Check out this cool video demo of F.A.S.T by
Clovis Gay. Inspired by what Pixar showed on Presto, this tool will
really speed up your animation workflow. There is no need to select and
manipulate controller to pose the character, the puppet is controlled by manipulating predefined mesh zones with your mouse movements.

You can get the tool currently available for 3ds Max here: http://www.kinematiclab.com/#!fast/cokv

P.S. the head model/scan used in the demo can be purchased from: http://www.triplegangers.com/