John
Perser, Senior Vice President of Operations
Dan
Brockway, Vice President of Product Management
Chris
Henderson, Senior Vice President of Engineering
Douglas
Price, Vice President of Product Management
Joe
Weber, Vice President of Finance
Sandeep Divekar, Chief Executive Officer
Prior to coming to MultiGen, Sandeep Divekar was the CEO and co-founder
of 3Name3D Inc., (acquired by Computer Associates in 1998). He has an
undergraduate degree in architecture from the University
of Bombay and a graduate education in Urban Design from the Southern California
Institute of Architecture and Computer Aided Design at UCLA's Graduate
School of Architecture and Urban Planning. Mr. Divekar was also on the
adjunct faculty at the University of Southern California teaching cyberspace
design. He has been working in the field of 3D computer graphics for 20
years and has extensive experience in fields ranging from architecture, entertainment,
enterprise applications, e-commerce and visual simulation.
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John Perser, Senior Vice President of Operations
John Perser joined MultiGen-Paradigm in 1993 as the Manager of Audio
Products and was responsible for the development of the AudioWorks2 product
line. Before joining MultiGen-Paradigm, he served as the Product Engineering
Manager at Kodak Health Imaging Systems where he helped develop the first
widely used Kodak electronic radiological display system. Previously, Mr.
Perser worked in the Manufacturing Automation Systems group at Texas Instruments,
creating systems for the control of devices used in the production of
military class electronics. Mr. Perser holds a degree in Computer Science
from The University of Texas at Dallas.
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Dan Brockway, Vice President of Product Management
Dan Brockway's role at MultiGen-Paradigm is to manage technology and research initiatives, cultivating MultiGen-Paradigm's growing intellectual property portfolio, much of which is protected by U.S. and international patents. Mr. Brockway works with customers, partners, industry, universities and research institutions on innovative technologies and actively participates in standards organizations.
Prior to assuming his current position, Mr. Brockway served in several roles since joining MultiGen-Paradigm. Originally he developed databases for large scale contracts won by MultiGen-Paradigm's Professional Services group. Mr. Brockway then took over as Director of Database Products and was responsible for technical direction and oversight of all aspects of development for the MultiGen Creator, Creator Terrain Studio and SiteBuilder 3D product lines as well as the development of MultiGen-Paradigm's database schema description, MetaFlight. Prior to joining MultiGen-Paradigm, Mr. Brockway was the lead on the synthetic environment team for the War Breaker Program at SAIC. He also wrote Image Generator software for DARPA projects and published "101 Users Commands for CAD".
Mr. Brockway holds a Bachelor of Environmental Design from Texas A&M University and has over 13 years of experience in visual simulation and 7 years of CAD and GIS experience in the Civil Engineering market.
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Chris Henderson, Senior Vice President of Engineering
After joining MultiGen-Paradigm in 1995, Mr. Henderson contributed to the development of the Vega product line in many ways, including implementation of the Vega Fast File format, and contributions to asynchronous database paging, texture subloading, maritime simulation, and large area database management. Mr. Henderson then transitioned to the Services organization, where he led a team of developers in the construction of the visual and audio subsystems for the ASF/PLT-V tank gunnery training simulator. Subsequent to that effort, Mr. Henderson led the creation and delivery of MultiGen-Paradigm's FlightIG runtime and database technology. FlightIG, which is based both on Vega and on Vega Prime, provides turnkey visual system capabilities for correlated multi-sensor simulations. He was responsible for the delivery of that technology in conjunction with multiple training and engineering simulators, including, the HAWST, F16MTC, F16MTC NVG, Luke AFB F16 Block 30, F15I, LM Aero F22, LMTAS JSF, LMTAS F16, Camber AH-64 Longbow, AMC Travis Open Database, and Boeing Virtual Warfare Center systems.
Mr. Henderson holds a Master's of Science in Computer Science from the University of Southwestern Louisiana; Minor in Mathematics.
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Douglas Price, Vice President of Product Management
Douglas Price's role at MultiGen-Paradigm is to manage technology and research initiatives, cultivating MultiGen-Paradigm's growing intellectual property portfolio, much of which is protected by U.S. and international patents. Mr. Price works with customers, partners, industry, universities and research institutions on innovative technologies and actively participates in standards organizations.
Prior to assuming his current position, Mr. Price served in several roles since joining MultiGen-Paradigm in October 1994. Originally a member of the services organization, he worked as a software engineer on several programs including AAAV, JLOTS, and NASA's Educational Impact. He then transitioned over to the products organization and wrote the Vega modules Navigation and Signal Lighting (NSL) and Non-Linear Distortion Correction (NLDC). Mr. Price then took over management of the Sensor Product suite and was instrumental in the integration of SensorVision, SensorWorks, and RadarWorks into the Vega product line. Finally, before transitioning into his current role, Mr. Price was the Director of Runtime Products and was instrumental in the design and implementation of the new Vega Prime product line.
Before joining MultiGen-Paradigm, Mr. Price worked for General Dynamics Land Systems where he was in charge of the Human Factors Visualization Lab, which performed rapid prototyping of interfaces for future combat vehicles. He also worked in the systems analysis group on many tracked vehicle projects.
Mr. Price holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Technological University and a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Oakland University.
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Joe Weber, Vice President of Finance
Joe Weber joined MultiGen-Paradigm in 2005 as the Vice President of Finance. He
has over 25 years of accounting experience which includes diverse industry experience
in construction, manufacturing and sales. Prior to joining MultiGen-Paradigm, he served
as Accounting Manager for Lacy Construction where he oversaw all aspects of the accounting
process. Mr. Weber holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with a Major in Accounting
from National University.
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