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Presenters

Presenters at Chapter Events since 2009. You may type in a name or part of a name to quickly search the list.

Research Director; USC Institute for Creative Technologies for Medical Virtual Reality

Albert “Skip” Rizzo is a clinical psychologist and Director of Medical Virtual Reality at the University of Southern California Institute for Creat

Musician; Heidi Torsvik (Heidi Good Bye)

Steve Roach is a leading American pioneer in the evolution of ambient/electronic music, helping shape it into what it is today.

Animation Supervisor; Rhythm & Hues

Burke Roane served as animation supervisor for Rhythm & Hues on Alvin & the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel and Night at the Museum:

Engineer, Researcher, and Cognitive Designer ; Microsoft Research

Jasmine Roberts is an engineer, researcher, and cognitive designer in vir

VP Business Development; Stream TV Networks, Inc (Member, Ultra D Consortium)
Senior Director of Software R&D; Digital Domain

As the Senior Director of Software R&D at Digital Domain, Doug leads a world-class team that develops software and conducts research to advance

Partner; CubeXR LLC

LarryR/Cube3 has pioneered many of the current disciplines in "digital media" known as the Metaverse/ Web3/XR/ VR / AR 3DUX.

Ilya is an award-winning director and one of the youngest members of the Director's Guild of Russia.

; Pixar Animation Studios

Bobby Rubio began at Pixar Animation Studios as a story artist in January 2007.

Recruitment Manager; Framestore

Kathleen Ruffalo is the Recruitment Manager for Framestore’s US offices in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago.

VFX Supervisor; Crafty Apes

Aldo Ruggiero Bio 2020 With 2 Emmy, 2 VES nominations and with over 15 years of experience in the industry touching all aspects of production and p

Director; Exagen Oy

Greg Ruthenbeck, PhD, BEng (E&E, Hons), SMIEEE, Director, Exagen Oy, Finland.  His work is in Analysis, Simulation, and Education.  Greg’s Pres

Data Visualization Developer; JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Jackie is a data visualization developer at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory who specializes in scientific image processing.

President and Creative Director; Sassoon Film Design

A pioneer in the early 1980's LGBT and Indie film movements, Michael began working in the San Francisco Bay area as a video artist producing a seri

A pioneer in the early 1980's LGBT and Indie film movements, Michael began working in the San Francisco Bay area as a video artist producing a seri

; Giant Studios

Casey Schatz graduated from CalArts in 2002 where he studied photography, theater, and computer graphics.

Animation Director; Sony Pictures ImageWorks

David Schaub, an animation director for Sony Pictures Imageworks has worked in the animation and visual effects industry for more than 15 years.

Nathan has worked on numerous films as a concept artist in the motion picture industry.

CVO; SAC Labs

Winn Schwartau, Chief Visionary Officer for SAC Labs, A division of KnowBe4, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts and a Distinguished Fello