LA Chapter:
Presenters
Presenters at Chapter Events since 2009. You may type in a name or part of a name to quickly search the list.
Assistant Chair, Digital Media Department; Otis College of Art and Design
Documentary Director / SparkShortsDirector; Pixar Animation Studios
Erica Milsom joined Pixar Animation Studios in October 2002.
President; UXPA of Los Angeles
Film enthusiast, Visual Designer, UX and Product Design Leader, mentor, teacher and cook - Marcella has a diverse background that lends to the exce
Founder/Chief Scientist ; All These Worlds, LLC
Thirty years ago, Jacki Morie embarked on what was to be her life’s career: researching & creating meaningful VR experiences that combined mult
Cinematographer / Stereographer; JAMES NEIHOUS
James has been an award winning IMAX cinematographer since 1976 and has since become the leading IMAX stereographer in the industry and even helped
Executive Producer; HOAX VFX
Alexis Nelson co-founded HOAX Films, with VFX Director Rick Sander, in 2010.
Senior Software Engineer; Google
Ivan Neulander is the lead rendering engineer on Playground, the second iteration of Google's immersive AR camera mode that launched on the Pixel p
Production Talent Manager; FuseFX
Lindsey Neyman is the Production Talent Manager at FuseFX, where she oversees recruitment for each of the company’s three locations.
Sr. Recruiter; Trailer Park + Deep Focus
Wemi Opakunle began her career in the recruiting space over a decade ago connecting professional creative talent to clients within the advertising,
Concept artist, creature designer - Avatar, Star Trek, Watchmen, Cloverfield.
Founder / Director; Persona Foundation
Gregory Peter Panos is an American futurist, writer, educator, inventor, developer, consultant and evangelist in the emerging field of human simula
Visualization Software Engineer, AR/VR Development; JPL
Oleg Pariser has been a Member of Technical Staff at Multimission Image Processing Laboratory at JPL since January 2000.
; Environmental Science Research Institute (ESRI)
Brooks Patrick is a Solutions Engineer on Esri's 3D team helping individuals and organizations take advantage of 3D and the power of procedural mod
Resident Artist; Vortex Domes
Audri Phillips, VJ/3D animator, content creator, immersive media specialist, based out of Los Angeles with a wide range of experience that includes
Project Director; USC's Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT)
Diane Piepol is a Project Director with the Univ. of Southern California ’s Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT).
Animation Lead and Animator; Rhythm & Hues
TIMOTHY PIXTON
Character Lead / Animator
Character Modeling Lead; Digital Domain
Dan Platt is a
classically trained anatomical modeler with a career spanning over 20
Heather is a multifaceted artist and veteran video game developer with over 18 years of experience in the entertainment industry.
