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Chris McGugan

Chris McGugan

Chris McGugan is Vice President and General Manager of Emerging Products & Technology at Avaya. The role includes responsibility for software development, product management and marketing. Emerging Products & Technology includes DevConnect, Avaya’s 3rd party developer network, cloud solutions, contact center and UC applications as well as research into various forms of collaboration technologies. Most recently, Chris was Avaya’s Vice President of Product Management for Contact Center Solutions from 2008-2011. The role included responsibility for product roadmaps, architecture, and overall direction of the contact center offers. Prior to this, Chris was Vice President of Products & Engineering at Belkin, a leader in the consumer electronics market, where he lead the overall product portfolio, design, and research and development efforts for their consumer and commercial product lines. Prior to Belkin, Chris was Sr. Director, Product Management at Motorola (formally Symbol Technologies), where he was responsible for all enterprise wireless products in the Motorola portfolio. Chris arrived at Symbol Technologies following a 9 year voice and data networking career with Cisco Systems. While at Cisco, Chris held various senior management positions in the routing and switching businesses, research and education business, and was responsible for the direction of many product lines during his tenure. Chris remains active in many technology standards bodies and industry associations, helping drive the advancement of networking technology. Chris is an alumnus of North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina....

Yoni Nevo

Yoni Nevo

Yoni Nevo is the CEO and co-founder of Cimagine Media with more than 15 years of international management experience in business development, marketing, strategy, product management, and software engineering at Cimagine, ECI Israel, ECI USA, and Amdocs. The Cimagine solution enables consumers to visualize products in their homes without the need to print markers. The cloud based platform allows retailers to augment their e-commerce websites, mobile apps and offline media quickly and without costly maintenance. This leads to greater customer engagement and therefore boosting online conversion rates and in-store sales. Cimagine Media strives to create the most usable AR technology. Cimagine  augmented e-commerce solution...

Barry Po

Barry Po

Dr. Barry Po is Director of Product Management at NGRAIN, the leading provider of interactive 3D augmented reality and visualization technology for enterprise businesses worldwide. He is responsible for global product strategy and looks after product design and development across the company. Over the course of his career, he has led product teams at some of the world’s most recognizable brands. His previous roles include a stint at Nokia, where he looked after developer product strategy and portfolio planning across the company’s Lumia and Asha device families, and HSBC where he led global experience design, digital product management, and digital marketing across its personal, commercial, and global banking services. Barry holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science (Human-Computer Interaction) from the University of British Columbia, where he conceptualized augmented and virtual experiences for mobile, tablet, and immersive environments. He is the recipient of several awards for his work, including an NSERC Industrial Research and Development Fellowship....

Cimagine

Cimagine

Cimagine Media offers a true, markerless AR solution, enabling retailers and brands to augment commerce. Our AR platform is cloud-based and omnichannel thus allowing for seamless integration of a retailer’s e-commerce, m-commerce and offline media without costly maintenance. With our companion app, consumers are then able to engage with products in their homes with a click of a button. Our patent pending technology allows the consumer to view the product in the intended location from any angle while still maintaining position and scale. Come try our app at AWE2014....

Eric Krzeslo

Eric Krzeslo

Eric has been a 3D enthusiast for more than 15 years and has managed SoftKinetic’s development work since 2003. Before joining SoftKinetic, he was a founding member of 72dpi, a developer of 3D technologies for the communication industry including the web, broadcast and live interactive experiences. Before that he started CMyK, a provider of high-end 3D simulations and CAD software. At the beginning of his career, Eric launched the 3D modeling and rendering studios for Belgium’s most famous architectural firm. Eric graduated from the Victor Horta Architecture Institute in Brussels....