Emdigo Advisory Board

In Alphabetical Order:

Kazuyuki Hashimoto, President & CEO of Avatar Reality Inc.
Hashimoto-san is the President and CEO of Avatar Reality Inc. Before co-founding Avatar Reality, Hashimoto-san served as Vice President of Technology for new platforms at Electronic Arts, Inc. and as the Senior Vice President and CTO in charge of all technology research and development at Square USA, the creator of the ?Final Fantasy? movie which was released in 2001 as the fist fully photo-realistically computer animated movie of its kind.

Brian McClendon, Director of Engineering - Google Inc.
With sixteen years of technical development experience, Brian has focused on product execution and delivery in the context of complex graphics software and hardware. He was formerly Director of Set-top Engineering with @Home and before that managed system simulation and verification for Infinite Reality at Silicon Graphics Computer Systems. Brian currently holds the position of Director of Engineering at Google, Inc.

Shin'ichi Okamoto, Independent Research and Technology Consultant
Probably best known in connection with PlayStation, Okamoto-san used to be the Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Research and Development with Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. where he was one of the key executives behind the creation of the PlayStation(R) 1 and 2 video game consoles. Currently, Okamoto-san is an independent research and development consultant in Tokyo, Japan and also serves on Emdigo's Board of Directors

Teruyasu Sekimoto, CEO and Chairman of Silicon Studio Ltd.
Sekimoto-san is the founder, CEO and Chairman of Silicon Studio Ltd., a major provider of entertainment software and hardware technology in Japan. Previously, Sekimoto-san was the Senior Vice President and Chairman of Silicon Graphics Asia where he led all of SGI's Asian field operations.

Gregory Stoner, Director of Business Development at Intel Corporation.
Greg Stoner has demonstrated success in providing strategic insight to building new products and business lines in his 15 year history in high technology industry. Prior to joining Intel, Greg was with Metrowerks, a Freescale Company (formerly Motorola) of Austin, TX, where he was the CTO and General Manager of Console Games Business.

Daniel F. Vivoli, Senior Vice President of Marketing at Nvidia Corporation
Dan Vivoli is Senior Vice President of Marketing at NVIDIA and is in charge of NVIDIA's GPU businesses, Corporate and Strategic Marketing, and Developer Engagement. Previously, Dan held the position of VP of Marketing at Silicon Graphics, Inc.