T-Splines, Inc. develops surface modeling software with optimal control and full industry standard compatibility for industrial designers and CAD professionals.

T-Splines’ innovative software is based on the patented T-Splines technology, a new way of representing geometry that allows designers and engineers to add detail and control 3D models in ways that were previously impossible.

The company develops and markets end-user applications and software development libraries. T-Splines is used throughout computer-aided design (CAD), especially in architectural, marine, jewelry, and consumer products design.

T-Splines models are noted for their freeform shapes, as well as their watertight design that can be directly modified, resulting in the ability to quickly iterate between design alternatives.

The company is dedicated to establishing T-Splines as a new industry standard in industrial design and CAD/CAM/CAE applications.

Board of Directors

Bob McNeel is the founder and president of Robert McNeel & Associates (McNeel), a company dedicated to the productivity needs of technical and design professionals. Founded in 1980 and based in Seattle, McNeel currently employs seventy-five people and supports more than 150,000 customers around the world. McNeel’s furnishes engineers, architects, and designers in business, government, and education with productive tools shaped from emerging technologies.

Thomas Jensen has served as a senior R&D executive for Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC), think3 Inc., and Torrent Systems. His Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Utah was granted for work on the problem of constructing complex, smooth surfaces. He was a founding designer of CDRS, a software design system that pioneered the use of mathematical shape design by artists in automotive design studios. He is also a successful business manager and led the Evans & Sutherland Design Software Business Unit to profitability and a successful merger with PTC.

Carsten Hochmuth has more than fifteen years of experience in product design and development, working with clients across all major discrete manufacturing industries. He has over ten years of experience in product management, marketing and business development at both software and hardware firms. Most recently, he was the director of the software and technology partner programs at PTC. He is currently director of marketing at aPriori. He holds a doctorate in mechanical engineering from MIT and has consulted with many leading software and hardware companies.

Frank Azzolino brings over two decades of leadership and general management experience to the board of T-Splines. Most recently, as CEO of aPriori, Frank successfully led the company from university concept to a proven, scalable business providing Fortune 500 companies an enterprise software platform to predictively assess, manage, and reduce product cost in real time across the organization. Frank is also former CEO of Eigner, former CEO of NetSuite, and as PTC employee #27, was instrumental in growing that business from pre-revenue to over $850 million holding several executive-level marketing, sales, and sales management positions.

Dr. Thomas Sederberg invented T-Splines in 2003. He is the recipient of the 2006 SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Achievement Award for his contributions to free-form deformation (FFD) and the use of algebraic geometry in geometric modeling. He is a professor in the Computer Science Department at Brigham Young University (BYU) and associate dean of BYU’s College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.

Founders

Matthew Sederberg co-founded T-Splines, Inc. in 2004 and serves as the company's CEO. Mr. Sederberg graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Economics and minors in Russian and mathematics at Brigham Young University (BYU).

Tom Finnigan completed his computer science master’s thesis on an extension of T-Splines at BYU. Mr. Finnigan is a co-founder of T-Splines, Inc. and leads the commercialization development of T-Splines. He has been programming commercially 14 years.

Nick North has both a BS and MS degree in computer science from BYU. His thesis topic was on robust algorithms for computing the intersection between a curve and a T-Spline surface. Mr. North is also experienced as a private programming consultant, specializing in web site design, database design and custom application development.

Adam Helps has worked at T-Splines since 2005. Mr. Helps was a world finalist in the ACM Intercollegiate Programming Contest in 2003, and has previously been employed in key programming roles with two other Utah software firms.