Creating an entirely new Virtual Reality experience meant we needed to bring in a group of advisors with the right skill sets and expertise.
With decades of experience in entrepreneurship, engineering, business development, marketing, game design, digital design and security, and media production, our advisors help guide our team of executives, creatives, and developers in our vision to revolutionize the virtual entertainment industry.
MITCHELL PRICE (LinkedIn)
Mitch has a 30 year career spanning Engineering, Finance, Medical Devices, and Private Equity. As a Systems and Security engineer, he led the DigiCipher 2 Crypto Processor and renewable security team at General Instrument, and served on numerous national and international standards committees for Security and Access Control. He has owned NathanMed, a medical device developer, since 2007; and serves as President of Price Technologies.
Mitch holds a BSEE in Circuits, Fields, and Waves from the University of Rochester, a MSEE in Signal Processing from the University of Southern California, and a MBA from UC Irvine.
KEVIN MCDONALD (LinkedIn)
Kevin B. McDonald, HCISPP is COO and CISO at Alvaka Networks, an Orange County based IT support and security firm. He has been appointed as Chairman of the Orange County Sheriff/Coroner’s Technology Advisory Council (T.A.C), a member of the Orange County Homeland Security Advisory Council, FBI Infragard, The High Tech Crimes Consortium and the US Secret Service’s Electronic Crimes Task Force. With his almost two decades of experience, Kevin is a trusted technology and security practitioner and public policy advisor to some of America’s most influential people and organizations. He advises corporate executives, federal and state legislators, law enforcement, high net worth individuals among others.
JOHN GHADIMI (LinkedIn)
John is an accomplished design expert with over 16 years of experience in information, user experience (UX), user interface, and visual design; and creative direction. He has delivered high-quality interaction design for complex global interactive digital applications for companies like HP, Yahoo!, Sapient Global Markets, and Avanade.
EV STANTON (LinkedIn)
Ev is an author, designer, scriptwriter and producer with over 25 years of professional performance and directing experience. He has worked as an illustrator for the Jim Henson Company, and Scholastic Books, and is a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times. In addition to being a recognized speaker and teacher, he holds a Ph.D in History from the University of California, Irvine. Ev has displayed works in the Thatcher Gallery, San Francisco, in conjunction with LitQuake SF and the Charles Schulz Museum.
SCOTT BROVSKY (LinkedIn)
Scott has been a Founder or Founding Executive of a number of start-ups including the VC funded mobile games studio Muti Labs, and the Temecula based sports tech company NZN Labs. He sold his first company, Industrial Strength Network (an early interactive agency), to frog design as an acquihire in 1998, and founded Brovsky Capital to angel invest in mobile games after leaving Disney Interactive in 2008. Scott has a successful track record as a brand marketing executive defining, launching, and driving revenue for major video game franchises such as The Avengers, Turok, Kingdom Hearts and Medal of Honor for Marvel, Electronic Arts and Take-Two Interactive, among others.
DAVID MCNEIL (LinkedIn)
David is an Angel Investor and Executive Producer of EyeOnBusiness, FACETStelevision, Innovation, The Berkus Report, In The Judges’ Chamber and The Ask Dino Show. He was a former executive of United Artists Entertainment and is one of the original developers of Pay-Per-View. His video work has been seen on ACCESS HOLLYWOOD, FOX, PBS, TED, and GOOD DAY LA.
He is also an active member of TechAmerica, Tech Coast Angels, and is on the board of Southern California Venture Network (SCVN). He is a member of the Orange County Sheriff’s Technology Advisory Council (TAC), and a recruited member of the MensaPROCESS Think Tank, U.S. Orange County Mensa, and the World Future Society.
ROB BEHNKE (LinkedIn)
Rob has five years of cryptocurrency trading experience, which he has parlayed into becoming a token sale growth hacker. He is the founder of The Token Agency, a full service marketing strategy agency for blockchain-based startups, and a serial entrepreneur living in San Francisco. His numerous startups have been featured in Forbes, TechCrunch and NY Times including The Brooklyn Salsa Company and Micswap iOS app.
The VU team is beyond excited for the metaverse that we’re creating and what we have in store for you.
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