--- title: About Us description: CADspeed is a blog devoted to helping CAD users, CAD managers, and IT personnel optimize hardware for 3D CAD applications. image: https://blog.cadalyst.com/hubfs/CADspeed_header_red.jpg --- [![Cadalyst](https://blog.cadalyst.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Editorial%20-%20Misc/cadalyst_logo.gif?width=198&height=70&name=cadalyst_logo.gif "Cadalyst")](https://www.cadalyst.com) ![Cadalyst_logo-trans.png](https://blog.cadalyst.com/hs-fs/hub/251891/file-25772071.png?width=270&name=file-25772071.png "Cadalyst_logo-trans.png") - [About Us](https://www.cadalyst.com) - [Contact Us](https://www.cadalyst.com) [![CADspeed -- Optimizing Hardware for CAD Software](https://blog.cadalyst.com/hs-fs/hubfs/CADspeed_header_red.jpg?width=936&name=CADspeed_header_red.jpg "CADspeed -- Optimizing Hardware for CAD Software")](https://cadalyst-2.hs-sites.com/cadspeed) ## [About Us](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadspeed/about-us) Posted by [cadhardware](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadspeed/author/cadhardware) Jan 3, 2011, 12:55:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Longitude Media, publisher of ***[Cadalyst](https://www.cadalyst.com/)***, developed this blog devoted to helping CAD users, CAD managers, and IT personnel optimize hardware for 3D CAD applications. Blog posts are developed by contributors who are experts in the area of professional hardware, 3D CAD software, or other related topics, including current bloggers, consultants, software resellers, freelance writers, and even CAD users/managers/IT personnel themselves.   ## Authors | **Patrick Hughes** is author of the CADspeed series, "[A CAD Dinosaur's Journey into Modern Times](https://cadspeed.wordpress.com/category/a-cad-dinosaurs-journey-into-modern-times/)." A machine designer and owner of Engineered Design Solutions in Rockford, Illinois, Hughes has worked with AutoCAD since 1991. He has developed a number of AutoLISP and other software solutions to automate his workflow and increase productivity, including the commercially available time tracking program, [CadTempo](http://http://www.cadtempo.com/). | ![Patrick Hughes, CADspeed blogger](https://cadspeed.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/hughes_patrick.jpg) Patrick Hughes   | | --- | --- | | **Tony DeYoung** is community manager for **[FireUser.com](http://fireuser.com/)**, a web site focused on workstation graphics for professional CAD and visualization. Previous to this he was responsible for developing the community and vendor support for OpenGL on **[OpenGL.org](http://opengl.org/)**, OpenCL on **[Khronos.org](http://khronos.org/)**, and Acrobat 3D from Adobe. | [![Tony DeYoung, CADspeed Blogger](http://cadspeed.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/tony_deyoung.jpg "Tony_DeYoung")](http://cadspeed.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/tony_deyoung.jpg) Tony DeYoung | | **Curt Moreno** is the owner and editor of Kung Fu Drafter, a blog that is CAD centric and geek peripheral, and a CAD manager at a Houston, Texas-based engineering firm. He has recently begun to contribute to [***Cadalyst***](https://www.cadalyst.com)and AUGI and will speak at Autodesk University 2011. Curt currently lives in Houston where he enjoys spending time with his dog and horses. Reach him at [**www.kungfudrafter.com**](http://www.kungfudrafter.com) or follow him on Twitter at @WKFD. | \[[![Curt Moreno](http://cadspeed.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/curt_moreno.jpg "Curt Moreno")](http://cadspeed.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/curt_moreno.jpg) Curt Moreno | | **Art Liddle** is a former editor-in-chief of **[*Cadalyst*](https://www.cadalyst.com)**. He currently lives in Eugene, Oregon, and teaches physics at Springfield High School. He created and regularly updates the Cadalyst Systems Benchmark. | [![Art Liddle](http://cadspeed.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/art-liddle-head-shot_100x1201.jpg "Art Liddle")](http://cadspeed.