About Me

I'm a veteran in the computer graphics industry with a passion for open source standards for rendering and look development. My goal is to help champion open source initiatives that empower developers, foster innovation, and drive community and industry adoption.

Open Source Advocacy: Active advocate for open source standards for material representation within the Academy Software Foundation concentrating on these standards: MaterialX, OpenUSD, OpenColorIO, Khronos glTF, OpenGL ES.

Technical Leadership: Member of the MaterialX Technical Steering Committee with numerous contributions to MaterialX, and previously at Autodesk as technical lead for MaterialX. Contributions for both defining and deploying the specification in all areas from core logic to code generation, rendering, and interoperability.

Collaborative Leadership: Involvement in orchestrating collaborative efforts among standards bodies, inter-company, and intra-company representatives. Notable examples include the MaterialX and: NVIDIA MDL, Web deployment, OpenColorIO, and OpenUSD collaborations.

Consultation and Education: Bridging the knowledge gap for contributors and users of open source standards through consultation and education. Notable examples include: MaterialX presentations at SIGGRAPH and Academy Software Foundation Open Source Days, on-going Slack and GitHub involvement, and MaterialX learning site for developers and technical artists.

Sponsorship will help me continue to contribute to the open source community and standards bodies.