Blender HQ – Amsterdam

A team of passionate developers, artists and designer works full time on the Blender project. This is possible thanks to the Blender Development Fund, the Blender Studio projects and countless community initiatives.

Andy Goralczyk
Andy Goralczyk

Art Director · Blender Studio
Germany

Arnd Marijnissen
Arnd Marijnissen

IT and Infrastructure Manager
The Netherlands

Bart van der Braak
Bart van der Braak

DevOps Engineer
The Netherlands

Bastien Montagne
Bastien Montagne

Blender Developer
France

Brecht Van Lommel
Brecht Van Lommel

Principal Engineer
Belgium

Clément Foucault
Clément Foucault

Principal Developer
France

Dalai Felinto
Dalai Felinto

Head of Product · Board Member
Brazil

Demeter Dzadik
Demeter Dzadik

Character TD · Blender Studio
Hungary

Falk David
Falk David

Blender Developer
Germany

Fiona Cohen
Fiona Cohen

COO · Producer · Board Secretary
France

Francesco Siddi
Francesco Siddi

CEO · Board Chairman
Italy

Habib Gahbiche
Habib Gahbiche

Blender Developer
Tunisia

Harukaze Legouge
Harukaze Legouge

Videographer & Comm. Designer
Don’t worry about it

Hjalti Hjálmarsson
Hjalti Hjálmarsson

Animation Director · Blender Studio
Iceland

Jeroen Bakker
Jeroen Bakker

Principal Developer
The Netherlands

 Joke van der Helm
Joke van der Helm

Financial Manager
The Netherlands

Jonas Holzman
Jonas Holzman

Blender Developer
France

Julian Eisel
Julian Eisel

Blender Developer
Germany

Julien Kaspar
Julien Kaspar

3D Artist · Blender Studio
Germany

Lukas Tönne
Lukas Tönne

Blender Developer
Germany

Maaike Kleverlaan
Maaike Kleverlaan

Documentary Filmmaker
The Netherlands

Mark van de Ruit
Mark van de Ruit

Blender Developer
The Netherlands

Márton Lente
Márton Lente

Front-end Developer
Hungary

Pablo Fournier
Pablo Fournier

Animator · Blender Studio
Spain

Pablo Vazquez
Pablo Vazquez

Designer
Argentina

Rik Schutte
Rik Schutte

Lead Animator · Blender Studio
The Netherlands

Sebastian Parborg
Sebastian Parborg

Blender Developer
Sweden

Sergey Sharybin
Sergey Sharybin

Head of Development · Board Member
Russia

Simon Thommes
Simon Thommes

Lead Technical Artist · Blender Studio
Germany

Sybren Stüvel
Sybren Stüvel

Blender Developer
The Netherlands

Trisha Partogi
Trisha Partogi

Assistant Office Manager
The Netherlands

Vivien Lulkowski
Vivien Lulkowski

Concept Artist · Blender Studio
Germany

Weizhen Huang
Weizhen Huang

Blender Developer
Germany

Wietske Peelen
Wietske Peelen

Office Manager
The Netherlands

Online Team

From Australia to Canada, the Blender team is also spread all over the world.

Aaron Carlisle
Aaron Carlisle

Documentation
The USA

Alaska
Alaska

Bug Triager
New Zealand

Anna Sirota
Anna Sirota

Back-end Developer
France

Campbell Barton
Campbell Barton

Blender Developer
Australia

Casey Bianco-Davis
Casey Bianco-Davis

Blender Developer
The USA

Christoph Lendenfeld
Christoph Lendenfeld

Blender Developer
Austria

Dan McGrath
Dan McGrath

System Administrator
Canada

Daniel Martinez Lara
Daniel Martinez Lara

Director and Animator
Spain

Guillermo Venegas
Guillermo Venegas

Blender Developer
Costa Rica

Hans Goudey
Hans Goudey

Blender Developer
The USA

Jacques Lucke
Jacques Lucke

Blender Developer
Germany

Jesse Yurkovich
Jesse Yurkovich

Blender Developer
United States

John Swenson
John Swenson

Blender Developer
United States

Julien Duroure
Julien Duroure

Blender Developer
France

Martijn Versteegh
Martijn Versteegh

Bug Triager
The Netherlands

Márton Lente
Márton Lente

Front-end Developer
Hungary

Miguel Pozo Cantón
Miguel Pozo Cantón

Blender Developer
Spain

Nathan Vegdahl
Nathan Vegdahl

Blender Developer
Japan

Nika Kutsniashvili
Nika Kutsniashvili

Blender Extensions platform maintainer
Georgia

Oleg Komarov
Oleg Komarov

Back-end Developer
France

Omar Emara
Omar Emara

Blender Developer
Egypt

Philipp Oeser
Philipp Oeser

Bug triaging Coordinator
Germany

Pratik Borhade
Pratik Borhade

Bug Triager
India

Richard Antalík
Richard Antalík

Bug Triager
Czechia

Sean Kim
Sean Kim

Blender Developer
The USA

Tariq Sulley
Tariq Sulley

Blender Developer
Ghana

Thomas Dinges
Thomas Dinges

Development Coordinator
Germany

Yiming Wu
Yiming Wu

Bug Triager
China

Blender Release Contributors

Blender releases are possible thanks to the contributions of hundreds of individuals worldwide.

From fixing a bug to improving the documentation of a feature, this community of actively involved contributors is key to Blender’s success. Read more.

Blender Community

Countless communities and thriving businesses are built around Blender. Together, these tutorial makers and content creators, add-on developers and global marketplaces form an ever-expanding ecosystem. Read more.

Blender Foundation Supervisory Board

Since January 2026, Blender Foundation has a new Board (see in Amsterdam HQ above) and a Supervisory Board. Ton Roosendaal’s goal is to build a trusted support for the Board, made out of past key Blender project figures and knowledgeable, experienced people.

Anja Vugts-Verstappen
Anja Vugts-Verstappen

Former Blender Financial Manager
The Netherlands

Carel-Jan van Driel
Carel-Jan van Driel

Former Director of Philips Research
The Netherlands

Ton Roosendaal
Ton Roosendaal

Founder and former CEO
The Netherlands