Objective:
A top-level engineering position in a creative research & development environment,
with emphasis on graphics, algorithms, and user-interface concepts. I prefer to
work from the Ventura / Los Angeles area, but can commute occasionally.
Professional History:
- Shell & Slate Software Corp., Carpinteria, CA. President & CEO, 2000 - present
- Clients include Google Inc., Seadragon Software, GeeThree.com, Apple Inc.
- Patent-pending image-processing technologies for advanced photo retouching
- Extensive research and development on graphics tools and techniques
- MetaCreations Corp., Carpinteria, CA - Imaging Scientist - 1992 - 2000
- Developed engines for:
- GeeThree Slick Transitions Vol. 3, Best of Show MWNY 2002
- Kai’s Power Tools 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
- Kai’s Power GOO, Kai’s SuperGoo
- Kai’s Photo Soap
- KPT5 Blurrr, KPT5 FraxPlorer
- KPT6 Gel, KPT6 Equalizer
- Co-developed Axiom, Meta’s cross-platform C++ class library
- Architected user-interface for Photo Soap, SuperGoo, KPT FraxPlorer, KPT Gel
- Performed extensive research and development on graphics tools and techniques
Education:
- Harvey Mudd College - Claremont, CA - 1990 - 1994
- B.S., Applied Mathematics, With Distinction
Publications:
Awards and Patents:
- PC Magazine Technical Excellence Award, Kai’s Power GOO, 1996
- USA Today All-American Scholar, 1994
- US Patent #5,757,372 - Multiple nonlinear undo buttons
- US Patent #6,996,287 - Method and apparatus for texture cloning
- US Patent #7,010,163 - Method and apparatus for processing image data
- Multiple software patents pending
Skills:
- Specialization in algorithms and code optimization
- Expert knowledge of C++ and Xcode on the Macintosh platform
- PowerPC / Altivec / SSE Programming
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