Summary
Marc Krejci is a startup mentor and founder who helps early-stage teams and innovation labs turn ideas into measurable traction by aligning product vision, running structured validation sprints, and prototyping rapidly. With 10 years of experience and 7.5 years at Meta leading VR, mixed-reality, and AI integrations, he has shipped identity and multimodal assistant systems used by millions and holds patents in immersive and video automation technologies. He previously co-founded a creative tech startup that served brands like Hulu, PepsiCo, and Spotify, and has led 60+ nonprofit innovation initiatives—experience that informs his multidisciplinary, empathy-driven approach. As Managing Director of Pathfinder Foundry and an active mentor and EIR in the Seattle ecosystem, he specializes in de-risking zero-to-one transitions and scaling products from one to ten. He blends hands-on product leadership with design thinking and systems-level strategy, and is comfortable navigating both frontier tech (VR/AI) and pragmatic go-to-market discovery. An under-the-radar strength is his pattern of embedding measurable validation frameworks into creative projects, turning pilot experiments into repeatable growth levers.
10 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Postgraduate Degree, Audio Engineering, Postgraduate Degree, Audio Engineering at Full Sail University
University of Missouri