Meet the people behind Miris.

CEO

Marlin Prager

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Marlin Prager is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Miris. Marlin has over two decades of executive leadership experience in entertainment, technology, and as a successful start-up founder.

Prior to Miris, Marlin served as the CFO of Legendary Entertainment, a leading media company in film, television, and comics, and then as the CFO of OpenDrives. In addition to helping build successful organizations, Marlin also has $10 billion of M&A, equity, and debt transaction experience along with multiple successful exits, including Legendary Entertainment.

CBO

Max Leitman

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Max Leitman is the Chief Business Officer (CBO) of Miris. With more than 20 years of experience in media, technology, entertainment, and law, Max is known for managing complex teams and organizations as well as producing highly successful content across film, digital, VR, and games.

Prior to Miris, Max was COO and General Counsel for Survios, with previous roles at Bandito Brothers, and Skadden before joining Miris.

CTO

Sean Looper
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Sean Looper is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Miris. Sean is a renowned technology leader with 24 years of experience in graphics, visual effects, animation, and cloud technology. He is also experienced in building technology solutions at scale.

Before Miris, Sean held senior engineering and development roles with AWS, Dreamworks, and Sony Pictures Imageworks where he led VFX-focused technology initiatives and new product development. In addition to being a patent holder in interactive rendering, Sean was also a technical contributor to over 50 feature films and television shows.

CPO

Will McDonald
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Will McDonald is the Chief Product Officer (CPO) of Miris. Will has a broad range of technology leadership experience in the computer graphics space, working on teams in Product, Engineering, and Business Development.

Before Miris, Will was the VP of Engineering for Unity, leading the technology organization for the most widely used game engine in the world. Will has built and launched products in the M&E and Spatial Computing space at companies such as Amazon Web Services, Autodesk, and Conductor, and has worked on a variety of games and films while in R&D and creative roles at Industrial Light & Magic, Pixar, and Electronic Arts.

CRO

Doug Smith
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Doug Smith is the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) of Miris. Doug specializes in business strategy, with experience leading global sales teams on several go-to-market product launches. He also brings a combination of technical depth in real time rendering and cloud

Prior to Miris, Doug was the Worldwide Head of Visual Compute at Amazon Web Services (AWS), leading the growth of visual content creation on the cloud. He brings over 20 years of experience in the Media Entertainment industry, including AWS, Autodesk, Activision Blizzard, LucasArts, and Electronic Arts. Doug also holds an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Business.

We’re building a team that’s passionate about the spatial ecosystem.

Miris is led by a world-class management and a visionary technical team with decades of combined experience across entertainment and technology.

 

Meet the people behind Miris.

CEO

Marlin Prager

LinkedIn

Marlin Prager is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Miris. Marlin has over two decades of executive leadership experience in entertainment, technology, and as a successful start-up founder.

Prior to Miris, Marlin served as the CFO of Legendary Entertainment, a leading media company in film, television, and comics, and then as the CFO of OpenDrives. In addition to helping build successful organizations, Marlin also has $10 billion of M&A, equity, and debt transaction experience along with multiple successful exits, including Legendary Entertainment.

CBO

Max Leitman

LinkedIn

Max Leitman is the Chief Business Officer (CBO) of Miris. With more than 20 years of experience in media, technology, entertainment, and law, Max is known for managing complex teams and organizations as well as producing highly successful content across film, digital, VR, and games.

Prior to Miris, Max was COO and General Counsel for Survios, with previous roles at Bandito Brothers, and Skadden before joining Miris.

CTO

Sean Looper

LinkedIn

Sean Looper is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Miris. Sean is a renowned technology leader with 24 years of experience in graphics, visual effects, animation, and cloud technology. He is also experienced in building technology solutions at scale.

Before Miris, Sean held senior engineering and development roles with AWS, Dreamworks, and Sony Pictures Imageworks where he led VFX-focused technology initiatives and new product development. In addition to being a patent holder in interactive rendering, Sean was also a technical contributor to over 50 feature films and television shows.

