Emily Olman

Editor at Large as an AR Insider Thought Leader, publishing videos and articles covering the XR space, including conferences and other original content.

Global Ambassador and Jury Member for the AUREA Award for VR/AR Excellence held annually at Europapark in Rust, Germany and Community Chair of the Official AUREA Award Community, leading the conversation and connections between XR industry professionals worldwide.

Founder and Chief Media Officer at Hopscotch Interactive. Producer of immersive real estate experiences and projects. We align with clients who look for technology on the cutting-edge of immersive experiences for real estate and beyond.

SpatialFirst’s is a Bay Area proptech start-up with a mission to become the interface layer between the digital and physical world, one building at a time, using our unique spatial browser that has been created specifically to address the need for spatialized visualization of assets and information in-situ. We connect a physical asset to its digital domain, transforming the way we experience the places where we live, work, and build. Served as CEO and Co-Founder through June 2020. Auggie Award Winner, “Startup to Watch”, AWE EU 2019 WXR Accelerator Cohort Fall 2019 AllRaise Female Founder's Bootcamp, Summer 2019 Berkeley SkyDeck Accelerator HotDesk Member, Spring & Fall 2019 NSF I-Corps Regional Program Participant, Haas School of Business, March 2019 Magic Leap Independent Creator Program, Spring 2019 FORM+FUND Berkeley Law, Spring 2018

Co-President of the VR/AR Association San Francisco Chapter. Responsible for supporting VR/AR industry professionals to accelerate XR market growth by evangelizing and growing the VRARA member base, and encouraging VRARA committee participation for setting standards and defining best-practices across disciplines. The SF Chapter hosts and partners on high-level events both at conferences, and in the Bay Area throughout the year with partners such as AWE, VRS, and Onedome Global. Participate in the Real Estate Committee, which develops industry research and best practices. Frequent moderator and event host for events ranging from VIP dinners to meet-ups of up to 150 attendees.

Butter is an IOT proptech start-up for residential real estate with the goal of being the first brand that signifies a "home that serves you well". Butter creates a home inventory fueled by deep learning, and becomes the owner's manual for the homeowner. As part of the founding team, worked on all facets of company building including MVP, GTM, user acquisition strategy, user testing, beta sign-ups, pre-sales and marketing. Specifically excelled in reality capture and customer-facing work, and parlayed these skills into spinning-off and launching Hopscotch Interactive.

Identified, recruited, and counseled senior creative executives, and marketed programs and scholarships to prospective applicants from: advertising, design, TV/media, journalism, architecture, gaming, and PR for the Berlin School of Creative Leadership's Executive MBA in Creative Leadership in affiliation with Steinbeis Hochschule, a private German university, and the Cannes Creative Leaders Programme in affiliation with Cannes Lions, the world's premier festival for creative, marketing communications, entertainment, design, and tech industries. Implemented scholarships and spearheaded numerous marketing campaigns to attract extraordinary applicants to the Berlin School’s EMBA Program. Achieved record applications and revenues for the programs.

Media, marketing and communications strategy consultant. Clients included Acrolinx GmbH, an AI powered linguistics technology company, The American Jewish Committee, and the Freie Universität's Center for Global Politics.

Delivered strategies in Communications and Marketing for the Center for Global Politics at the Freie Universität Berlin, the Aspen Institute Germany, and the AJC Berlin Ramer Institute and Deidre Berger while participating on a year long professional development program promoting transatlantic relations between Germany and the United States. Traveled as a delegation on seminars within the EU to Bucharest, The Hague (ICC), and the European Commission in Brussels. Within Germany fellows visited numerous world leaders and institutions such as the Bundestag in Berlin and the European Central Bank in Frankfurt. The program required advanced German language training, cultural competencies, and business communication in German.

Advertising sales director for all media housed under the A.D. Vision umbrella including: Newtype USA Magazine, a premium monthly enthusiast publication for Japanese animation and gaming fans (licensed and localized from Kadokawa Shoten Publishing), the Anime Network (VOD digital cable network and linear channel), and the affiliated websites. Pioneered the monetization of video on demand. CTAM VOD subcommittee member. Consultative selling to top advertising agencies and clients including Nintendo, Paramount Pictures, Sony Computer Entertainment America, Square Enix, Toyota Scion, Bandai Entertainment, Microsoft Xbox, and AT&T (formerly Cingular).