Summary
Richard Brous is a seasoned production technologist and product leader with 15+ years building distributed production systems and studio-focused tools across animation, games, and media finance. Currently driving studio production technology, international production services and product strategy at Ars Nova/Avanti Studios, he blends hands-on engineering experience from EA and DreamWorks with business development and private equity-backed product creation. He excels at translating complex studio workflows into scalable, secure cloud and pipeline solutions (e.g., D-SPE at EA) and has led cross-border partnerships and MVP launches spanning gaming, animation, sports and education. A pragmatic Agile manager and founder of Smarter Kids Code, he pairs technical fluency in production tooling and databases with a knack for commercializing niche media technology and emerging Web3 concepts.
15 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Syracuse University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, cum laude, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, cum laude at Loyola Marymount University