Meet Sergio Reano
Sergio Reano is creator of the program SR 3D Builder and passed away in 2014, shortly before receiving the James Jessiman Memorial Award.
His wife Christina answered:
I wish Sergio could be here to celebrate with you! He was really deserving this award. I'm saying this not because he is my husband, but for the fact that he dedicated a good protion of his spare time to LDraw, sometimes even his own sleep. He had two great passions: LEGO, which he collected from childhood (we still have all his old sets and have added, over time, those of our children) and programming. With the SR3D Sergio found a way to combine his interests and created an original, innovative virtual environment, which allowed everyone to build the models of their dreams. As I already wrote he dedicated his very heart and soul to his software: late into the evening, on holidays, and at home… Even when he was not working on it, he thought about how to add new functionality, how to overcome problems, or how to satisfy requests coming from his “fans”. Finding a bug caused much agony!! Lots have written to me after his passing telling me their admiration for his work and their esteem for him. Sergio really loved his “creature” and he was working on it until the very last seconds of his life. He was a generous and capable man and would have given so much in the days to come.
Kind regards,
Cristina