Ton Roosendaal

Dutch software developer (born 1960)

Ton Roosendaal is remembered in technology for work that changed what came after it.

The record lists Ton Roosendaal as Dutch software developer (born 1960).

Ton Roosendaal was born at Netherlands in 1960. His recorded nationality is the Kingdom of the Netherlands. He was educated at Eindhoven University of Technology.

Modern careers are conducted in public and at speed, with reputations formed and revised far faster than the work itself changes.

The record gives his occupations as software developer, programmer and computer scientist.

His affiliations include Blender Foundation.

Among his principal works are Blender and Elephants Dream. Technical work compounds - each layer makes the next one cheaper to attempt.

His recorded fields of work are 3d computer graphics.

Working from the Kingdom of the Netherlands shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have him, the language the work first appeared in.

Ton Roosendaal is still at work, and the final assessment has not been made - the ordinary condition of a living career.

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