Next Generation - Technology & Innovation Visionary Influencers

Parisa Tabriz, Browser Boss, Google Chrome

Yasmin Green, Director of Research and Development, Jigsaw, Alphabet

Leila Janah, founder, Sama Group

Shervin Pishevar, Sherpa Capital

Dennis Crowley, founder, Foursquare

Kevin Ryan, founder, Gilt Groupe

Richard Craib, Founder, Numerai “The Cololaborator”

Tim Ferriss, Blogger, “The Tim Ferriss Effect”

Kait Schoeck, Industrial Designer | Microsoft

Justine 'iJustine' Ezarik, Digital Star, Vlogger

Lewis Hilsenteger, Unbox Therapy, 9 Million YouTube Subscribers

Manu Prakash, Founder | Foldscope Instruments, “The Bio-engineer”

Jeff Lucas, VP and Global Head of Sales | Snap “The Money Man”

Gary Vaynerchuk, Blogger, Entrepreneur

John Brooks, Programmer | Ricochet – “The Anonomous Chat App”

Laura Galante, Cyberspace & Cyber Threats Analyst

Leslie Miley, President, West Coast | ¬Venture for America “Spreading the Wealth”

Beth Holmes, Farah Houston, Michelle Riggen-¬Ransom – The Alexa Team

Laura I. Gómez, Founder | Atipica “The New Vision of Recruiting”

Steve Lacy, Musician “Music from a Technology Anarchist”

Christina Agapakis, Creative Director | Ginkgo Bioworks “Creative Design & Intelligence”

Connie Chan, Partner | Andreessen Horowitz “The Visionary of Visionaries”

James Lu, Senior VP of Applied Genomics | Helix “Brother from another Planet”

Hillary Mason, Founder, Fast Forward Labs, “The Machine Intelligence Expert”

Gerd Manz, VP of Future Team | Adidas “The Robotic Sports Visionary”

Lily Peng, Product Manager | Google Brain “AI – Medicine – Social Change”

Will Marshall, Cofounder and CEO | Planet “Spaceman Changing the World”

Marques Brownlee, MKBHD, 5.1 Million YouTube Subscribers

Jonathan Morrison, 2.2 Million YouTube Subscribers

Judner Aura, UrAvgConsumer, 1.4 Million YouTube Subscribers

Jon Rittinger, TechnoBuffalo, 1.4 Million YouTube Subscribers

The Immersive Entertainment & Technology Influencer Board of Advisors Board Members to Date

Board Members will be voting on Nominees in the Categories listed on this page.

Cathy Twigg, Co-Founder/Chief Content and Production Officer, The Rogue Initiative

Joanna Popper, Global Head of VR, Location Based Entertainment, HP

Jay Samit, Independent Vice Chairman, Deloitte Digital, Deloitte Consulting LLP

Mary Hamilton, Managing Director, Global Digital Experiences, Accenture

Ted Schilowitz, Futurist in Residence, Paramount Pictures

Michael Yang, Managing Director, Comcast Ventures

Michael Ludden, Director of Product, IBM’s Watson Developer Labs & AR/VR Labs

Owen Hurley, Vice President, Creative, Animation & Games, Technicolor

Doug Darrow, SVP Cinema Business Group, Dolby Laboratories

Brian K. Muirhead, Mars Sample Return Formulation Team Manager, NASA JPL

Craig Dehmel, Head of Global Distribution, IMAX Entertainment

Tim Dillon, Head of VR & Immersive Content, MPC

Julian Sarmiento, Global Creative Director, Creative Development & Biz Development, ‎Digital Domain

Shiraz Akmal, CEO & Co-Founder, SPACES Inc.

Pete Blumel, Co-Founder, CEO and Creative Director, The Rogue Initiative

Jeff Nicholas, VP, Creative Director, Director, XR Creative + Production, Live Nation LIVE

