Jerry Johnson, CEO
Jerry specializes in the use of advanced research technology to produce remarkable brand insights and award-winning advertising campaigns. Stories of his clients' resulting successes have been featured on National Public Radio's All Things Considered, The New York Times, Advertising Age, and Adweek. Jerry is a frequent speaker, lecturer, and radio talk show guest on marketing and brand development topics. He received his B.A. in Government from Harvard University.
Jerry specializes in the use of advanced research technology to produce remarkable brand insights and award-winning advertising campaigns. Stories of his clients' resulting successes have been featured on National Public Radio's All Things Considered, The New York Times, Advertising Age, and Adweek. Jerry is a frequent speaker, lecturer, and radio talk show guest on marketing and brand development topics. He received his B.A. in Government from Harvard University.
Howard Rose, COO
Howard’s strong suit is transforming complex problems and content into stories and experiences that are engaging and effective for the end users. In doing so, Howard draws on his diverse background in instructional design, psychology and his past incarnations as a videographer and musician.
Howard got hooked on VR and real-time interactive computers as a graduate student and researcher at the Human Interface Technology Lab at the University of Washington. Growing from this realization and his own thesis research exploring virtual environments for teaching Japanese language (Zengo Sayu), Howard began to focus on a mission putting these technologies and approaches to work to recast teaching and learning.
Howard’s strong suit is transforming complex problems and content into stories and experiences that are engaging and effective for the end users. In doing so, Howard draws on his diverse background in instructional design, psychology and his past incarnations as a videographer and musician.
Howard got hooked on VR and real-time interactive computers as a graduate student and researcher at the Human Interface Technology Lab at the University of Washington. Growing from this realization and his own thesis research exploring virtual environments for teaching Japanese language (Zengo Sayu), Howard began to focus on a mission putting these technologies and approaches to work to recast teaching and learning.
Ari Hollander, CTO
Ari worked with Howard Rose and Dr. Kimberley Osberg at the Human Interface Technology Lab at the University of Washington on research projects including some of the earliest VR therapy applications and did consulting and educational VR projects for clients including Boeing, Microsoft, Edmark, Hewlett-Packard, and Disney.
Ari took a brief detour during the Dot Com Era to work on two start-ups, one in 3D eCommerce and the other in dramatic, story-focused massively multi-player online game technology. After a subsequent stint involving the Unreal Engine and art tools design in the Microsoft Game Studios, he decided to get back into virtual reality and build his first Post-traumatic Stress Disorder therapy application, for suicide bomb attack victims (instead of building computer games that allowed people to pretend they were terrorists).
Ari worked with Howard Rose and Dr. Kimberley Osberg at the Human Interface Technology Lab at the University of Washington on research projects including some of the earliest VR therapy applications and did consulting and educational VR projects for clients including Boeing, Microsoft, Edmark, Hewlett-Packard, and Disney.
Ari took a brief detour during the Dot Com Era to work on two start-ups, one in 3D eCommerce and the other in dramatic, story-focused massively multi-player online game technology. After a subsequent stint involving the Unreal Engine and art tools design in the Microsoft Game Studios, he decided to get back into virtual reality and build his first Post-traumatic Stress Disorder therapy application, for suicide bomb attack victims (instead of building computer games that allowed people to pretend they were terrorists).
Nestor Olivier, CFO
Nestor Olivier is a senior operating and financial executive with advisory and operational experience in a broad range of industries with a recent focus (2008 to present) on data analytics and healthcare. Mr. Olivier’s range of skills includes quantitative data analysis, corporate financial management and reporting, merger and acquisitions, strategic planning and corporate finance. He is a member of the Harvard College Class of 1979 and a 1983 graduate of the Harvard Business School with a concentration in Finance and Operations Management.
Nestor Olivier is a senior operating and financial executive with advisory and operational experience in a broad range of industries with a recent focus (2008 to present) on data analytics and healthcare. Mr. Olivier’s range of skills includes quantitative data analysis, corporate financial management and reporting, merger and acquisitions, strategic planning and corporate finance. He is a member of the Harvard College Class of 1979 and a 1983 graduate of the Harvard Business School with a concentration in Finance and Operations Management.