Resume: Stephan F. Balderrama

Design and Architecture

Expert at breaking down a problem from the "big picture" view and creating well designed, maintainable, and extensible systems. Fluent in Object Oriented design techniques and the use of UML to communicate the design. Have designed everything from components to full scale applications.

Programming Languages

Expert in C++. Also experienced in C#, Visual Basic, Java, Objective-C, PHP, Python, Scheme, and assembly languages.
Visualization and Modeling Technologies

Vast experience in 3D technologies including OpenGL, and higher level 3D toolkits such as HOOPS and DirectX, particularly oriented towards the Computer Aided Design and Product Data Management fields. Experience with 3D streaming applications. Represented Dassault Systemes in the CAD working group of the Web3D consortium.

Experience with the ACIS geometric modeling kernel and CATIA CAA programming.

Web Technologies

Experience with Apache, PHP, and Python. Familiarity with messaging protocols such as SOAP and the concepts behind web application programming. Knowledge of HTML and CSS.

Platforms and Operating Environments

Vast Windows platform experience, including component technologies such as COM, OLE, and ActiveX, and programming technolgies including MFC and ATL. Also have some experience with .NET and Windows Forms, including WinFX. Other platform experience includes various flavors of Unix with X Windows, and Apple Mac, both Carbon and Cocoa.

Leadership and Management

Extensive management experience over both employees and independent contractors. Able to facilitate communication to enable the most efficient work experience for everyone involved and insure that everyone is used to their best potential possible. Skilled at putting together project plans and identifying risk factors and their solutions to bring a project together successfully and within budget.

Consortium Experience

Represented Dassault Systemes in the Web3D CAD working group.
Represented Spatial Corp. in the OLE for design and modeling group.

Patents

Patent #5,806,071, "Process and system for configuring information for presentation at an interactive electronic device."

Work History

IdeaSculpt LLC, 2005 - current
Westminster, CO / Houston, TX
Founding member and Senior Consultant

Have worked on a variety of projects, including 3D animation of a robotics system, 3D animation of particle flow, and an application for task and project management that will be hosted as a web application.

Spatial Corp., 1995 - 2005
Westminster, CO
Visualization Architect

Held a number of management and technical positions, ending up as the architect in charge of Visualization projects. Architected and implemented numerous products including 3D viewers, ActiveX controls and visualization subsystems for CAD data based on OpenGL, the HOOPS 3D graphics toolkit, and proprietary 3D subsystems. Interfaced directly with Dassault Systemes visualization groups after Spatial was bought by DS, including extensive work on 3D viewers based on the CATIA proprietary graphics system and streaming 3D using the HOOPS streaming toolkit.

InfoAmerica, Inc., 1987-1995
Ft. Collins, CO
Lead Software Engineer and Architect

New code design and maintenance of a multimedia product designed for self service point of sale applications. Developed everything from device drivers for video and audio systems, to the authoring software used to put together presentations, including a BASIC language style scripting language interpreter. Awarded Patent #5,806,071.

Colorado State University, 1981 - 1984
Ft. Collins, CO

Graduated with B.S. in Computer Science.