Bob Bejan, president and co-founder of Interfilm, has worked as an actor, director, writer, composer and producer in a variety of entertainment endeavors. He produced the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live show, and has worked with MTV, Whoopi Goldberg and Amnesty International. He is also well versed in commercial and industrial presentations.
Answer to the obvious question: Walt was his great-uncle. Tim Disney joined the family business as a staff writer, and left to form his own company, Four Cats Productions, which created the game show ╥Clash.╙ After producing ╥The Giving,╙ a documentary about the homeless, Disney founded Virtual World with the purpose of pursuing new entertainment avenues.
Stan Kinsey and Don Iwerks started the company that bears the latter╒s name in 1985, with the belief that the future of entertainment (now, the present) would change substantially. Prior to this time Iwerks was head of technology for Disney studios. An Indiana native, he holds a degree from Stanford University.
Steve Ruszak began his professional career as an accountant for Price Waterhouse, then landed a job with Levi Strauss in the San Francisco Bay area. He was lured into high tech by Atari. After that company was sold, he headed his own company, Worlds of Wonder, before becoming Sega╒s director of marketing.
Andy Adrion, president of Virtual Images Inc., in Columbus, Ohio, has a health care background with extensive experience in aerospace medicine. A licensed pilot, he sees virtual reality (which he first experienced in 1992) as an extension of flight simulation. His company initially developed several defense-related applications; after the recent cutbacks he decided to explore the commercial/entertainment fields.
