Our amazing team.
Immerse Growth Network is led by a world-class team that organizes and delivers workshops, networking events, and live in-person and virtual conferences.
Nathan Pettyjohn
Founder + President
Nathan is the Founder and President of IGN, the VR/AR Association, Immerse Global Summit, Co-Founder of the Real Estate Tech Association, and an angel investor and real-estate investor. Nathan has built venture-backed tech companies, and served as the AR/VR Lead at Lenovo, managing a team and leading the global go-to-market strategy for Lenovo’s ThinkReality enterprise augmented reality and virtual reality hardware and software solutions. Lenovo is a Fortune Global 500 company with 50,000+ employees and $43B in global sales serving customers in 180 + markets.
Kris Kolo
Executive Director
Kris is the Executive Director for IGN (Immerse Growth Network). Kris is also the Global Executive Director of the VR/AR Association, which has grown to over 4000 companies and 55K professionals in 5 years. Prior, Kris was an executive at Verizon and Toys R Us. In addition, Kris was an Advisor, Board Member, to FlyBy, a tech startup acquired by Apple.
Anne-Marie
Global Events Director
Anne-Marie is the Global Events Director for IGN and the Executive Producer of the Immerse Global Summit Series of Events. She is an award-winning event producer and loves creating experiences where communities can gather and get deals done. Anne-Marie's role consists of curating content and speakers, sponsorship, logistics, and design. She is also the Co-Chair of the Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Committee for the VR/AR Association.
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