Founder and CEO, VastPark (Melbourne)
Bruce Joy is the founder and CEO of VastPark. He has been running businesses for over 15 years. Writing his first computer game back in 1982, Bruce’s background in the convergent space of media, technology and virtual worlds has led the creation of VastPark.
Built on five years of research and development, VastPark enables users to create and publish highly interactive 3D virtual worlds quickly and easily. It is designed to empower communities to co-create one or more worlds with their users.
Bruce studied media and literature at Deakin University and venture capital at HAAS, University of California, Berkeley. Through his businesses, he has worked with many of the largest brands in the world, including General Motors, Deloitte, Mars, BMW, Fuji Xerox and Linfox.
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