Mike Festa

Director of Wayfair Next

Wayfair

Mike Festa leads Wayfair’s research and development team, Wayfair Next, where he spearheads developments in augmented reality, virtual reality and 3D scanning as the team works to revolutionize the shopping experience for home. Mike is passionate about emerging technology and recently started Makefield.org – an open source initiative for scanning the world and bringing it into virtual reality. He is also the Boston chapter president of the VR/AR Association, a fellow in the Boston chapter of the Startup Leadership Program 2015-16 cohort, and a member of the MIT Enterprise Forum. Mike holds a BS in Computer Science from The George Washington University.

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