Daniel Citron

Founder & CEO at Backlot

Daniel Citron has a diverse range of work experience in various roles within the technology and creative industries.

Daniel is currently the Chief Executive Officer at AI.Fashion Inc., where they lead the company in transforming CAD sketches into realistic models with hyper-targeted imagery.

Prior to this, Daniel was the Founder & CEO of Backlot, a startup they established in 2020.

Daniel also served as an Artist In Residence at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 2019 to 2020, where they explored the intersection of art and technology, specifically in areas such as AR, VR, and AI.

Before their time at MIT, Daniel worked at Google, first as a Virtual Reality Designer from 2016 to 2018, and then as a Creative Lead from 2018 to 2019. In these roles, they were responsible for content strategy, production, partnerships, and design for a new startup within Google.

Daniel gained experience as an Undergraduate Researcher at the MIT Media Lab: Fluid Interfaces Group from 2015 to 2016.

In 2015, they also interned at Google VR as a Virtual Reality UX Design Intern, and at Google (YouTube) as a UX Design and Prototype Intern in 2014.

Daniel started their career as a Designer/Filmmaker for CS50 at Harvard University in 2013, and had a creative internship at Google Creative Lab in 2012.

From 2012 to 2016, Daniel Citron attended Harvard University. However, the information does not specify the degree obtained or the field of study pursued during this time.

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  • Founder & CEO

    January, 2020 - present

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