Paul Arden
Software Development VP at PTC
Greater Melbourne Area Australia
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Top SchoolPaul Arden is a software development executive with over two decades of experience commercializing photorealistic 3D rendering and large-scale web services, now serving as VP of Software Development at PTC. He co-founded and led RealityServer spin-out migenius and earlier built and sold the software arm of Luminova, blending product strategy with deep technical expertise in GPU rendering, MDL materials and cloud deployment. Paul pairs hands-on contributions to open-source projects like assimp—improving glTF support around non-indexed meshes and camera data—with leadership across startups and global teams at NVIDIA/mental images. Based in Melbourne, he specializes in turning physical light simulation and high-fidelity rendering tech into SaaS/PaaS solutions for enterprise scale, with a pragmatic eye for reducing code duplication and operational cost.
11 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Computer Science, BSc, Computer Science at La Trobe University
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Github Skills (10)
x3d10
3ds10
c-language10
gltf10
cprogramming-language10
asset-pipeline9
fbx7
json-rpc6
collada6
3d6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
assimp/assimp
Jul 2018 - Jun 2020
The official Open-Asset-Importer-Library Repository. Loads 40+ 3D-file-formats into one unified and clean data structure.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:31 commits, 12 PRs, 27 comments in 1 year 11 months
Contributions summary:Paul primarily contributed to the glTF import/export functionality within the Assimp library. They focused on implementing features related to non-indexed meshes and orthographic camera data, addressing specific issues and enhancing the library's support for the glTF 2.0 format. Their work involved modifying importer and exporter code, including fixing issues related to UV transformations and camera data handling. They also refactored code to reduce duplication and enhance code quality.
pythonc-plus-plusobjective-cvolume-renderingfbx-exporter
ardenpm/Original-Prusa-i3
Apr 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:20 commits, 19 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
prusa3d-printerpartsprintermk2
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