Raven Zachary

Raven Zachary has extensive work experience in the field of mixed reality and technology advisory roles. Raven is currently serving as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at ARound, a Stagwell company that specializes in building and managing augmented reality experiences for venues and retailers. Prior to this, they were a Founding Partner at Object Theory, where they helped organizations design and launch mixed reality applications. Raven has also worked as a volunteer technology advisor for the State of Oregon on COVID-19 contact tracing solutions and for the New York City Police Department on cybercrime investigations. In addition, Raven has served as a mentor for various organizations and events, including the Wacom Inkathon, Portland HoloLens Meetup, Hacker Unit accelerator, and Oregon Story Board business accelerator. Raven has also been a member of the SXSW Accelerator Advisory Board. Raven's expertise lies in mixed reality, augmented reality, virtual reality, and technology mentoring.

Raven Zachary attended Berklee College of Music from 2003 to 2004, where they studied Music Production. Prior to that, from 1999 to 2003, they attended St. Edward's University, focusing on Business. In 1991, they began their higher education journey at the University of Iowa. Raven studied a combination of Music, Communications, and Geography until 1993. Details about the degrees earned were not provided.