Alfredo Ayala
Walt Disney Executive R&D Imagineer at Walt Disney Imagineering Research & Development
- Role
- Principal Lead at Walt Disney Imagineering
- Location
- Glendale, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Alfredo Ayala
Alfredo Ayala is currently responsible for leading Research & Development project teams at Walt Disney Imagineering. Ayala has design and create innovative effects for popular Disney Parks attractions such as the Haunted Mansion, Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage, Soarin\' and Carsland. He holds over 14 patents with The Walt Disney Company and has published papers both in chemistry and artificial intelligence. Most recently he was part of a team working on the next generation of Audio-Animatronics figures called Autonomatronics. Many of Ayala\'s past and present cutting edge projects are categorized as classified or Top Secrets. In 2007 he was the recipient of the Walt Disney lmagineering Spirit of lnnovention Award. 2011 Alfredo Ayala received the prestigious IMAGEN award for Creativity. This year in 2105, he was named one of The 20 most influential Latinos in tech by CNET.CNET en Español\'s 2015 list of the 20 most influential Latinos in tech (in alphabetical order)Alicia Abella, Assistant Vice President, AT & TCindy Alvarez, Director of User Experience, Yammer (Microsoft)Thaddeus Arroyo, CEO, AT & T MexicoAlfredo Ayala, Principal Technical Staff at Walt Disney Imagineering Research & DevelopmentHugo Barra, Global Vice President, XiaomiArturo Béjar, Former director of engineering and head of the anti-bullying and etiquette division, FacebookRafael Camargo, Project leader Google ATAP / Project AraMarcelo Claure, CEO, SprintLeandro Graciá Gil, Project leader, Cardboard Project, GoogleAlex Kipman, Technical Fellow, Operating System Group, MicrosoftRamiro López Dau, Director and Animation Supervisor, Oculus VRPilar Manchón, Director of Intelligent Digital Assistance & Voice Intelligence, IntelAndrés Martínez, Director, Small Spacecraft Technology Program, NASAEvelyn Miralles,Principal Engineer/Lead Innovator at NASA JSCJordi Muñoz, Cofounder, 3D Robotics Rafael Reif, President, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (the
Experience
Principal Lead
Nov 1993 — Present · Glendale, CA, US
Leading Research & Development teams on creating innovative technical concepts.
Skills
- Architectures
- Public Speaking
- Television
- Entertainment
- Game Development
- Film
- Theme Parks
- Python
- Video Games
- Disney
- Public Relations
- Digital Media
- Video
- Social Media
- Marketing
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