David is Industry Manager at Epic Games, where he works with the Unreal Engine team to develop virtual production tools and the use of open source software in Film & Television. He also serves as the Executive Director of the Academy Software Foundation, a non-profit focused on developing open source software for the motion picture industry. David is also chairman of the ASC MITEC Joint Technology Committee on Virtual Production, and a past co-chair of the Joint Technology Subcommittee on Previsualization. He earned a B.Sc.A. in computer science from Laval University (Quebec City, Canada), and has participated in the development of motion capture and 3D software since “Jurassic Park” at companies such as Softimage, Microsoft, Avid Technology, Autodesk, and now Epic Games