearly two decades at Technicolor in senior financial roles, most recently as division CFO of production services, where he oversaw finance and operations for VFX, animation, games and post-production.
Additionally, Maker has promoted Tom Wild to VP of global production operations, joining Combrié’s team, and added Jeff Werner, who returns to Method as director of digital studio in Los Angeles.
“Over the past year we’ve begun to identify the best systems and processes within all of our locations and implement them across the board to standardize production operations,” Ulbrich said. “This new team will lead us as a global operation, working closely with production and technology leadership in our LA, New York, Vancouver, Sydney, Melbourne and Pune studios, to shift and share capacity and capabilities as a fully unified global operation.”
A 20-year production veteran, Wild is being promoted to the global team from Iloura in Melbourne, where he served as national head of production, where he designed and managed an integrated system that connects production, finance, recruiting, operations, and sales across multiple facilities.
Werner, who previously spent five years with Method, returns as digital studio director in Los Angeles. He comes back after working as head of production with MPC.
