With the relaunch of a German-wide Chapter (see here)…
…advisors have been chosen to help the ecosystem connect with various industry verticals. The Board will continue to grow in the coming months and our first group are veterans out of Advertising, Automotive, Energy, Shipbuilding & Technology sectors. So without further ado let us introduce you!
Jan Pflüger – AdvisXR
Jan was an early adopter of digital technologies for the creative area. The potential of VR was obvious for him, so he started exploring new interaction techniques and developed interaction devices for spatial environments in the field of research. This long-time passion has led him to establish the Center of Competence as a network hub for VR & AR, the place to inspire and influence the XR activities within Audi AG.
With his private label, advisXR, Jan advises startups and fosters network activities to drive and deliver the future in the field of XR. In his mission for an open XR ecosystem he establishes strategic partnerships and supports aspiring as well as established companies on their journey through the digital transformation.
David Thomson – Aveva
David graduated from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow as a Naval Architect, moving directly into the computer aided design industry where he implemented 3D design software in over 20 shipyards. He moved onto a consulting role in IBM Germany where he implemented and consulted leading engineering companies on Product Lifecycle Management systems. He most recently lead a small team at AVEVA dedicated to developing the next generation of VR and AR apps to realize the vision of the digital asset on the world’s largest engineering projects.
Sabine Georg – Miami Ad School Europe
Sabine Georg has worked in the field of Digital Marketing and Communication since the late 90s. With a background in Fine Arts she actually ended going “digital” and started working for Google in various roles from 2005 up until her leaving in 2019.
Whilst working at Google, Sabine pioneered the Creative Agency Manager role, establishing relations to Germany’s leading creatives and consulting top agencies on “all things Google” with a focus on Digital Marketing and Creative Effectiveness.
Next to her Google Manager role, she worked as teacher and mentor at Miami Ad School Hamburg before she took over as Managing Director in June 2019. Being responsible for both Miami Ad School Europe locations in Hamburg and Berlin, pushing digital transformation and fostering the growth of international creative talent.
Sabine also is a certified Coach and a trained LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® facilitator – both qualifications she is now putting at use in her Managing Director role.
Rene Schulte – Valorem Reply
René Schulte is Director of Global Innovation at Valorem Reply working with teams across the globe on emerging technologies like the revolutionary 3D volumetric video telepresence solution HoloBeam and the AR Cloud enabling large, cross-platform user experiences with persistence.
He is a creative thought leader with a passion for UX and deep technical knowledge from more than 10 years in VR/AR/MR/XR technology and 3D programming, developing for the Microsoft HoloLens since 2015, and is listed as VR/AR/MR dev influencer. He also coded AI deep learning neural networks before it was cool and is leveraging modern AI to empower humans.
He also created popular open source libraries like WriteableBitmapEx and the AR library SLARToolKit. He was honored several times for his dev community work with the Microsoft MVP award and recognized as Microsoft Regional Director.
HIs work as part of the Global Advisory Board ties in with the work that we are doing in the German Ecosystem as he lives and works here…with his wife and their 5 children).
