Charlie Fink is an XR consultant, Forbes columnist, and the author of the AR-enabled books Charlie Fink's Metaverse, A Guide to VR & AR (2018) and Convergence, How The World Will Be Painted With Data (2019). In the early 90s, Fink was EVP & COO of VR pioneer Virtual World Entertainment. Previously, he was VP of Disney Feature Animation Story Development (85-92), SVP & CCO of AOL Studios (‘95-’99), and President and CCO of American Greetings Interactive ('00-'05). Variety called him “XR’s explainer-in-chief.” He teaches XR at Chapman University Film School in Orange, CA.