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/art-liddle-head-shot_100x1201.jpg) Art Liddle | | **Brian Benton** is a long-time contributor to *****[Cadalyst](https://www.cadalyst.com)***** and a services provider for CAD, GIS, 3D modeling, rendering and animation. Read his blog at **[CAD-a-Blog.com](http://cad-a-blog.com)**. | [![Brian Benton](http://cadspeed.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/brian_benton.jpg "Brian Benton")](http://cadspeed.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/brian_benton.jpg)  Brian Benton | | **Alex Herrera** is a consultant focusing on high-performance graphics and workstations, and he has more than 25 years of engineering, marketing and management experience in the semiconductor industry. Author of frequent articles covering both the business and technology of graphics, he is also responsible for the *Workstation Report* series, published by Jon Peddie Research. | [![Alex Herrera](http://cadspeed.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/alex_herrera.jpg "Alex Herrera")](http://cadspeed.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/alex_herrera.jpg) Alex Herrera | | **Shaun Bryant – Training Consultant**Originally from a civil/structural engineering background, Shaun has more than 24 years of hands-on experience with AutoCAD as a user and a CAD manager and has worked in the Autodesk channel in sales, support and training.He has a varied background, comprising of eleven years as a CAD & FM consultant/trainer, three years in sales, pre-sales and business development and nine years industry experience as a CAD manager/user. Shaun also provides consultancy, bespoke training courses, manuals and video learning for clients of his own business, **CADFMconsultants**.He is currently a Director on the Board of **Autodesk User Group International (AUGI)**. He is also Vice-Chairman of the **Autodesk UK/Ireland Authorised Training Centre Advisory Board (ATCAB)** and a member of Autodesk’s **Secondary Education Advisory Board**.Shaun is author of the reputable CAD blog, **[Not Just CAD!](http://cadfmconsult.wordpress.com/not-just-cad/)** and co-owner of **[www.CADucation.com](http://www.caducation.com)**. | [![Shaun Bryant](http://cadspeed.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/shaun_bryant.jpg "shaun_bryant")](http://cadspeed.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/shaun_bryant.jpg) Shaun Bryant | | **Ron LaFon** was a contributing editor for ***[Cadalyst](https://www.cadalyst.com)*** and the magazine's principal hardware reviewer for 17 years. He passed away in May 2011. | [![Ron LaFon, CADspeed Blogger](http://cadspeed.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/ron_lafon.jpg "Ron_LaFon")](http://cadspeed.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/ron_lafon.jpg) Ron LaFon | | **Mark Shaw** and **James Ecklund** are co-owners of **[Stored Technology Solutions, Inc.,](http://www.storedtech.com)** an IT company that provides and supports hardware and software solutions designed specifically for business — helping make Information Technology solutions work for your company, instead of working around your IT infrastructure. | [![James Ecklund, CADspeed Blogger](http://cadspeed.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/james_ecklund.jpg "James_Ecklund")](http://cadspeed.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/james_ecklund.jpg) James Ecklund | Topics: [CAD](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadspeed/topic/cad) # From the Editors of ![Celebrating30years_Logo.wTagline-2.png](https://blog.cadalyst.com/hs-fs/hub/251891/file-2070887635.png?width=204&name=file-2070887635.png "Celebrating30years_Logo.wTagline-2.png") [![CADspeed RSS Feed](https://blog.cadalyst.com/hs-fs/hubfs/CADspeed/rss_feed_cadspeed-230256-edited.jpg?width=30&name=rss_feed_cadspeed-230256-edited.jpg "CADspeed RSS Feed")](https://blog.cadalyst.com/cadspeed/rss.xml) ### Subscribe to Email Updates ![cadspeed_spacer.gif](https://blog.cadalyst.com/hs-fs/hubfs/cadspeed_spacer.gif?width=278&name=cadspeed_spacer.gif "cadspeed_spacer.gif") Looking for something? 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