What makes HIA different
HIA is built around a simple principle: enable creators to interact 1-1 with their audiences directly while watching their content, and do that in a manner that lets them intimately control those interactions, not AI. Your video becomes an interactive experience where viewers can ask questions, explore ideas, and go deeper, without the risk of off-message or inaccurate responses. The result is real engagement, grounded in your knowledge, your voice, and your intent.
HIA Leadership
Vacit Arat
CEO
4x CEO and serial entrepreneur. 25+ years in operations and business development roles, pioneering new technologies; creating viable businesses and IP with 23 Granted patents.
Alidad Ghiassi
Chief Medical Officer
Chief of Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery, VA West Los Angeles Medical Center. Chief of Hand and Upper Extremity Service at USC-LAC Medical Center.
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Armin St George
VP of Business Development
30+ year leader of internationally recognized immersive educational programs. An expert in spatial audio and VR/360 film in the fields of education, healthcare, law enforcement, and more.
Joe Coppola
Head of Engineering
Engineering leader with extensive experience bringing to market AI-integrated SaaS platforms and real-time 3D applications. Previously with Faceware and IBM Watson.
Meet the HIA Technologies Advisory Board
Danny Lange, PhD
CEO of Complexio. Former VP of BI+AI at Google, SVP of AI at Unity, Head of ML at UBER; GM of Amazon Machine Learning; Manager of ML for Big Data at Microsoft. PhD Computer Science
Arnaud Robert, PhD
Managing Director, DDE, Former Chief Digital Officer at Sanofi Former Sr Exec at Disney, Nike, Viking. Voted Global CDO 100 ('22 & '23)
Steven Schwaitzberg, MD
Prof and Chair, Dept of Surgery U of Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine. Previously a Prof of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, Northeastern U, and Tufts U., President of SAGES
Lisa Ling
Journalist and TV personality Formerly on CBS News, CNN, Channel One News, ABC and Oprah Winfrey Show.
Anthony Nguyen, MD
Chief Clinical Officer of Altais Former Chief Clinical Officer for Elevance Health, SVP of Population Health at UnitedHealthcare, and CMO for Cognizant
Renee LaBran
Seasoned investor, executive and Board Director. Adjunct Professor at UCLA Anderson Business School. Harvard MBA and BA in Economics from UC Berkeley
Steve LaValle, PhD
Professor at University of Oulu Previously Co-Founder & Chief Scientist of OCULUS and Chief Scientist of VR/AR/MR at HUAWEI
Kathy Mandato
Chief People Officer at XPRIZE Previously CHRO at WarnerMedia, VP HR at SNAP, EVP HR at NBCUniversal, EVP HR at COMCAST, Head of HR at DreamWorks
Todd Carlisle, PhD
Chief People Officer at Bessemer Venture Partners. Previously the CPO at Tempo, VP of People at BFA Industries, VP of HR at Twitter, and Director of Recruiting at Google. PhD in Organizational Psychology
Kerstin Lynam
Executive Director, Foundation for Animal Care & Education (FACE). Formerly COO of The Lundquist Institute; CEO of The Pablove Foundation, Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research, Veterans Medical Research Foundation
Harry J. Nelson
Leading healthcare and life science lawyer and author of several books. Partner and Chair of the Healthcare Practice Group at Leech Tishman. Previously the Founder of Nelson Hardiman, LLP, the largest sole healthcare law firm in SoCal
Richard Cardran
Multiple Emmy® winner and media visionary. Led initiatives for Time Warner, Viacom, AOL, Sony, Disney, ABC, FOX, Comedy Central, MTV, Intel, Omnicom, Microsoft, and others.