Richard Kerris joined Lucasfilm in December of 2007. As Chief Technology Officer Kerris oversees the company’s technical operations and is responsible for the development and execution of the technology strategy for Industrial Light & Magic, Skywalker Sound, LucasArts, Lucasfilm Animation, Lucasfilm Animation Singapore and Lucas Online.

Kerris is a member of the Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineers and the Visual Effects Society, where he holds a seat on the Technology Advisory board, as well as the Berkeley Engineering Advisory Board.

Prior to joining Lucasfilm, Kerris held numerous positions at Apple, from managing special projects for the applications division to managing the company’s technical marketing strategies for professional applications. Kerris was also senior director of Developer Technologies for Apple's Worldwide Developer Relations group where he managed teams supporting Unix, Java and Cocoa developers working to bring their applications to Mac OS X.

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