01Case StudyRole · Product Marketing Manager, PipelineX (Cloud Platform)Spring 2020 - 2022

DreamWorks Animation: PipelineX

TL;DR

Artists distrusted an industry-first cloud pipeline, so I rebuilt onboarding, personas, and technical messaging: 3,000+ technical users, 85% adoption across 9 matrixed teams in 6 months.

Enterprise GTM for an industry-first cloud platform

3,000+
technical users · 85% adoption
What I Noticed

Artists don't adopt tools just because engineering ships them. They adopt when the messaging clearly speaks to their daily creative output and makes their lives easier.

Within the first month, artists stopped exporting local backup copies. That was the clearest sign the platform had earned their trust.
What I Did

Enabled the enterprise go-to-market of PipelineX, an industry-first cloud microservices developer platform, across 3,000+ technical users, treating every release as its own launch with dedicated positioning and KPIs.

Project managed the digital transformation campaign across 9 highly matrixed teams in 6 months, reaching an 85% adoption rate.

Tracked adoption KPIs (onboarding time, feature usage by persona, support ticket volume) across cohorts and iterated onboarding and technical messaging on the data, cutting proficiency ramp by roughly 50%.

Prioritized the product roadmap on production feedback and resolved technical blockers with Product and Engineering in Jira, lifting system reliability from 98% to 99.5% uptime under peak 110K+ TPS load.

How It Came Together

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Four PipeX user personas mapping pain points, motivations, and messaging.
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Four-phase roadmap from pilot launch through studio-wide integration and future innovation.
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Pre-launch, launch, and post-launch sequencing across Animation, Technical Direction, and Studio teams.
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Studio-wide launch announcement to DreamWorks Animation staff.
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Adoption comms tying the first cloud-powered film to artist feedback.
What Happened
85%

Adoption rate across 9 matrixed teams in 6 months.

3,000+ users

Technical users onboarded to the industry's first cloud microservices developer platform.

99.5%

Uptime, up from 98%, under peak 110K+ TPS load.

What I'd Tackle Next

Instrument adoption cohorts by role so we can catch at-risk user segments before launch rather than after.