Bio

Creative and forward-thinking CIO/Executive ImmersiveXR Producer and Creative R&D with over two decades of professional, award-winning experience creating interactive and immersive content across emerging platforms, MetaTech 'verses' & worlds, RT3D, cutting/bleeding-edge and 5G innovation, engaging fans via music, sport, broadcasting and entertainment. Expertise: * Executive Immersive XR/MetaTech Producer and Creative/5G Technologist for senior stakeholders & C-suite advisor/boards, original and client IP development, interactive and immersive storytelling via spatial audio-AR, visualising UX/UI, IxD, XD across bespoke creative & bigger picture metaverse spaces; Immersive audience/market insights & production of Real-Time Immersive formats, incl. Virtual Productions, Digital Humans and Digital Twins (VolCap, MoCap, 360VR-AR-MR-Holo, Haptics, AI) and Creative 5G productions. * Clients include brands, talent, broadcasters, agencies, culture, academics, think tanks, start-ups & conferences incl. Red Bull Media Network, IBC Accelerators, Royal Television Society, ViacomCBS, BBC, National Gallery, SXSW, XR4Europe, British Screen Forum, ImmerseUK, BAFTA, Abbey Road Spatial Audio Forum & more. * Outstanding, executive track record managing full end-to-end digital / XR production services, strategies and R&D prototyping/POCs (large & bespoke), creative and biz strategy, content production, budgeting, delivery & multi-disciplined teams incl. XR/VR/AR/Immersive/audio-AR, interactive social media (live streams, gfx, stills, video, copywriting, strategy), legal R&C, influencer/brand partnerships, commercial biz dev. Strong presentation & influencing skills w/ Board/C-Level Senior Management stakeholders, advising best practice creative digital ambitions from concept to creation. * Global ‘Dream Team’ crews in XR, IxD, VR, AR, spatial audio, dev (Unity, Unreal, Mach1) live, promo filming, GFX/VFX, social/marketing agencies, talent mgmt & record labels in UK/EU, London, Berlin, Chicago, NY, LA, Nashville * KEYNOTE SPEAKER, Chair/MC/Mentor at media industry conferences focusing on digital, XR immersive & interactive production/Mverse innovation, research & strategy for Tech, TV, Music, Brands * Portfolio Taster: ALL3MEDIA, AEG LIVE, ANGRY BIRDS/ROVIO, BBC ONE, RADIO 1, BBH, CBBC, COMEDY CENTRAL, CONDE NAST, EMI, IMG, ITV, JAMIE OLIVER, LIVE NATION, MARVEL, MTV, NICKELODEON, O2, PRINCE’S TRUST, RED BULL MEDIA HOUSE, SAMSUNG, SKY, SKYPE, SONY, STARCOM/MEDIAVEST, SWATCH, UNIVERSAL MUSIC, VIRGIN MEDIA, VOGUE, WARNER BROS