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Michael Ronen

Michael Ronen

Entrepreneur In Residence
Topanga,United States

Summary

Dedicated immersive industry professional with more then twenty years of founding and running business. Founded 3 Media startups (VR, AR & NFT) and 2 creators collectives over 10 years, raised 7 digits from an international high claimed private and public investors, handled over a million users, managed 100 employees, and licensed tech to two giants. Most important I care about peope and I'm fun to work with!

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Business Development Consultant

AR House
City of Los Angeles, CA
08.2022 - Current

- Consulting creators on commercializating their plans products on Snap, Oculus and WebAR ecosystems.

- Established and optimized business development strategies for AR house as a creators incubator.

Co-Founder, Creative Director, Experience Designer

Wonderland Immersive Design
Topanga, California
09.2019 - Current
  • Supervised design and production for 6 NFT/Metaverse projects.
  • Produced digital fashion for Masetercard for the Pride Parade in Decentraland
  • Build "Social Play Club", a platform to engage with team members and cultivate trust.

Co-Founder, Creative Producer, Director of BD

Shaderverse
City of Los Angeles, CA
02.2021 - Current
  • Partnered with artists and Brands to manage the production of 3D NFT generative art collections
  • Oversee relations with partners such as NFTguild, Arties, Deadfellaz, NFTLA, BitBasel, and the ARhouse.
  • Developed innovative sales and marketing strategies to facilitate business expansion which reached 6 digit revenue in 10 month.

Entrepreneur In Residence

Modern Gourmet Foods
Irvine, California
10.2019 - 02.2021
  • Consult senior management on digital strategy products selling on Walmart, Target, Amazon
  • Head international E-commerce expansion for food brands Thoughtfully and Bombombs that grew to 7 figures revenue
  • Product owner for CPG product "High Gifts", cannabis gifts for California market, managed design, sourcing and production.

Creative Director and Entrepreneur In Residence

AWE, TOA, Knotel, DLD, Kinnernet, Burning Man
Munich, Berlin, Germany
01.2018 - 01.2020
  • Experience designer for the Augmented World Expo party in Munich , Tech Open Air festival Berlin for thousands of guests.
  • Oversaw teams of writers, artists, designers and project managers
  • Produced and designed dozen of virtual events during the pandemic, including the digital playa for Burning man org, Kinnernet and DLD virtual.

Co Founder, CEO, Business Development

Splash / Spilly
Berlin, Germany
03.2015 - 09.2018
  • Creator of a Social VR capture app, Winner SXSX VR 2016
  • Raised millions in funds (Public+VC) by a global syndicate led by Greycroft Partners, Advancit Capital,Felix Capital, E.venture, BDMI fund, DeNA Tokyo, Seedcamp and Kevin Wall.
  • Managing Marketing and community teams serving a million early adopters, creating over 100k 360 videos on YouTube alone.

Founder, CEO, Creative Director

Capsuling
Berlin , Germany
01.2012 - 01.2015
  • Created a Location-based app for virtual time capsules
  • Managing business relations with cultural partners in EU
  • Oversaw, guided and coached dozens designers and art directors.

Education

Certificate - Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

Founders Institute
Berlin
01.2012 - 01.2013

Writers Diploma - Creative Writing

Royal Court Theatre
London
05.2006 - 05.2007

Master of Arts -

London Academy of Music And Dramatic Arts
London
09.2005 - 09.2006

Diploma -

Thelma Yellin High School For The Arts
Tel Aviv
01.1996 - 01.2000

Skills

    Business Development

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Accomplishments

  • Won Awards as creative director (EU Nestory, Fringe award)
  • Won numerous tech awards, including SXSW VR 16 (Splash VR: 360 VR technology) Pitch Slam and Pitch Marathon Berlin, Pioneer Festival in Vienna, Founders Institute Berlin.

Timeline

Business Development Consultant

AR House
08.2022 - Current

Co-Founder, Creative Producer, Director of BD

Shaderverse
02.2021 - Current

Entrepreneur In Residence

Modern Gourmet Foods
10.2019 - 02.2021

Co-Founder, Creative Director, Experience Designer

Wonderland Immersive Design
09.2019 - Current

Creative Director and Entrepreneur In Residence

AWE, TOA, Knotel, DLD, Kinnernet, Burning Man
01.2018 - 01.2020

Co Founder, CEO, Business Development

Splash / Spilly
03.2015 - 09.2018

Certificate - Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies

Founders Institute
01.2012 - 01.2013

Founder, CEO, Creative Director

Capsuling
01.2012 - 01.2015

Writers Diploma - Creative Writing

Royal Court Theatre
05.2006 - 05.2007

Master of Arts -

London Academy of Music And Dramatic Arts
09.2005 - 09.2006

Diploma -

Thelma Yellin High School For The Arts
01.1996 - 01.2000
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