// Management
Michael Starkenburg, CEO
Mike has broad experience in growing technology companies, both in terms of managing the organizations and providing vision for the technology. He was a Technology Partner at the Sprout Group, a venture capital fund. Prior to that, he was CTO of Gemstar-TVGuide, and held various senior management positions at Advantix, Inc, Outpost.com, and America Online. He received his B.B.A. in International Business from The George Washington University.
Brian Waddle, Executive Vice President
Brian Waddle brings senior management expertise and a history of sales success to his role as General Manager of Video Games at Image Metrics. Before joining Image Metrics, Waddle was VP of Worldwide Sales & Marketing at Havok, where he oversaw global sales and marketing operations and channel development until the company’s recent acquisition by Intel. Throughout his career, Waddle has served in a number of executive positions and has a proven track record of developing and executing global sales strategies, overseeing operations and expanding markets.
Ron Ryder, CFO
Ron brings to the Company a strong breadth of operational and financial management. He has held CFO positions at multinational entertainment companies Virgin Studios Group and Post Logic. In 2004, he founded Matrix Consulting, specializing in process flow improvement for major clients including Disney Consumer Products, Robertson Properties Group and Celetronix. Ron began his career at Ernst & Young in the Entrepreneurial Services Group performing IPO work for multiple clients.
Dr. Kevin Walker, CTO
Kevin is a computer scientist with an extensive background in computer vision and its application to both the animation and medical markets. Internationally recognized for his work, Kevin has developed many technologies and applications used for the automatic creation and animation of digital characters.
