Experience

Open Design Alliance

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• President

  • Jun 2014 - Present

  ODA has been providing critical technology for the CAD industry for more than 20 years. My focus is to prepare the organization for the next 20 years. Long-term support for .dwg continues to be a primary focus for us, but in addition, ODA has expanded into 2 major new areas in recent years. We entered the BIM market in 2014 with the first cross-platform open toolkit for Autodesk(r) Revit(r) files. Our BIM Suite now includes support for Navisworks(r) and IFC files as well. More… Show more ODA has been providing critical technology for the CAD industry for more than 20 years. My focus is to prepare the organization for the next 20 years. Long-term support for .dwg continues to be a primary focus for us, but in addition, ODA has expanded into 2 major new areas in recent years. We entered the BIM market in 2014 with the first cross-platform open toolkit for Autodesk(r) Revit(r) files. Our BIM Suite now includes support for Navisworks(r) and IFC files as well. More recently we introduced the ODA Technology Stack, which includes solutions for Visualization, Publishing, Web Development, Facet Modeling, and 3D Exchange. As a non-profit, ODA offers licensing terms that are unmatched in the industry with transparent, fixed-cost annual fees and free technical support.

• Chief Technology Officer

  • Sep 2007 - Jun 2014

  Managed the development of the Teigha CAD and technical graphics platform: - Led an initiative to automate and improve ODA quality processes, including planning, hardware assessment and acquisition, adoption of virtualization technology, and process improvement. - Managed development of a custom cross-platform continuous integration system that provides automatic notification of regressions within hours of a commit. The system has greatly improved team efficiency and software… Show more Managed the development of the Teigha CAD and technical graphics platform: - Led an initiative to automate and improve ODA quality processes, including planning, hardware assessment and acquisition, adoption of virtualization technology, and process improvement. - Managed development of a custom cross-platform continuous integration system that provides automatic notification of regressions within hours of a commit. The system has greatly improved team efficiency and software quality. - Increased development team size by 100% from 2008 and 2013, including process, infrastructure, and communication improvements to support efficient multi-site development. - Transitioned team to a Scrum-based Agile development process, which improved team efficiency and transparency, increased planning accuracy, and allowed better tracking of intermediate progress. - Worked closely with a number of prominent member companies and third-party tool providers.

• Lead Software Engineer

  • Apr 1999 - Sep 2007

  Worked on development of the now-deprecated OpenDWG Toolkit, a library for reading, writing and rendering .dwg and .dxf files. Led efforts to design and develop DWGdirect, an object-oriented C++ SDK which superseded our older Toolkit. DWGdirect later became the Teigha SDK. Oversaw the early growth of the Open Design development team.



INSO

• Canada
• Information Technology & Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Software Engineer

  • 1996 - 1999

  Worked as a senior developer on a graphics file translation system that supported nearly 100 graphics file formats, both vector and raster. Clients could open any type of supported file, and either convert the file to any other supported type or access the data in the file programmatically. The goal of the system was to provide access to data in as close to native form as possible. Specialized in investigation of .dwg and .dxf CAD file formats. Responsible for development of… Show more Worked as a senior developer on a graphics file translation system that supported nearly 100 graphics file formats, both vector and raster. Clients could open any type of supported file, and either convert the file to any other supported type or access the data in the file programmatically. The goal of the system was to provide access to data in as close to native form as possible. Specialized in investigation of .dwg and .dxf CAD file formats. Responsible for development of CorelDraw and PowerPoint support within the translation system. Show less