The Converger was created by Beinghuman® an award-winning art & technology company that creates cool, clever, considerate work.
Over 20+ years, we have built an amazing team & network of creatives, companies & venues across disciplines & across the globe.
The team work with broadcasters, orgs & brands & venues including the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Canal+, NESTA, Mall Galleries, British Council, UNESCO, Sadler’s Wells, Rolls Royce, LVMH & the RSC & human beings including Björk, Stomp, New Order, PJ Harvey, Wayne McGregor & the Dalai Lama.
Beinghuman Ltd. have also been selected for the prestigious Royal College of Art Innovation Hub, the RCA is the #1 school in the world for art & design for 10 years running & Innovation RCA’s amazing team are supporting Beinghuman Ltd.
We also are members of BAFTA, Somerset House Workspace & have recently been selected for Costars Ideate.
Team
Founders
Gaynor O’Flynn
Cultural industry professional, 30 years + global experience working across music, moving image, performance art & technology working with BBC, C4, National Geographic, ITV, Canal Plus, CBS, Sony, UNESCO & The British Council… Gaynor has an M.A., Distinction, from R.A.D.A. & is studying for PhD at Royal College of Art.
Chris Lovell
Co founder of Beinghuman, Chris has a background in programming & fintech consultancy for banks including JP Morgan & Handelsbanken an ethical, sustainable, local bank. He is also an experienced creative programmer & documentary filmmaker. Responsible for lead programming & finance, reporting, archive, data, comms, post-production & operations.
Engineers
Dr. Nick Rothwell
Nick is an interaction designer of media artworks. An experienced software engineer, technical lead & developer, he has worked globally with artists & venues including Wayne McGregor, Ballet Frankfurt & ICA. He is responsible for live realworld programming for The Converger.
Professor Carlo Harvey
Former Director of Future Games & Graphics at BCU. Professor Harvey is currently at MMU’s School of Digital Art. His specialities include computer graphics, interactive audio simulation for virtual environments, architectural acoustics, sound synthesis, efficient audio-visual & olfactory-visual rendering & of course game tech.
Greg Sherwin
An engineering superstar for Silicon Valley start-ups & businesses including CBS Interactive, NBC Internet, &Singularity University. He co-founded the national website for the American Red Cross was recently a senior engineer at Farfetch & is a judge on the Oxbridge ethical AI competition.
Charles Tigges
Industry negotiator/strategist, Charles Tigges is ex head Bus Dev at Unity & helps Game, Tech & AI optimise their ops & customer experiences.
Alex Jukes
Oxford University educated fractional CTO Alex is former head of engineering at Intropic, a technical decision maker who ensures engineering investment has the maximum impact for the business.
Rob Bozas
30+ years music industry experience working in project management, contract negotiation & intellectual property. Current clients include Peter Gabriel, LVMH, Cartier Foundation, Arba Development Studios & Reactional Music.
Yosra Letiaeff
Strategy consultant with 10+ years’ experience advising private equity funds & corporates across the Tech, Media & Telecom sectors. Extensive experience in due diligence, value creation & go-to-market strategy for companies including Dot Vector & Scale Up Capital.
Simon Bennison
RADA & YALE trained Lighting Designer for stage and performance works. Extensive Technical Management experience in the field of opera, ballet and theatre including fifteen years at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Crysta Dela Cuesta
Graphic Designer and proud alumna of Snap Design Academy and the Royal College of Art Graduate Diploma program, Crysta was awarded a full-ride scholarship through the partnership of Snap Inc. to pursue her Master’s Degree in Visual Communication at the RCA.
Tatiana Collet-Apraxine
Award winning VR creator and real time artist living in London. MA in Immersive storytelling from Royal Holloway. Skills include Unreal Engine (Worldbuilding, filming, optimising, animating, materials, virtual production) , 3d Modelling, Blender, 360film & Adobe.
Barney Worfolk Smith
CGO at DAIVID, leading a team of creative specialists who help global brands and agencies understand why their advertising works or not, affordably and at scale. Powered by AI, DAIVID decodes the impact of attention, emotions, memory, and brand uplift on sales outcomes.
Legal
Paul Casbon
European Patent Attorney & Chartered UK Patent Attorney, degree in Physics + Astrophysics. Director at Greaves Brewster. Extensive experience in monetisation of software & tech patents. Contributor to CIPA Guide to the Patents Act published the foremost guide to patent law used by UK patent attorneys.
Sian Bussy
Sian is a brand & trade mark expert with a focus on brand development & “clearance” work; plus trade mark protection (including trade mark prosecution), enforcement/infringement advice & portfolio management, she joined Temple Bright in Bristol in 2012.