Role at Tom Sawyer Software
Austris Krastins leads the design of Tom Sawyer Software products. He works closely with Design Architects and Graphic Designers to ensure coherent user experience, extensible software components, and fast performing algorithms. He also helps the company to define streamlined engineering processes, standards, and best practices, working closely with operations.
Austris joined Tom Sawyer Software as a Software Engineer in 2005. He was one of the early developers of the company’s flagship product, Tom Sawyer Perspectives, and he continues to be closely involved in its design and development. Soon after joining the company, Austris also helped to establish a branch office in Riga, Latvia and managed its operations and growing staff more than 10 years.
Austris is currently focused on the design and development of our new product Tom Sawyer Explorations, but remains involved in the design of all products including Business Process and Model-Based Engineering.
Education
Austris holds a Bachelor of Computer Science degree from the University of Latvia. His Bachelor’s thesis was related to Hierarchical Layout and was one of the four that received an award from the University’s Computer Science faculty in 2005.