Ben Weiss
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
Contact:

Email: ben@shellandslate.com