CPO

Will McDonald

LinkedIn

Will McDonald is the Chief Product Officer (CPO) of Miris. Will has a broad range of technology leadership experience in the computer graphics space, working on teams in Product, Engineering, and Business Development.

Before Miris, Will was the VP of Engineering for Unity, leading the technology organization for the most widely used game engine in the world. Will has built and launched products in the M&E and Spatial Computing space at companies such as Amazon Web Services, Autodesk, and Conductor, and has worked on a variety of games and films while in R&D and creative roles at Industrial Light & Magic, Pixar, and Electronic Arts.

CRO

Doug Smith

LinkedIn

Doug Smith is the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) of Miris. Doug specializes in business strategy, with experience leading global sales teams on several go-to-market product launches. He also brings a combination of technical depth in real time rendering and cloud.

Prior to Miris, Doug was the Worldwide Head of Visual Compute at Amazon Web Services (AWS), leading the growth of visual content creation on the cloud. He brings over 20 years of experience in the Media Entertainment industry, including AWS, Autodesk, Activision Blizzard, LucasArts, and Electronic Arts. Doug also holds an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Business.

We’re building a team that’s passionate about the spatial ecosystem.

Miris is led by a world-class management and a visionary technical team with decades of combined experience across entertainment and technology.

Meet the people behind Miris.

CEO

Marlin Prager

LinkedIn

Marlin Prager is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Miris. Marlin has over two decades of executive leadership experience in entertainment, technology, and as a successful start-up founder.

Prior to Miris, Marlin served as the CFO of Legendary Entertainment, a leading media company in film, television, and comics, and then as the CFO of OpenDrives. In addition to helping build successful organizations, Marlin also has $10 billion of M&A, equity, and debt transaction experience along with multiple successful exits, including Legendary Entertainment.

CBO

Max Leitman

LinkedIn

Max Leitman is the Chief Business Officer (CBO) of Miris. With more than 20 years of experience in media, technology, entertainment, and law, Max is known for managing complex teams and organizations as well as producing highly successful content across film, digital, VR, and games.

Prior to Miris, Max was COO and General Counsel for Survios, with previous roles at Bandito Brothers, and Skadden before joining Miris.

CTO

Sean Looper

LinkedIn

Sean Looper is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Miris. Sean is a renowned technology leader with 24 years of experience in graphics, visual effects, animation, and cloud technology. He is also experienced in building technology solutions at scale.

Before Miris, Sean held senior engineering and development roles with AWS, Dreamworks, and Sony Pictures Imageworks where he led VFX-focused technology initiatives and new product development. In addition to being a patent holder in interactive rendering, Sean was also a technical contributor to over 50 feature films and television shows.

CPO

Will McDonald

LinkedIn

Will McDonald is the Chief Product Officer (CPO) of Miris. Will has a broad range of technology leadership experience in the computer graphics space, working on teams in Product, Engineering, and Business Development.

Before Miris, Will was the VP of Engineering for Unity, leading the technology organization for the most widely used game engine in the world. Will has built and launched products in the M&E and Spatial Computing space at companies such as Amazon Web Services, Autodesk, and Conductor, and has worked on a variety of games and films while in R&D and creative roles at Industrial Light & Magic, Pixar, and Electronic Arts.

CRO

Doug Smith

LinkedIn

Doug Smith is the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) of Miris. Doug specializes in business strategy, with experience leading global sales teams on several go-to-market product launches. He also brings a combination of technical depth in real time rendering and cloud.

Prior to Miris, Doug was the Worldwide Head of Visual Compute at Amazon Web Services (AWS), leading the growth of visual content creation on the cloud. He brings over 20 years of experience in the Media Entertainment industry, including AWS, Autodesk, Activision Blizzard, LucasArts, and Electronic Arts. Doug also holds an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Business.

We’re building a team that’s passionate about the spatial ecosystem.

Miris is led by a world-class management a visionary technical team with decades of combined experience across entertainment and technology.