Ashley Crowder
CEO and Co-Founder, VNTANA
Ashley Crowder is a pioneer in 3D, digital twins and spatial computing technology, a trusted and influential business executive, and speaker with expertise in launching scalable 3D content and mixed reality platforms with companies like Meta, Wolverine Worldwide, and Astec Industries. As the CEO& Co-founder of VNTANA, Ashley leverages her engineering background, and leads the overall direction and technology development to shape the future of commerce by making it easy to create a 3D version of every product in the world.
Crowder has 14 patents on 3D graphics and hologram technology andis a member of the Khronos Group to help create standards in 3D technology. Shewas named one of the inaugural members of the AWE Hall of Fame for makingimmense contributions to shape the metaverse. She was also named one of USC’sleading Engineering CEOs, won the Patrick Soon Innovation Award and AIS LumiereAward. She has been featured in Meta’s “What is the Metaverse” course onCoursera, Vogue Business, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, and Retail Touchpoints. Her passion foreducating brands and creators on the core values of Web3, has been instrumentalin helping to move the metaverse industry forward.