Summary
Adam Somers is a senior engineering manager and entrepreneurial technologist with 13 years of professional experience and a decade-plus of hands-on coding, currently leading teams at Apple after scaling XR audio and camera engineering efforts at Meta. He blends product and technical leadership—having been a VP of Product and principal engineer at Jaunt XR—shipping VR/AR platforms, spatial audio systems, SDKs, and consumer creation tools. Known for growing teams through coaching and hiring senior leaders, he repeatedly moves projects from prototype to product while staying deeply involved in architecture and technical decisions. Trained in music technology and music science (Stanford, Michigan, CalArts) and with a background in audio software, he brings a rare combination of domain expertise in spatial/audio systems and product-level strategic thinking.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science, Computer Science at UCLA, CSUN
Certificate, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Certificate, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at Stanford GSB
Music Technology, Music Technology at University of Michigan
BFA, Music Technology, BFA, Music Technology at California Institute of the Arts
MA, Music Science & Technology, MA, Music Science & Technology at Stanford University