Blake Taylor

Blake Taylor is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in graphics software development and engineering. Taylor has held various key roles, including Staff Graphics Software Engineer at Intel Corporation, where responsibilities included Direct3D driver optimization and future silicon development. As Principal Graphics Engineer at Magic Leap, Taylor led the development of the end-to-end graphics stack and directed engineering for middleware, while also serving as the Head of Graphics and Perception. In recent positions at Meta, Taylor has contributed as Platform Technical Lead and Tech Pillar Lead, significantly impacting the metaverse ecosystem. Earlier experiences include a software engineering internship at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and leadership as C.E.O. of PopBox Studio. Taylor holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Northern Arizona University.