Ivan Poupyrev, Dr.Founder

United States - San Jose, California

An award-winning inventor, engineer and technology innovation director, with a track record of success, Ivan brings over 20+ years of experience in leading cross-functional teams to deliver cutting edge technical and product innovation. With deep technical expertise in spatial computing and interaction design, advanced sensors and natural interaction, mobile and wearable devices, he led development of many new technologies shipped in millions of products for such companies like Google, Disney, and Sony, as well as Adidas, Levi's, YSL and others. He is currently leading a nascent

Ivan's has over 100 issued US patents and his work has been published extensively in scientific conferences such as ACM SIGGRAPH, CHI, and UIST. He was honored with awards, such as the National Design Award for Interaction Design and Consumer Technology Association's Technology Achievement Award. Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum, elected his work into its permanent collection and Fast Company magazine described him as "one of the best interaction designers in the world." In 2021, he was also honored by the Carnegie Foundation as a "Great Immigrant. Great American." for his contributions and actions that have "enriched and strengthened our society and democracy".