Mik Wells, a color science and 2D and 3D compositing expert who has held posts with Softimage and Avid, has joined Imagineer Systems as its new Head of Engineering. In his new role he'll lead the company's mocha development team.

Wells has deep experience as a software architect and engineer, in both hands-on and supervisory roles. During his Softimage days, he oversaw the integration of an OpenGL-based 3D titling application into Avid|DS Nitris. While at Avid Technology/Parallax in London he was senior engineer on the resolution-independent compositing and editing software Media Illusion and was the product archiect for Parallax's ink and paint/compositing system Jester.

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