Summary
Lucas Ainsworth is a Lead Technical Marketing Engineer with 12 years of experience turning emerging technologies into compelling, hands-on prototypes and immersive demos for global tech events. He blends UX and industrial design sensibilities with engineering pragmatism to rapidly architect visual front-ends, AR interactions, and gesture-controlled experiences that communicate complex research to executives, policymakers, and broad audiences. At Intel he led high-profile demos—from quantum visualizations and 3D scene-generating AI integrations to a live AR transistor for a CEO keynote—that were showcased at events including World Economic Forum and KubeCon, and even presented alongside company leadership in diplomatic settings. He founded a product company that designed, crowdfunded, and manufactured educational mechanical toys, demonstrating his end-to-end product and manufacturing chops. Based in Greater Sacramento, Lucas is skilled at reducing development time and cost while creating eye-catching experiences that bridge lab research to real-world impact. An uncommon strength is his ability to navigate stakeholder, legal, and executive review processes to shepherd demo concepts from pitch to stage.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Evolution and Ecology, Bachelor of Science - BS, Evolution and Ecology at University of California, Davis
BFA, Industrial Design, BFA, Industrial Design at California College of the Arts