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Rolf Herken
President, CEO and CTO
Mr. Herken is the founder of mental images and the driving force behind its innovative technologies and products as well as its successful establishment as the global leader in core component technology for 3D modeling, collaboration and visualization.
Trained as a Theoretical Physicist with a strong interest in
Computer Science he established the company in 1986. Since
then he has been serving as the company's CEO and CTO with
primary responsibility for Research, Development, Technology
Strategy, and the company's OEM business.
Ludwig von Reiche
Chief Operating Officer
Mr. von Reiche joined mental images in 2002 with 20 years of international
management experience in the U.S. and Europe, including 13 years at IBM and
two years as CEO of a software development and system integration group, where
he also led and concluded several M&A projects. As COO of mental images, his
responsibilities include marketing and sales to new customers and business
partners.
Gary Yost
Executive Vice President, mental images, Inc.
Gary Yost heads the US operations of mental images as
Executive Vice President of its wholly owned subsidiary
mental images, Inc. in San Francisco. He joined mental images
in January 2004.
Gary Yost has been leading programming teams producing 3D graphics
tools since 1985. He is responsible for the first open-architecture
3D animation system (CAD-3D for the Atari ST in 1985), the first
3D clip-art (for CAD-3D), the first affordable 3D modeling and
animation system for the PC (Autodesk 3D Studio in 1990), and the first
Windows-based professional 3D content creation system (Autodesk's
3D Studio MAX in 1996, which quickly became the most widely-used 3D
production system in the world and continues to hold that position).
Mr. Yost has broad experience in the creation of engineering teams,
analyzing customer requirements, and managing the specification and
development of computer graphics software.
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