Richard Cardran
#Leadership #EmmyWinner #ProductStrategy #ConversationalXR #DigitalHumanUX #Metaverse #Storytelling #ExperienceDesign
- Role
- Hia Advisory Board, Formally Chief Creative Officer and VP of Strategy at Hia Technologies Inc
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Richard Cardran
Multiple Emmy-winning innovator at the intersection of media technology and consumer experience—a recognized leader in digital media transformation for global Media-100 brands. Key leadership roles at the center of project lifecycles—from concept to delivery—for high visibility over-the-top TV projects, premium entertainment UX, and the digital human AI/XR Metaverse. A founding entrepreneur of a media products and services company (now a part of Ericsson) leading large-scale innovations for media and technology brands (Time Warner, Viacom, Disney, Intel, Microsoft, Telstra, etc.) transitioning between the media and technology spaces. Recognized in the Hollywood Reporter/Producers Guild of America\'s year-end \"Digital 50\" outstanding media professionals as well as Streaming Magazine\'s \"Fifty Most Influential People in Streaming.\" Eight-time finalist and two-time winner of Emmy Awards for \"Outstanding Achievement in Interactive Television\" and \"Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology.\" I love what I do. How great is that!
Experience
Hia Advisory Board, Formally Chief Creative Officer and VP of Strategy
Feb 2019 — Present · Pasadena, CA, US
Richard has led strategy, creative, product, UX, and tooling development for the commercialization of Digital Human technology based on exclusive Embodied AI intellectual property rights to R&D representing over ten years and one hundred million dollars in advanced AI and Oscar-winning VR from the University of Southern California\'s Institute for Creative Technologies.HIA is leading the commercialization of Embodied AI using Conversational Virtual Reality at the intersection of AI and XR with a mission to empower brands and content creators with advanced Human Interface Agent (HIA) technology that breaks through the limitations of typical text bots or voice-based question/answer dialog by putting a face on AI using Virtual Beings with engaging personalities. Fully conversational VR is now a reality in both mobile and immersive environments using HIA\'s Connect PRO™ authoring tools to create custom branded characters or realistic virtual human agents that can emulate real human interactions, tell stories, verbalize real-time data feeds, ask and answer questions, and then extract, report, and deliver normalized actionable data about the encounter.
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