Annie is a business development executive and executive producer with 20 years of experience covering a wide range of creative projects including AR/VR, traditional film & tv, digital content, commercials and documentary production. A dealmaker and relationship manager with a passion for content creation and cutting-edge technology, she has a high impact track record for leading companies in Hollywood and Silicon Valley. A pioneer in the medium of virtual reality (VR), Hanlon was VP / Head of Content Partnerships at Lytro (acquired by Google) and an executive producer at the VR production company Here Be Dragons, where she produced award-winning immersive projects on a global scale including VR documentary The Protectors (dir Kathryn Bigelow) which premiered at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival. In 2018 she co-founded Alchemy Tech & Entertainment Group and helps clients like Cisco integrate technology advancements into entertainment industry pipelines and workflows. Annie mentors students as part of the ETC@USC Immersive Media Challenge, and is a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Commercial and Interactive Media Peer Groups) as well as a member of the International Documentary Association. She’d be delighted to have you listen to “TechWits”, the podcast she co-hosts with Lisa Gerber.