Staff

David Morin is Executive Director of the Academy Software Foundation. He is also Head of the Epic Games Los Angeles Lab.

At the Academy Software Foundation, David works for the Governing Board to develop the use of open source software in the motion picture industry.

At Epic Games, David works with the Enterprise team to develop the use of the Unreal engine in the Film and Television industries,

Previously David was president of David Morin, LLC, a diversified consultancy specializing in immersive production with clients such as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Arri Inc., Autodesk, Epic Games, Shotgun Software and others.

David is also chairman of the Joint Technology Committee on Virtual Production, the Joint Technology Committee on Virtual Reality, and a past co-chair of the Joint Technology Subcommittee on Previsualization. David 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 Epic Games. He believes that motion pictures will soon become pure software, and that developing a strong software engineering community is critical to the future of the industry.

Emily Olin is the Director of PR at The Linux Foundation and leads marketing communications for Academy Software Foundation and Automotive Grade Linux.  Prior to joining The Linux Foundation, Emily led the technology account for Ford Motor Company at Hill+Knowlton Strategies. She has a Bachelor of Science in Communications from the University of Miami.

John Mertic is the Director of Program Management for The Linux Foundation. Under his leadership, he has helped ASWF, ODPi, Open Mainframe Project, and R Consortium accelerate open source innovation and transform industries. John has an open source career spanning two decades, both as a contributor to projects such as SugarCRM and PHP, and in open source leadership roles at SugarCRM, OW2, and OpenSocial. With an extensive open source background, he is a regular speaker at various Linux Foundation and other industry trade shows each year. John is also an avid writer and has authored two books “The Definitive Guide to SugarCRM: Better Business Applications” and “Building on SugarCRM” as well as published articles on IBM Developerworks, Apple Developer Connection, and PHP Architect.