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For more than 20 years Carl Sassenrath has been leading the design and implementation of fundamental advances in computer languages, operating systems, and distributed computing. In 1985 Carl was responsible for the design and implementation of the highly acclaimed Amiga Multitasking Operating System. His background includes senior development roles at Apple Computer’s Advanced Technology Group, Hewlett-Packard (Computer Systems Division), and Commodore Amiga. He was also the founder and president of Pantaray and American Multimedia, and was the co-founder and VP of Development for Videostream Inc. Carl has headed the development of Internet set-top boxes, CDTV (the world’s first CD-ROM set-top box), programming languages, and multimedia content authoring systems. Carl holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California.
Ammon began his computing career as a Graphics Designer from 2000-02. He managed computer systems for multiple medium sized businesses for about 18 months. During which time he discovered REBOL and set out to create RIDE. For the past 8 months Ammon resides as CIO for a telecommunications company.
Bo grokked electronics when he was 8 as a hands-on experimenter. He mastered computers in the late 70’s with the Vic-20. Self-taught in programming as well, Bo’s first program was a text-based adventure game at the age of 12 in 1981. Later, he upgraded to Amigas at home and Macs at school. After his education at the University of Nebraska, Bo and his wife, Rosemary, opened a local retail and nationwide mail-order Amiga computer business, Amicom Technology, in Omaha. During this time, Bo developed his persistent interest in video editing and production. In 1998, Bo joined the REBOL team at Vichy Springs as Quality Assurance Coordinator and Lead Technical Support. In recent years, Bo grew his own business, Lechnowsky Technical Consulting. Although Bo learned numerous computer languages over the years, he feels most productive and creative using REBOL.
Chris is a designer/developer who creatively and determinedly seeks ways to harness X Internet and Web technologies to creative, informational and commercial ends. His long-held goal is to produce an enduring and compelling homage to his home Island of Arran off the west coast of Scotland. Pursuit of this goal has led him across two continents and through numerous projects, constantly discovering new ways to bend the Internet to his terms
(Webmaster’s NOTE: This REBOL Collaboration 2004 Website is generated by a CMS (Content Management System) which Chris developed for eFishAntSea, Inc. using the Advanced X Internet which publishes back out to the Web – written 100% in REBOL.)
From the Czech Republic, Cyphre is publicly known for Alpha-Channel FX, 3-D Graphics, Splines, Bezier Curves, TCP-Tanks ... Need we say more?
His name is Richard but he is best known as Cyphre on the X Internet. He grew on 8-bit Atari computers (BASIC, 6502 assembler). In the late 80’s he bought his first Amiga computer (A500) doing mostly graphics experiments and 8-bit sampled music, sounds and effects. Later he used Amigas and few synths for MIDI programming and composing. Being part of the electro-house-techno-trance wave in early 90’s he and REBolek founded project WEIRDDREAM and recorded some CD’s. During this time he also traveled in the middle east and worked as a PC technician, gardener, worker, dishwasher, TV ad cameraman and digital cutter, In 1999 he became a REBOL addict when scripting an online web-based chess game using Rebol/Core. But his real REBOL obssesion started when Rebol/View reached his computer. From that point he produced galleries of graphical demos, games, GUI applications etc. always trying to push View’s potential to the max. He is currently living together with his beautiful wife in Czech Republic near Brno city.
Stay tuned for REBOL France biographies. Premier cuisine from some master technology chefs. Cooking Reblets to satisfy any palette. Tres kewell pour bon appetite!
Representing Italy, Gabriele had his first experience with computers when he was 6 and his father bought a Commodore 64. He was fascinated by it and at about 10 he began learning Basic; at about 13 he was programming in machine language; and at 14 he bought an Amiga 500 and learned C and M68k assembly. In the successive years he learned a number of languages, ranging from Pascal to C++, passing through AmigaDOS scripts and ARexx; he wrote a number of (unreleased) programs in AmigaE which became his favourite language. He learned about REBOL while he was studying Forth, he downloaded REBOL 1.0.2 and in a few weeks he was addicted to it. He has actively participated in the REBOL community since then, and has developed a number of commercial and non-commercial REBOL applications.
If Gregg seems familiar to you, it’s just because he reminds everyone of someone. His preference for human friendly programming languages led him to REBOL after 11 years as Visual Basic specialist (yes, he *really* used V1, and has the diskettes to prove it). His "claims to fame" would pale in comparison to yours and everyone elses, so don’t ask. He isn’t ashamed to say that he doesn’t like C and thinks "real programmers" can write in any @!#$ language they want (he gets a lot of flak about his BASIC background). His training to become a software engineer was as a Theatre Arts major. He was architect and lead developer on a mortgage origination system used by some of the top-ten banks in the U.S., and he has written code generators that should have spewed out over 1,000,000 lines of code by now; even a Windows resource compiler in pure VB.
