| Website | web.mac.com/rkerr... |
| @richardkerris |
| Fitchburg State College, B.Sc. |
Richard Kerris is currently VP of Worldwide Developer Relations at HP. Prior to joining HP, Kerris was CTO of Lucasfilm, beginning in December of 2007. As Chief Technology Officer Kerris oversaw the company’s technical operations and is responsible for the development and execution of the technology strategy for Industrial Light & Magic, Skywalker Sound, LucasArts, Lucasfilm Animation, Lucasfilm Animation Singapore and Lucas Online.
Prior to joining Lucasfilm, Kerris held numerous positions at Apple, from managing special projects for the applications division to managing the company’s technical marketing strategies for professional applications. Kerris was also senior director of Developer Technologies for Apple’s Worldwide Developer Relations group where he managed teams supporting Unix, Java and Cocoa developers working to bring their applications to Mac OS X.
Prior to joining Apple in 2001, Kerris was the director of Maya Technologies at Alias|Wavefront, where he was responsible for working on strategic partnership and licensing agreements that brought parts of Maya’s 3D technology into new markets. Earlier in his career, Kerris held senior management positions at both Electric Image and Silicon Graphics.
Kerris is an active member of the Visual Effects Society where he holds a seat on the Technology Advisory board and the Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineers. He received his Bachelor of Science in Communications from Fitchburg State College, in Massachusetts.
