Team

Alan Fischer

Lead Software Engineer,CTO

Software engineering, design, programming and computer graphics are Alan's life passions. He has extensive knowledge of C++/C, Java, Python and works daily with other languages such as Scheme, SQL, .NET and more. Tremendous experience with 3D rendering and a healthy dose of microcontroller/embedded systems programming round out his skillset. Alan holds a masters in Computer Engineering and a bachelors in Computer Science.

Andrew Fischer, PhD

Analyst,Programmer,CEO

Andrew enjoys low level programming for numerical modeling and simulation; his language choices are C/C++, Python, and some Fortran. Andrew performs the bulk of Lightning Toads' engineering analysis work, and has a special passion for the Tahoe open source FEA software. Somehow, he also finds time to manage the business side of Lightning Toads. Andrew has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and a bachelors in Physics.

Toadlet

Our flagship product is the toadlet engine, a versatile software toolkit ideal for building powerful, streamlined 3D applications across a wide range of operating systems and the top smartphone devices. Toadlet is being released under the GNU LGPL v3 license in the very near future. Keep an eye on the google code page for details.

Entertainment

While most of our entertainment applications are developed for partner companies, we've written a few self published games for mobile devices.

Mobile

We are strong believers in mobile computing and the positive effects always-on devices coupled with always-available data. Our ability to think big, work fast and optimize small makes mobile our strongest development platform.