# Gabriel Dunne

> Sr Software Engineer at OpenSpace Labs

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/gabrieldunne

I have +20 years of experience working on a wide range of international projects resulting in a specialized yet comprehensive systems-thinking approach. I work with parametric and computational design, remote sensing and reality capture, software architecture and frontend/backend development, generative systems, fabrication and industrial design, and software systems engineering.

https://www.gabrieldunne.com

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ OpenSpace
Jan 2023 – Present
OpenSpace is the global leader in AI-powered spatial intelligence and reality capture for construction.

I specialize in full-stack BIM (Building Infrastructure & Modelling) visualization, reality comparison and alignment, and spatial interaction software for desktop/mobile.

### Co-Founding Partner @ Okaynokay
Jan 2015 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area
Creative studio producing high end artful interactive applications, including the playful music sequencer Seaquence.app and the Site Specific AR art installation "Twilight Engines" with Vishal K Dar

https://oknk.studio

### Chief Design Engineer @ Tessellated Group LLC
Jan 2005 – Jan 2018
Founding Designer and Software Engineer.  Developed structural packaging solutions for multi-national product supply chains. Computational design, Parametric modeling, algorithms, and CNC industrial sheet-folding machines and apparatuses for flat-sheet based origami structural cores.

### Software Engineer @ Next Thing Co.
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Oakland, California, United States
Designed and Developed the Boot Sequence and Launcher UI for PocketC.H.I.P. is a game console, a portable synthesizer, and a Linux field terminal. Written in C/C++

### Workshop Instructor @ Gray Area Foundation For The Arts
Jan 2010 – Jan 2015
Instructor for Youth and adult media arts, programming and technology courses.

### Artist in Residence, Studio Manager @ Gray Area Foundation For The Arts
Jan 2009 – Jan 2010
Founding Artist in Residence. Program development, exhibition, and residency studio manager.

### Creative Developer @ Obscura Digital
Jan 2012 – Jan 2015
Specializing in design, interactive and procedural graphics dev, high/low level software architecture systems (full stack) and hardware integration with TouchDesigner, C/C++, OpenGL, Python, Javascript, SQL

### Artist in Residence @ Autodesk
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015
Artist in Residence at Pier 9 Workshop

### Designer and Software Engineer @ TEEM
Jan 2013 – Jan 2013
Design and programming for software interaction prototypes in C++/OpenGL for Samsung.

### Youth Instructor @ Bay Area Video Coalition
Jan 2010 – Jan 2013
Youth program based around coding visual software and creative apps with open source frameworks and technologies as part of the NextGen department at BAVC. Languages taught include: Processing, Javascript, Ruby, Python, PHP. Other taught subjects include open source philosophies, media editing techniques, software development, web development, and general computer literacy.

### Designer and Software Engineer @ Stamen
Jan 2007 – Jan 2008
Data-driven visual applications written in Java/Processing. AS3, Web-based API development in Python, Javascript, PHP, and databases (MySQL, SQLite, PostgreSQL)

### Designer and Software Engineer @ Google
Jan 2007 – Jan 2007
Design/Developer for Google's 'Lookout' team, aimed at visualizing internal financial data, search data, and team metrics within internal infrastructure across the Google's Mountain View campus. Data visualization software developed in C/C++, Processing/Java, JavaScript, Python, PHP, Apache.

### Asst. Visual Effects Supervisor @ Motion Theory
Jan 2004 – Jan 2007
Lead programmer for visual effects, dynamics, and custom animation tools used to develop award winning special effects for commercials and music videos. Manged small teams of developers focused on custom software filters, plugins, propietary visual tools, and Maya/MEL, Python, Processing/Java, OpenFrameworks, C++.

Asst Visual Effects Supervisor, managing multiple CGI effect shots throughout the entire production process from conception to finish. 

Motion-control and motion-capture rig programming and scripting


## Education
### BA in Design, Media Arts
UCLA


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/gabrieldunne
- Website: https://gabrieldunne.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-01