“Do more work out in the open” is the #1 piece of advice Shehzan Mohammed has for his students, as director of 3D Engineering and Ecosystems at Cesium and GPU Programming lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania. With an academic focus and a vision for the future of 3D modeling, Shehzan shares his views with Royal about the benefits of working in open source and the fulfillment that comes from it. They explore and illuminate the work needed to process massive amounts of raw data and stream it through the cloud. Shehzan shares some of his favorite use cases he has been a part of at Cesium, and his definition of Metaverse as the next evolution of the Internet as we know it today.

Guest Name, Title, Bio: Shehzan Mohammed, Director of 3D Engineering and Ecosystems, Cesium and GPU Programming Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania

As Director of 3D Engineering & Ecosystems, Shehzan Mohammed oversees the growth of the Cesium ecosystem through outward-facing engineering, partnerships, community growth, and customer success. He is in charge of advancing the engineering and development of Cesium’s products and runtime engines to have the greatest impact for Cesium's users and community. He also contributes to the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) to advance open standards for geospatial applications and is a frequent contributor and speaker on 3D geospatial technology. In addition, Shehzan teaches GPU Programming at University of Pennsylvania, helping students be day-1 ready for their careers in software development.