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Colm Ó Riain possesses extensive experience in both the technology and nonprofit sectors, currently serving as the Head of Growth at the Machine Intelligence Research Institute from July 2016 to April 2024, where responsibilities include coordinating philanthropic strategy and recruitment to support growth plans. Previous roles include Development Director at Harmony Project San Francisco, focusing on enhancing the lives of under-served children through music, and Senior Software Engineer positions at major organizations such as Zynga, Electronic Arts, and shockwave.com. Additionally, Colm served as an Artist Partner for the Human & Machine initiative at Cal Performances in 2022-2023. Colm holds a Master’s degree in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Rochester and a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from University College Dublin.
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Cal Performances
Cal Performances is the performing arts presenting, commissioning and producing organization based at the University of California, Berkeley. The origins of Cal Performances date from 1906, when stage actress Sarah Bernhardt appeared at the William Randolph Hearst Greek Theater to help rebuild public morale after the devastating San Francisco earthquake and fire in April of that year. Over the subsequent century, Cal Performances grew to become the largest, multi-discipline performing arts presenter in Northern California, and one of the largest university-based arts presenters in the United States. The mission of Cal Performances is to produce and present performances of the highest artistic quality, enhanced by programs that explore compelling intersections of education and the performing arts.