Vivaty Team
It's good times these days at Vivaty. Here are a few faces behind the company.
Our Management
Favorite Scene: Beachfront cabana
Keith McCurdy
Co-founder, President and CEO
Keith leads the charge at Vivaty and has a twenty-year history of creating and launching entertaining, social, and engaging experiences for consumers, whether they are on the web, the first MMORPG, on mobile phones, or hit video games. Keith is a master of change, and wore a number of hats during his 10-year history at Electronic Arts, including Vice President roles in Online, Product Development, and Technology, growing with the company from near the beginning with only 150 people to over 3,500. Known for his poker playing escapades, trivia secrets, and his ever-so-occasional pair of jeans, Keith loves anyone with a new idea around digital media.
Favorite Scene: Rooftop garden
Mark Hull
VP, Product Management
As the resident product guru, Mark gets to figure out how to make personal virtual experiences simple, social and fun. Mark ran a more than a dozen businesses at Yahoo! (including Groups, Photos and Personals), and also ran product management and marketing at iWin and MerchantCircle. Mark got his MBA from Haas, which perhaps prepared him for what would become his mean game of RockBand.
Favorite Scene: Rocker warehouse
Tony Parisi
Co-founder, VP and Chief Platform Officer
Tony's been dreaming of 3D experiences on the web for a long time and he's itching to see Vivaty in the hands of consumers. With twenty years as a successful software developer and entrepreneur, Tony led the way for 3D graphics on the Web, first as co-creator of VRML and again as co-chair and editor of the X3D specification. Parisi founded Intervista Software, one of the first web 3D developers, and worked early-on at Lotus Development and BBN. You can usually find Tony exuding rock-star cool and philosophizing about the long tail of self-expression.
Favorite Scene: Country chalet
Dr. Jay Weber
Co-Founder, VP and Chief Technology Officer
Jay's first job was performing magic for birthday parties and an occasional stage show. His first Web start-up was THE first Web startup, EIT, back in 1992. EIT was bought by Verifone, where Jay led development of the Verifone Web merchant and payment system. More recently, he was co-founder and CTO for RespondTV, providing infrastructure and e-commerce services to hundreds of interactive television broadcasts. Jay holds 20-some patents in web technology, e-commerce, and interactive television and he holds a Ph.D. in the field of Artificial Intelligence from the University of Rochester. Always the calmest ship in the storm, Jay's the envy of the office with his Van De Graaf generator. He can be found many winter weekends snowshoeing and snowboarding in the Sierras.
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