Daniel Schikore, a senior developer at Computational Engineering International, has been promoted to vice president of engineering at the firm.

Schikore joined the company in 2000. CEI is a developer of computer assisted engineering tools, including 3-D rendering visualization software.

Schikore received a PhD in computer science from Purdue University in 1997. He also has worked for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

CEI’s lead product is known as Ensight.