Summary
Michael Hoffman is a strategic advisor and seasoned technology leader who blends deep engineering chops with founder-level experience across XR, AI, IoT, and embedded systems. With a career spanning Nike, Google, and Microsoft—where he led MRTK and HoloLens work—he builds platforms and middleware that accelerate enterprise mixed-reality and spatial computing adoption. He has founded multiple companies and architected high-performance C++ real-time media and variable-data platforms, bringing a maker’s rigor to product strategy and platform scaling. Currently advising neuRealities and Mesmerise Group while guiding smart-community and e-bike safety ventures, he focuses on practical, enterprise-ready open standards and open-source approaches that future-proof investments. Known for winning an AWE “Best Developer Tool” Auggie and holding patents across digital sport and imaging, he combines a futurist’s vision with hands-on systems design. Based in Stavanger, Norway, he quietly bridges bleeding-edge research and repeatable commercial outcomes—reducing risk while unlocking global-scale XR and AI opportunity.
6 years of coding experience