Petr Broz
Pilsen, CZ
ipetrbroz@gmail.com
+420 737 403 822
petrbroz
petrbroz

Engineer and advocate working at the intersection of three passions: computer graphics, artificial intelligence, and developer relations. I started in real-time rendering and computational geometry, spent years building high-performance, web-based 3D viewers and CAD tools, and today I pair deep graphics expertise with generative AI while empowering developer communities. Always curious, always building, always sharing.

Experience

Sr. Principal Developer Advocate
August 2018
 — 
Present
Autodesk

As a developer advocate for Autodesk Platform Services (APS), I create learning content, present at technical events, and organize educational initiatives like webinars and hackathons to empower the developer community. I also provide technical consulting to customers, experiment with emerging tools, and mentor fellow advocates, fostering a collaborative and innovative environment.

  • Created many different types of learning content: tutorials, blog posts, code samples, prototypes.
  • Presented at Autodesk University, APS DevCon, TechX, as well as external events and conferences.
  • Organized technical events (APS Accelerators, Online Bootcamps).
  • Built different types of prototypes: AR/VR, AI, low-code/no-code, open formats.
Sr. Software Engineer
July 2017
 — 
August 2018
ICONICS, Inc.

Development of HMI/SCADA solutions using modern web standards and .NET.

Sr. Principal Engineer
November 2011
 — 
July 2017
Autodesk

As a software engineer, I was responsible for real-time graphics and rendering in various web-based products and services. Over time I advanced to software architect and technical lead roles on other projects which were also web-based.

  • Technical lead for Large Model Viewer (LMV) - a highly performant, WebGL-based renderer for massive 3D models, used across Autodesk products and its cloud platform.
  • Engineered the core real-time rendering pipeline: GLSL shaders, GPU-side optimization, and hierarchical level-of-detail (HLOD) for streaming and rendering huge scenes in the browser.
  • Technical lead and a software architect for Tinkercad - a popular, entry-level web-based CAD modeling tool.
  • Lead graphics developer for the 123D Online web platform.
Software Development Engineer
July 2009
 — 
November 2011
ICONICS, Inc.

Development of HMI/SCADA solutions using modern web and .NET technologies.

  • Built various features for the 3D visualization of the company's flagship product, for example, COLLADA import, collision detection, mesh simplification.
Software Development Engineer
June 2008
 — 
October 2008
CCA Group
Software Development Engineer
June 2006
 — 
June 2007
Syntactic Sugar

Projects

Autodesk Large Model Viewer (LMV)
January 2015
 — 
January 2017

Highly advanced, performant, WebGL-based renderer for massive 3D models, featuring custom GLSL shaders, GPU optimization, and hierarchical level-of-detail.

Autodesk Tinkercad
January 2013
 — 
January 2015

Popular, web-based CAD modelling application for kids.

Autodesk 123D Online Apps
January 2011
 — 
January 2013

Collection of several web-based CAD tools (discontinued).

ICONICS GraphWorX64
January 2009
 — 
January 2011

3D editor in the company's flagship product.

    Education

    Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
    January 2007
     — 
    January 2008
    Internship in Computer Graphics
    University of West Bohemia, Faculty of Applied Sciences
    January 2006
     — 
    January 2008
    Master in Computer Graphics and Computational Geometry
    University of West Bohemia, Faculty of Applied Sciences
    January 2003
     — 
    January 2006
    Bachelor in Information Technology

    Certificates

    Microsoft Certification: Azure Fundamentals
    July 2019
    Microsoft

    Volunteer

    Microsoft Student Partner
    January 2007
     — 
    January 2008
    Microsoft

    Promoted Microsoft technologies and engaged peers through educational initiatives and advocacy.

    Skills

    Computer Graphics:
    Real-time Rendering, 3D Graphics Fundamentals, GLSL / HLSL Shaders, WebGL, WebGPU / WGSL, OpenGL, Three.js, GPU Optimization, HLOD / Level-of-Detail, 3D Tiles, Path Tracing, Gaussian Splatting, AR / VR, WPF 3D, Computational Geometry, Mesh Simplification, Collision Detection
    Artificial Intelligence:
    Generative AI, Large Language Models, Model Context Protocol, OpenAI API, Claude API, Amazon Bedrock, LangChain, LangGraph
    Developer Advocacy:
    Technical Content Creation, Public Speaking, Developer Education, Code Samples & Prototypes, Community Building, Hackathons & Workshops, Technical Consulting, Open Source
    Full-Stack Development:
    HTML, CSS, JavaScript, TypeScript, Node.js, C#, ASP.NET, AWS, Azure
    Desktop Development:
    C#, WPF, WPF 3D, XAML