Guido Voltolina, Head of Presence Capture, Nokia

Roy Taylor, Los Angeles Board Member, BAFTA

Patrick Costello, Senior Director of Business Development, Qualcomm

S. Jason Prohaska | Managing Director, MediaMonks

Mike Conelly, President, Blackthorn Media

Jubin Dave, Corporate Strategy, Blackthorn Media

Thomas Jorion, SVP Strategy & Innovation, Havas

Kymber Lim, CCO + Head of Studio, Holor

Elizabeth Kiehner, Senior, Global Design Services Director, IBMiX

Emma Chiu, Creative Innovation Director, J. Walter Thompson

Brent Bushnell, CEO/co-founder, Two Bit Circus

Christine Cattano, Global Head of VR, Framestore

Raffaella Camera, Head of Extended Reality Go-To-Market, Accenture

Philip Lelyveld, VR/AR Program Manager, USC Entertainment Technology Center

Jake Sally, Director of Immersive Development, RYOT

Ben Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Laduma

Randal Kleiser, Director, "Grease," "Honey I Blew Up the Kid" & VR Experience, "DEFROST"

Natascha French, Chief Marketing Officer, VNTANA

Kalan Ray, Development Supervisor, Magnopus & co-founder, VKTRY Creative Studios

Sandy Smolan, Film & Television Director

Russ Schafer, SVP and General Manager of New Ventures, THX

Clay Weishaar, Creative Director, Tool of North America

Andrew Shulkind, Cinematographer and Co-Founder, HeadcaseVR

Keith Soljacich, VP/Director, Technology, DigitasLBi

Jared van Fleet. Director of New Business, FAKE LOVE | A New York Times Co.

Kevin Cornish, CEO & founder, Moth + Flame

Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens, Film/TV, Writers, SciFi Novels and Non-Fiction Best Sellers – Star Trek Enterprise, Race to Mars

Dane Smith, Global Head of Business Development, THE THIRD FLOOR, INC.

Andy Vick, Co-President of Virtual Reality & Immersive Entertainment, STXsurreal

Tanna Frederick, Producer/actor, Defrost (VR Narrative Film)

Frank Radice, Expert in Residence, Definition6, ManMadeMusic

Ewan Johnson, Chief Creative Officer, Arcturus

Christopher Bellaci, Head of Business Development, Proof, Inc.

Rick Rey, Co-President of Virtual Reality & Immersive Entertainment, STXsurreal

Debby Ruth, Senior Vice Presidents, Global Media and Entertainment, Magid

Jennifer R. Ogden, President, Executive Producer, Eye Q Productions

Thomas Wallner, CEO, Liquid Cinema Inc. and DEEP Inc.

Seth Shapiro, Governor, Interactive Media, The Television Academy

Marc Johnson, Governor, Interactive Media, The Television Academy

Lori Schwartz, Governor, Interactive Media, The Television Academy

Ryan Hunter Phillips, Founder, Creative Director, Highly Confidential

Tom Wright, founder of Tactic and Managing Director, Ntropic

Arno Hartholt, Director of Research and Development Integration, USC Institute for Creative Technologie

Jake Lee-High, CEO/Creative Director, Future Colossal

Tony Mugavero, CEO, Littlstar

Jon Simon, VP, Integrated Marketing, Ayzenberg

Edward Dawson-Taylor, co-founder, Edge Visual Studios

Don Daglow, President, Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Foundation

Sol Rogers, CEO & Founder, REWIND

Jordan Mann, VR Developer, Path of Jordan

Albert “Skip” Rizzo, Ph.D., Director, Medical Virtual Reality - Institute for Creative Technologies, USC

Liam Young, Film Director and Architect, Tomorrow’s Thoughts Today

Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic llc

Kate McCallum, Producer/Writer, Producers Guild of America National Board Member

Louisa Spring, founder, SAM immersive

Alina Mikhaleva, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Spherica VR Studio

Laura Hertzfeld, Director, Journalism 360

Alex Pearce, Producer, JauntVR

Ed Lantz, President & CTO Vortex Immersion Media

Taylor Freeman, Co-Founder & CEO, UPLOAD

Garry Hare, PhD, Fielding Graduate University

Nathalie Mathé, Creative Director, NativeVR

Jennifer Richey, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Gravity Jack

Leon Laroue, Product Manager, New Ventures, AR Eyewear, Epson

Ryan Wang, Co-founder and General Partner, Outpost Capital

Barry Sandrew, Ph.D., Founder & Chairman, ARIVAL

Connie Reese, Civil Space Communications, Space Systems Division Public Relations, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems

Nicholas Longano, Principal, Hourglass Interactive LLC

Bastiaan den Braber, President / COO, SAMO

BC Biermann, Founder, The Heavy Projects

Seth A. Schachner, Managing Director, Strat Americas

Ariella Lehrer, Ph.D., President, HitPoint Studios

Jenna Seiden, Entertainment and Technology Strategist & Executive

Anthony Borquez, founder & CEO, Grab Games

Johnny Monsarrat, CEO, Monsarrat, Inc.

