Mike Durand

Mike Durand is an accomplished software engineer with extensive experience in the technology sector, spanning several notable companies. Durand began a career at Smith Micro Software as a software engineer, progressing to team lead, and later held positions at Qualcomm, Time Warner Cable, and Valve, where contributions included the development of the Steam services and Steam Mobile app. As a principal engineer at Time Warner Cable, Durand acted as a liaison between development and operations teams. At MobileIron, leadership duties included managing a team and contributing to Java back-end services. Durand transitioned to a management role at Unity Technologies, overseeing AR/VR integration and collaborating with major partners like Apple and Google. After serving in various roles at Meta, including software engineering manager and software engineer, Durand currently works on Unity's Strategic Technology team, focusing on VR and AR support. A graduate of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Durand holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering.