Executive Team

Founder & CEO, Acting CTO

Laurent brings over twenty years of experience leading various technology companies, including ten years in his present capacity at ACI. In this capacity, he is responsible for all aspects of business, financing, software, and hardware development on behalf of ACI.

At the age of 19, he created Group Ambition, a company that represented high-tech Japanese companies and set up their European distribution. In 1992 Laurent began his virtual reality career and in 1994 produced the world's largest public virtual reality entertainment exhibition in Toronto, Canada, an event that drew 60,000 visitors.

He also authored a 400-plus page virtual reality entertainment resource guide featured on the Internet that is a considered a leading guide for virtual reality entertainment aficionados. Some of Laurent's earlier accomplishments include selection by the National Research Council (the working arm of the United States National Academy of Sciences and the United States National Academy of Engineering) to review their report on Modeling and Simulation, "The Challenge of Collaboration between the Entertainment and Defense Industries."

Laurent graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Math-Physics from Lycée Jacques Prévert.

Director of Military Sales

Frank brings over 32 years of experience in technology development, training, and military procurement. In his distinguished Army career, Frank has served as chief of Infantry Futures at Fort Benning and Director of Operations and Training at the Eighth US Army. After retirement from the Army, Frank worked as a senior project manager at SAIC where he consulted the Vice President for Operations on long term, midterm and near term business opportunity development and contracts that support the U.S. Army.

Vice President of Finance

Michael specializes in the areas of management accounting, financial statement analysis, and investor relations. An entrepreneur in his own right, running a profitable accounting practice for over a decade, Michael's expertise in corporate structuring and deal terms has been instrumental in securing early stage financing for numerous technology company clients. Michael is a graduate of California State University at Northridge and holds a degree in Accounting and Real Estate Finance.

Senior Gaming Advisor

Kevin has been a member of the ACI team since 2005. He was one of four developers of the X Box and before he left Microsoft was instrumental in bringing the Kinect to market. Kevin is a recognized expert in gaming and development of gaming peripherals.