Management & Leadership
Dick Sowar, Director and CEO
Dick Sowar has spent more than 25 years in the CAD/CAM industry as an executive and developer of design technologies. Prior to joining FreeDesign™, Inc., Dick served as President & CEO of Geomenon Inc., a 3D product development and consulting company located in Boulder, CO. Dick co-founded Spatial Technology Inc., the leading supplier of 3D modeling technology worldwide, where he was a Director and Senior Executive of the company during his fifteen year tenure. He led the strategy and execution to establish Spatial as the leading supplier of 3D Geometric Modeling and spearheaded the establishment of relationships with leading component developers worldwide. Dick served as Chief Executive Officer from 1994-1998 during which time he successfully led the Company through its Initial Public Offering in October of 1996. He served as Chairman and Chief Technology Officer until November, 2000 when the assets of Spatial were acquired by Dassault Systemes, the industry's leading CAD/CAM supplier.
Prior to joining Spatial, Dick was a co-founder and Vice President of Graftek Inc., a CAD/CAM software company acquired by Burroughs Corporation in 1983. Previously, Dick also spent two years at Bell Laboratories while doing doctoral studies at the University of Colorado. He was one of the pioneers in computer graphics while doing research and teaching at the Air Force Institute of Technology in the early 1970's.
Dr. Alyn Rockwood, CTO
Alyn Rockwood is one of the world's leading research scientists in the field of computer graphics and geometric modeling, and has devoted his entire professional life to studying the mathematics of object representations. Alyn conceptualized the FreeDimensionTM, geometry subsystem in 1998 and continues to expand the technology foundations of this innovative approach to computer graphics modeling as a key member of the Free Design team.
Alyn is also currently Vice President of SIGGRAPH, one of the most prestigious worldwide organizations focused on graphics and 3D. He served as the SIGGRAPH conference chair in 2003 and as the SIGGRAPH Research Papers Chair in 1999.
Alyn's illustrious career spans many of the world's leading 3D companies including Silicon Graphics, Evans & Sutherland, and Mitsubishi Research. Formerly a tenured professor at Arizona State University, he more recently served as Professor, Assistant Dept. Head, and Director of Graduate Studies at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado.
Alyn received a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics from Cambridge University in Cambridge, England. While a research scientist at Cambridge University in the 1980's, he invented a new area of mathematics involving the definition and blending of surfaces.
Roger Pomainville, Chairman and CFO (Acting)
Roger Pomainville is a founding partner of FreeDesign™, Inc. and currently serves as the Chairman of the company's Board of Directors. Roger led the effort to acquire the technology and associated intellectual property underlying FreeDimensionTM and he oversees all legal, accounting, and financing activities for FreeDesign™, Inc.
Roger is the founder and current President and CEO of Aspen Gold Development Company, a Colorado real estate management, marketing, and development company. Aspen Gold currently manages 21 corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships with assets and real estate located in Maryland, the US Virgin Islands, and, primarily, Colorado.
He holds degrees in accounting, law (Juris Doctor), and taxation (Master of Laws in Taxation), and he is licensed to practice law in the State of Colorado.
Scott Hagen, Vice President, Development
Scott has over 12 years of professional experience developing software products for the 3D Design and CAD/CAM industry. His prior experiences include CTO and cofounder of Popular Genetics Inc., CTO of Curventa Corp, Lead Developer and cofounder of Power Takeoff Software Inc., and Lead Developer for Virtual Solids Corporation. Scott is also a co-inventor of the patented technology that underlies the company's software.
Scott holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Physics. While in academia, Scott held several research assistant positions developing software in numerical methods for differential equations, data acquisition and processing, as well as experimental techniques in thin films and atomic microscopy.