Meet the Team

Robert Denton Bryant has worked in Hollywood in marketing and production, and in video games as a publisher and a developer. Director of Video Game Development at St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas.

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A Visiting Professor at SMU Guildhall focused on Serious Games, DigitalHealth and VR/AR development. Passionate about solving real-world problems through Serious Games and Immersive Technologies.

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Institutional Program Chair of Media Arts, The Art Institute Houston.

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Four-time Emmy® winning producer. Currently a professor and coordinator for Sam Houston State University's new BFA degree program in film and television.

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Founder and director of the LIVE Lab in the Department of Visualization at Texas A&M University; CEO of Triseum, an educational game studio; and advisory board member at the National Academy of Science.

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Instructional Associate Professor at University of Houston; two-time winning Microsoft Imagine Cup competition student team leader.

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Instructor at Houston Community College teaching 3D modeling, animation, and texturing in 3D Studio Max; storyboarding; Adobe Photoshop; GameMaker; Source SDK; Unity3D; Unreal Engine 4.

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Expert in Digital Media. Instructional Lab Manager for the Digital Media Program at The University of Houston.

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Former Program Director the Digital Media program and and Professor in the College of Technology in the University of Houston.

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Houston Community College Supervisor, Workforce Technology Support and Adjunct Faculty.

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An award-winning designer and Instructor of Digital Media at the University of Houston.

Managing Partner at Zaqen Capital; focused on early stage investment and strategy.

Assistant Director & Medical Device Innovation Lead at Texas Medical Center.

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AT&T project manager for high profile healthcare innovation projects.

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People connector with a background as Account Director for IGN Entertainment and Conference Programmer for SXSW.

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Accomplished physician, hospital and business executive, USAF flight surgeon and former NASA flightsurgeon.

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Alfred Poor, PhD, is a health tech futurist and the founding Editor of Heath Tech Insider and a professional speaker and writer.

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Mixed Reality Enthusiast, Business Development Manager Serl.io; Former CEO & Cofounder Core Simulations

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Metaverse and XR Consultant; 25 years in the industry, 17 years at Microsoft and 7 years in XR.

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Digital and Extended Realities (VR/AR/3D/Digital Twin) Product Manager at ExxonMobil.

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Digital & Extended Realities Architect @ExxonMobil’s Digital Garage

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CEO / Co-Founder of serl.io. XR leader.

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Product Designer for Gen AI, 3D, AR, VR @ Adobe (ex-Meta/Facebook, Microsoft, & HTC)

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Art Director, Creative Technologist. Worked with Timber Games, Zynga, Siren Cove Studios,Hyperspace XR and more.

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Executive Director for the Immersive Technology Conference in Houston, TX, William is also the co-organize the Houston VR Meetup Group.

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Senior Manger of VR/AR at Accenture, Modad leads the Houston chapter of the VR / AR Association.

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Immersive Designer & Art Lead -3D at IS Studios, LLC. Director of Immersive Art & National Science Foundation Grant Investigator and Developer for AR/MR/VR program.

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The Co-founder and CEO of Z3VR and Houston VR Head of Business Development.

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Director of Technology at HTX Labs. Leading multiple engineering teams, providing software engineering leadership, and providing cross-team support.

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Software development Engineer at Unity, founder of Recolude, Immersive Tech Studio Software Engineer at ExxonMobile.

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Software Engineer at Unity who worked at Lockheed Martin, L3Harris, HTX, and more.

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Senior Pipeline Engineer - Warner Bros. Animation. Head of Product at Clutch. Freelance Software Developer.

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Senior XR Developer; former employers include Unit, ExxonMobil, PTC, Cloudy Games, and more.

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Computer Programming, Web Development, 2D/3D Digital Media, Computer Hardware.

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Former Lead Video Game Artist at Team Grey Box at Six Foot, Bellinger brings 20 years of visual communication experience to students that he teaches as an adjunct at the Art Institute of Houston.

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CEO of Tangerine Pop, a casual video game studio. A consultant   for Shockwave, IBM, Capitol Records, NVIDIA, and LeapFrog, David has developed content for such musicians as the Beatles, Paul McCartney,Gary Wright, Phil Driscoll, and the Music Machine.

A game designer for over 20 years, Chip has worked with companies such as Ubisoft, Sony Interactive, LucasArts, Sixense, Crystal Dynamics, EA, and OtherSide Entertainment.

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The Founder of Darkshot Studios, an indie game studio and the curator of the Houston Game Dev Meetup.

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Video Game Industry Veteran. Currently, the Co-founder of Humaginarium. Formerly with EA, BrainCo, Adobe, and Professor and Dean of the Game and Simulations Programming  at DeVry University.

Sr. Server Engineer at Gala Games. Technical Director and Product Designer with over 20 years of experience working in game development and systems engineering.

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Professor of Practice at the University of Houston College of Engineering - Technology Division and author/key note speaker for innovation leadership.

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Software development product manager, certified project manager (PMP), agile practitioner (PMI-ACP), Scrum Master (CSM, SAFe-ASM) and team leader.

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Co-founder & CEO of Dauntless X, tech founder, web3 advisor, futurist, speaker, former journalist and YouTuber.

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Providing structure and momentum to teams and fellow producers. Director of Production for HTX Labs.

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Automation and Immersive Realities Manager at ExxonMobil.

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Immersive Tech VR/AR Analyst at ExxonMobil.

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Human-Centered Design Leader, Head of User Experience & Design Thinking at Schlumberger.

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Immersive Tech UX Designer with over 22 years of experience designing solutions for multiple platforms. Worked for ExxonMobil, Aquent, United Airlines, Continental Airlines and more.

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Immersive Learning Program Manager at American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM); Senior Visual Designer; worked with ExxonMobil, Collin College, Out of Order Studios, and more.

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Director of Innovation & co-founder @ HTX Labs; User Experience Architect.

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Chief Product Officer at Lost Boys Interactive; formally with Otherside Entertainment, Atlassian and Microsoft.

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Art Director at UHCS Gaming. Environment & Character Design & Animation.

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Executive Producer for Digital Domain VR/AR/MR & Chairman, New Media Council: Producers Guild of America.

Three-time winning Emmy® award winning producer.

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President at Lerner Productions, a student run live-streaming production firm.

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Former professional voice-over actor; Instructional Associate Professor of Digital Media Production Program Coordinator, Transmedia Marketing™ Certificate
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University of Houston.

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Pixotope Product Specialist & Evangelist at Pixotope; XR, VR, AR Designer; color, lighting and SFX developer.

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