Nancy King, Consultant, NewView Marketing

Andrew Cochrane, Independent VR / AR / Interactive Content Creator

Bud Myrick, VR Supervisor / CG Supervisor, FuseFX / FuseVR

Ryan Pulliam, CMO, Co-Founder, Specular Theory

Heather Blair, Head of Cinema Sales, MediaMation

Pieter Van Leugenhagen, co-founder, yondr

Marty Shindler, CEO, The Shindler Perspective, Inc.

Chuck Peil, Head of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships, Reel FX

Eric Mizufuka‏, Product Manager, Epson Moverio

Sivan Iram, VP of Business Development, Lumus

Lynn Rogoff, founder, AMERIKIDS USA

Shauna Heller, President, North America, AiSolve Limited

Eduardo Yeh, Co-Founder, CEO, Selvz

Jim Stewartson, CEO, Awesome Rocketship

David Birnbaum, Design Director, Immersion Corporation

Greg Bond, SVP, Commercial Partnerships, Blend Media

Jim McArthur, Creative & Document Cloud Customer Experience, Adobe

Malia Probst, VR/AR Producer & Connector, Director of Brand Strategy, VRScout

Michael Leventhal, Partner, Holmes Weinberg, P.C., former, Chief Legal Officer and VP, Magic Leap

Edward Button, “Artist in Residence,” Technicolor NY

Ilya Rozhkov, film and VR director Agent Emerson VR Film Experience

Shelley Andagan, Head of Post-Production & Operations, 3DPaint/FX

Dana Porter, co-founder and CMO, Inception

Evette Vargas, Writer, Director, Producer, Multiplatform and Virtual Reality Creator

Vince Cacace, founder & CEO, Vertebrae

Dr. Erick Moen, Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Southern California

Daniel Kenyon, CEO / Founder, FURIOUS

Tom Wesselman, Senior Director, Software Group, Plantronics

Mariana Danilovic, Founder and Managing Director, Hollywood Portfolio

Cynthia Lieberman, Media & Marketing Strategist, Lieberman Communications

Louis Cacciuttolo, CEO, VRrOOm (French Astronaut Thomas Pesquet on the ISS)

Rodrigo Cerqueira, CEO - ‎panoGrama

David Bloom, Columnist, Tubefilter

Robert Hernandez, Associate Professor of Professional Practice, USC Annenberg School of Journalism

Craig S. Phillips, Creative Director and Co-Owner, SunnyBoy Entertainment

Prof. Frank Chindamo, Mobile Video Pioneer and founder, VirtualFilmSchool.org

Matthew Celia, Managing Partner and Creative Director, Light Sail VR

David Levitt, CEO and President, Pantomime Corporation

Anna Marie Piersimoni, Instructor, Department of Cinema and Television Arts, California State University, Northridge

Jerri Lynn Hogg PhD. Director, Media Psychology Graduate Program, Fielding Graduate University

Shane Pase, Ph.D.,  Adjunct Faculty, Media Psychology Program, Fielding Graduate University

Dr. Armin T. Ellis, Founder, Exploration Institute, Inventor of i2i Method™

Bill Newell, President, North South Studios LLC

Amanda Shelby, VR Producer, (Obama’s Farewell Address VR)

Patrick Aluise, SVP, Digital Content, Moviebill

Dr. Susan Jewell MD, Founder/ Mars Academy USA

Alexis Macklin, Analyst, Greenlight VR

Maggie Lane, VR/AR Designer

Ryan Moore, CEO, Experience 360°

Seth Skolnik, COO, Live Planet

Larry Rosenthal, President, Creative Director, CubeVR

Keram Malicki Sanchez, Executive Director, VRTO Virtual & Augmented Reality World Conference & Expo (Toronto), Director, FIVARS

Mark Kapczynski, President, Storymill

Nick DeMartino, Managing Director, Startupbootcamp MediaTech

Co-Chair of the Board:

Victor Harwood, President, Digital Hollywood, Inc.

Christina Simpkins, Traditional and New Media Content Co-Creator and Collaborator

Marty Perlmutter, President, Multisensory Interactive Learning Institute (MILI)

The Voices & Vision of an Industry

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