William Schroeder
President And CEO at Kitware, Inc.
Bar Harbor, Maine, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolWilliam Schroeder is a seasoned computational scientist and CEO with 32 years of experience building and leading a scientific computing company, Kitware, from co-founding to its current leadership. He blends applied mathematics and mechanical engineering expertise (MS/PhD and BS) with hands-on software development in visualization, parallel computing, and point-cloud algorithms. Based in Bar Harbor, Maine, he remains an active open-source contributor—his enhancements to the widely used vtk-js library added new geometric source filters and implicit functions that expand web-based visualization capabilities. Known for leading through service and open collaboration, he bridges deep R&D roots from GE with pragmatic product-focused engineering and a talent for turning complex computational methods into usable tools.
32 years of coding experience
The University of Maryland, College ParkMS, PhD, Applied Mathematics, MS, PhD, Applied Mathematics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Github Skills (8)
data-visualizations10
data-visualization10
javascript10
data-visualisation10
vtk-js10
image-processing10
testing9
3d-graphics8
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Kitware/vtk-js
Dec 2016 - Nov 2017
Visualization Toolkit for the Web
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:12 commits, 3 PRs, 7 pushes in 11 months
Contributions summary:William primarily focused on enhancing the `vtk-js` library with new source filters, specifically a PlaneSource, LineSource, and PointSource, and the supporting ImageMarchingCubes and ImageMarchingSquares. They implemented these filters with associated example code and tests, ensuring proper functionality and integration within the visualization toolkit. Moreover, the user added a Cone implicit function with appropriate testing. These additions expand the library's capabilities for creating and manipulating geometric primitives.
visualization
Kitware/VTK
Jan 1994 - Jan 2023
Mirror of Visualization Toolkit repository
Contributions:4141 commits in 29 years 5 months
visualization
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