Management Team
Rob Balgley, CEO
Balgley has worked as CEO of several category-defining companies funded by some of the most successful venture capital firms in the world. Most recently, he was CEO of SkyeTek, the worldwide market share leader in embedded RFID readers and technology. Prior to that, Balgley was CEO of Jabber, the pioneer and leader in enterprise instant messaging, which was later acquired by Cisco Systems. Before Jabber, he was CEO of Mobile Logic, an early market leader of mobile data networking software. Earlier in this career, Balgley held executive positions in sales and marketing at GE, 3Com, Hughes Aircraft, and Case Communications.
Christopher Jaynes, Ph.D. – CTO
In 2004, Jaynes is a co-founder of Mersive Technologies and now serves as the company Chief Technical Officer. He received his doctoral degree at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he worked on camera calibration and aerial image interpretation technologies now in use by the federal government. Jaynes received his BS degree with honors from the School of Computer Science at the University of Utah.
Jaynes founded the Metaverse Lab, a laboratory dedicated to addressing problems in multimedia technologies, which managed research related to video surveillance, human-computer interaction, and display technologies. It was recognized as one of the leading laboratories for computer vision and interactive media and has contributed to self-calibrating displays, video tracking and surveillance, illumination models, and projective geometry. In 2000, he helped found the University of Kentucky Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments where he studied problems related to virtual reality and novel display systems.
Stephen Webb – Chief Architect
Webb is a co-founder of Mersive Technologies and responsible for product design and development. He received his BS and nearly completed his MS in Computer Science, both from the University of Kentucky. As an undergraduate he worked closely with his advisor, Christopher Jaynes, conducting research in multi-projector systems. As a graduate student he continued his work in large-scale displays, focusing on camera-based calibration methods. In his master’s degree research he developed a method for calibrating multiple projectors on curved display surfaces.
Alasdair MacPherson – VP of Worldwide Sales
MacPherson brings experience as an accomplished business development and sales management executive in the simulation space. Key experience includes creating and executing sales strategy, driving partner recruitment, leading sales efforts to build revenue, establishing and managing sales channels in both the US and International markets, product management, and P&L responsibility.
Most recently, MacPherson served as the director of business development for the Simulation Group at Microsoft Corporation where he was responsible for all North American and European public sector business development activities for simulation products.
Prior to Microsoft, MacPherson spent 10 years at Quantum3D Inc. as a vice president where he managed a variety of sales and business development portfolios in various market sectors, including modeling & simulation, arcade entertainment, and retail. Other executive experience includes Primary Image, Marconi Simulation, and RCA.