Debra Mcgrory
Co-Founder, President, Producer at Parsons School of Design - The New School
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolDebra McGrory is a creative technologist, entrepreneur, and producer who co-founded Kinetek, a GenAI studio creating immersive, multi-sensory experiences across film, XR, live events and new media. With a decade-plus track record building data-driven products at Datavized and winning awards from NYT/NYC Media Lab, Sundance and Journalism 360, she blends storytelling, emerging tech and production at scale. As an Assistant Professor at The New School and guest instructor at Williams College, she teaches GenAI and immersive visualization while consulting on VR and data sonification for organizations including Google and the UN. She is known for translating complex datasets into evocative sensory narratives—an approach recognized by Fast Company and Google—and for shipping four Google-supported products from MIT PlayLabs. Based between Belfast and North Adams, she pairs academic rigor with hands-on studio leadership, frequently speaking at Stanford, MIT, Harvard and industry festivals. Her unusual combination of data sonification expertise and commercial production experience makes her adept at turning research-led experimentation into compelling audience-facing work.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BA Art History Studio Art, BA Art History Studio Art at Syracuse UniversityBA Art History Studio Art, BA Art History Studio Art at Loyola University MarylandGraduate Certificate Strategic Steps for Growth Media and Entertainment, Graduate Certificate Strategic Steps for Growth Media and Entertainment at NYU Stern School of BusinessProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
debraeanderson/aframe-test2
Mar 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:27 pushes, 1 branch in 12 days
datavized/presentations
Jan 2019 - Apr 2019
Contributions:6 commits, 6 pushes in 2 months
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