Brilliant, arrogant, and dangerous. Just be glad he’s on your side on this. That aside, Reichart ("The Baron") Started playing with computers back when "display" meant 8 LEDs in a row. He began his career at a very early age, and before being old enough to legally drink alcohol—was the art director for TV commercials for Coors, God Father’s Pizza, Pizza Hut, and Pepsi. In the early 1980’s he helped pioneer those really annoying music videos for the then fledgling MTV (sorry...). It was then, that sadly Reichart’s life began a steep decline. Booze, cheap women, and world fame combined to bring down the once famous "wiz kid". For years Reichart roamed the streets, homeless - without a friend in the world. He’d push around a shopping cart filled with his ideas and inventions (not to mention his really big foil ball and his lint collection). It should be quite obvious how he went from homelessness to heading multi-million dollar software companies, so we won’t go into that. But nevertheless, the foil ball served a critical role.
Zooming in from Montreal Canada, Maxim created the infamous GLASS UI engine and STEEL integrated tools. In his 21 years as a programmer but not yet 30 years old, Maxim has programmed in over 30 languages (including too many variations of BASIC and 9 distinct operating platforms). From TRS-80 to 8-CPU Sillicon Graphics Onyx Mainframes. His search for the perfect language was satisfied when he found REBOL.
After college in electronics and computer sciences, Maxim continued on to work in the field of high-end post-production as a 3d animation and compositing demo artist on such softwares as SOFTIMAGE, Houdini, Shake, Maya, Discreet logic *flame and *smoke. After serving as CTO for a fledgling virtual reality integration studio startup. Maxim consults and directs technology in visual effects, 3D animation & rendering for film and TV. Maxim dedicates his time creating R&D for a feature film visual effects facility. Recent projects include: Scooby-Do 2 and Exorcist. In the past, Maxim has writen a real-time 3d crowd engine. Currently Maxim is implementing a 3d rendering management pipeline, a client-server architecture to send daily renders to a remote viewing server which generates multiple format outputs. His specialty is infrastructure pipeline design, software data flow architecture and GUI usage and design.
From Germany, Robert’s accomplishments range from custom hardware processor design to IT software projects, from the depth of silicon to the heights of groupware and social computing.
Robert leverages his technical background in software and hardware development (massively parallel systems, compiler design, and database systems) in his xpeers.net community participation model for the business side of REBOL and its commercial success.
A business and technology consultant, engineer, and educator for 20 years, Scot provided engineering and technology consulting for Cal Fed, RE/Max, Commodore, Disney Software, and a number of school districts. Formerly employed as the Head of Technology at Anti Gravity Products, he currently functions as Director of Market development for REBOL Technologies, Inc. Scot contributed to the branding and positioning of RT’s marquee product, The Internet Operating System, which received a 2002 Webby Award nomination. The inventor of Educational Objects, Scot combines innovative engineering, and two decades of business and technology consulting, with a passion for education.
Commercializing the X Internet, Steve Shireman founded eFishAntSea to solve main-stream business problems with Advanced X Internet solutions. With over 27 years of product development in these areas: VLSI manufacturing, dairy automation with RF AutoID, safety-critical train automation, CDMA data wireless product design (including the only "land-line transparent" wireless local loop products, telematics systems, and the fastest wireless data TCP/IP/RLP implementation) Steve is pioneering some vertical market integration such as X-SCADA™ and education with other X Internet partners and businesses.
For over 15 years Ashley has been trying to do more with less, not because he’s clever but because there’s a lot of things he wants to do!
Apart from managing an investment company, www.dobeash.com, Ashley has championed the exclusive use of REBOL in the digital imaging company (www.imageman.com.au) of which he is a co-director.
REBOL has finally given him the means and inspiration to follow his dreams, to make simple tools that do the job.
Yek Soon is an investor and business owner from city-state-country, Singapore.
A journey less traveled. Yek Soon’s career includes blazing the Internet trail with SilkRoute Ventures, Singapore’s most successful Internet services firm; at a time when few believed in the Internet. Building on the adrelaline of working in startups, Yek Soon found himself with business acceleration firm, Asia Pathways, where he helped Atlanta-based Firstwave penetrate the Asia Pacific market and was subsequently spotted preaching about digital rights management (DRM) with Reciprocal.
neuSteps, is Yek Soon’s journey ahead ...
A journey with oneself ...
A journey of disruption to change the world ( a better world ) ...