Scott Sheppard

Scott Sheppard has worked for Autodesk for 17 years depending on if you count acquisitions and dot coms: Scott was a software developer working on the HOOPS 3D graphics system as part of Ithaca Software when the company was acquired by Autodesk. [3 years] After the acquisition, Scott was a software development manager for a few Autodesk products including Heidi, WHIP!, Volo View, and Buzzsaw - including when his department was spun out as buzzsaw.com and then reacquired by Autodesk two years later. [10 years] In pursuit of a lower cost of living, Scott left the Bay Area for Phoenix and worked for Océ as the software development manager for Océ Plan Center - an online digital plan room. [2 years non-Autodesk] Upon returning to Autodesk, Scott served as a DWF Technical Evangelist working with Autodesk partners on DWF-related applications and created the Beyond the Paper blog. [1 year] For the subsequent year, Scott toiled as an Engineering Project Manager for DWF-related projects. [1 year] Scott worked as a Software Development Manager as a member of the team that released Project Freewheel, Autodesk Freewheel, Project Draw, Boomless Chameleon, Wiimote Navigation, Project Showroom, and Project Twitch technology previews via Autodesk Labs. [2 years] Scott is currently a Program Manager for Autodesk Labs. In October of 2009 he relocated back to the Bay Area and now works at One Market Street in San Francisco, Scott earned his undergraduate degree in Computer Science from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette (anyone remember Honeywell Multics?) and a Masters of Science, Computer Science degree from Arizona State University (ASU) in software engineering.