Dirk Bester

Cofounder and Chief Architect

San Jose, California, United States

About

Experience

  • Senior Computer Scientist at SGI
    Oct 2013 - Present · 12 yrs 10 mos

    Mineset, a resurrected SGI application with tightly integrated and interactive machine learning and visualization.

  • Cofounder and Chief Architect at Onthread
    Jan 2009 - Present · 17 yrs 7 mos

    Architected software to decompose multiple (Word) documents and reassemble them based on corporate best practices, target customer and sales metrics using a genetic algorithm. The assembly process was capable of hierarchical substitution of document parts into the assembled document as well as providing team collaboration to review and sign off on the final documents and to customize each document for the intended recipient based on their role in their company. The database design included distributed hash based objects, natural deduplication and collision free replication. Implemented client word plugin and underlying algorithms as well as integration with Evernote. For the initial vertical, RFP response, the system was capable of automatically assembling the best answers to questions found in the RFP.

  • Computer Scientist at Adobe Systems
    1998 - 2002 · 4 yrs

  • Programmer / Manager at mFactory
    1995 - 1998 · 3 yrs

  • Systems Analyst at BCAA
    1991 - 1995 · 4 yrs