
Software Engineer at Plenware OY and Blender 3D
Finland

Software Engineer at Plenware OY and Blender 3D
Finland
Projects designed and executed in C/C++, C# and .NET 2.0, PHP/MySQL and Java (mostly for the MHP platform), Python, Lua.
Open Source development, most notably in the Blender 3D project (see http://www.blender3d.org) and project management.
I'm interested in becoming a full-time Blender 3D developer. I'd like to be able to do work from home. I have a good understanding of the codebase and I can offer personal connections to important people.
If you have a business that is interested in using Blender 3D and is interested in furthering the development of Blender 3D, contact me.
In the Blender 3D community I'm know also as jesterKing.
Experience also with Lua (extending and embedding), C++, Perl and Python (extending and embedding).
Frameworks: Django.
Basic XML-RPC knowledge.
Teaching of the Dutch language to Finnish people.
software development (design and implementation)
consulting
teaching
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Computer Software industry)
September 2005 — Present (2 years 11 months)
* C# and .NET 2.0 (Windows)
* C++/Qt (Linux)
* software design (from use cases to design and implementation specification)
* Component optimisation
* Build-systems (SCons)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Computer Software industry)
July 2004 — Present (4 years 1 month)
Software development, consulting, Open Source development of 3D software.
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Animation industry)
December 2003 — Present (4 years 8 months)
In the Blender Foundation I'm active as maintainer of the SCons build-system. Further I help people out with coding issues, especially coders that are new to the Blender code base. I like to do maintenance-specific work, although I've developed some new code, too. I also work on Verse support in Blender.
My current projects are Python Nodes (scriptable nodes), Blunder (Lua implementation of the Blender GUI), ClipPlane modifier, VerseChat and bugfixing.
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
September 1999 — July 2006 (6 years 11 months)
Teach beginners and advanced courses at the Language Centre of Turku University, Finland.
(Animation industry)
November 2005 — March 2006 (5 months)
I worked remotely with the guys for Elephants Dream on a volunteering basis.
http://www.elephantsdream.org
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0807840/fullcredits#crewmembers
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
August 2001 — September 2005 (4 years 2 months)
Design and implementation of iTV related services.
Design and implementation of embedded systems in the field of DVB and IPDC.
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2001 — September 2002 (1 year 1 month)
Co-founded with Aschwin van der Woude and held the position of vice-chairman for the starting period.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
April 2001 — July 2001 (4 months)
I was hired for work on an embedded system. I implemented a flat database in C and I worked on the GUI for this system.
Finnish 1997 — 2007
1995 — 2000
3d and virtual reality, software development, game development and gaming as business, concept development for linguistical applications
Blender Foundation, Linux-Aktivaattori
Nominated for Best Coding Contribution in the Blender Conference 2004