Kamal MistryFounder

United States - San Francisco, California,

Kamal Mistry is a technology executive with over 20 years of experience creating products at the nexus of Business, Art & Technology. Kamal’s career spans over 15 years in Product Management leadership, focusing on Media & Entertainment, AI/ML, AR/VR, Self-Driving car products, and production experience working at Pixar as an artist over 7 years, where he started his career.

Kamal is Chief Executive Officer at Arcturus (XR Studio), a company building the platform for what's next with video, Digital Humans, and Holographic content. Before Arcturus, Kamal led the product team at Uber ATG focused on building a Simulation platform used in testing & developing Self Driving Vehicles. Before Uber, Kamal worked at Netflix as a Senior Product Lead - Innovation, where he led the development of AI-assisted Artwork and Trailer creation for Netflix’s library of content. Before Netflix, Kamal was a group head of products at Autodesk. He helped the product team create Academy and Emmy Award-winning software used in the Film, Games, VR/AR, and Reality Capture markets. Flagship products under Kamal’s purview included Maya, Mudbox, Motionbuilder, Arnold, and Bifrost. While at Autodesk, Kamal was involved with numerous acquisitions such as Arnold, Exotic Matter & Shotgun and kicking off numerous VR/AR and real-time game engine initiatives. Kamal lives in Walnut Creek, California, with his two teenagers.

- Passionate about VR/AR, Animation, Visual FX, Film-making, Typography and Design (Graphic, Industrial)
- Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Software as a service, and Mobile Apps experience.
- Hands-on experience in Animated film production (Pixar)
- Computer Science and Fine Arts background

Visual Effects Society Member for over eight years.