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About Dave Beck

Dave Beck is a Founder and Managing Partner at Foundry 45. Before starting Foundry 45, Dave served as the Chief Operating Officer at EquipCodes, a mobile SaaS and Augmented Reality company.

Dave serves on the board of the MAK Historic District and is very active in the Georgia Tech community as a mentor and frequent guest speaker. He earned his bachelor's degree in Marketing from Wake Forest University and his MBA from Georgia Tech.

Entries by Dave Beck

FOUNDRY 45s – S04E08 – Dr Kit Martin

December 7, 2021/in Foundry 45s, Season 4/by Dave Beck

Penn State Hi, welcome to Foundry 45s. Today we’re excited to have Dr. Kit Martin, Professor of Computer Science at Penn State. Hey Kit, what can you tell us about Refuge VR and the power of meditation in VR? Hi, Dave, thanks for asking. Refuge VR is a virtual reality meditation temple. It basically […]

How VR is Helping Businesses with Employee Training

December 1, 2021/in VR Training, Corporate L&D/by Dave Beck

FOUNDRY 45s – S04E07 – Brian Parzer

November 30, 2021/in Foundry 45s, Season 4/by Dave Beck

Lufthansa Cargo Hi, welcome to Foundry 45s. Today we have Brian Parzer, Product Manager of Training at Lufthansa Cargo. Hey Brian, what barriers do you typically see to an enterprise wide VR training deployment? And how do you overcome them? Hi, Dave. I’m happy to answer that question. Immediately two barriers come to my […]

Headset Spec Comparisons

November 30, 2021/in Tools/by Dave Beck

FOUNDRY 45s – S04E06 – Samantha Kitover

November 23, 2021/in Foundry 45s, Season 4/by Dave Beck

Amazon Hi, welcome to Foundry 45s. Today we’re excited to have Samantha Kitover, Product Manager at Amazon. Hey Samantha, what brand would you like to see open an XR experience and why? Great question, Dave. I would love to see Live Nation, and all of their venues, open up an XR experience. We are […]

FOUNDRY 45s – S04E05 – Elizabeth Strickler

November 16, 2021/in Foundry 45s, Season 4/by Dave Beck

GSU Hi, welcome to Foundry 45s. Today we have our good friend Elizabeth Strickler Director of Media Entrepreneurship and Innovation at GSU and expert on all things metaverse. Hey Elizabeth, how will NFT’s tie into the future of the metaverse? Everybody’s heard about the metaverse, and it’s some sort of, you know, new mind […]

Benefits of Analytics for VR Training

November 15, 2021/in Corporate L&D, VR Training/by Dave Beck

Find out what the benefits of using VR for training employess are and why it’s so much more effective than traditional training.

FOUNDRY 45s – S04E04 – James Watson

November 9, 2021/in Foundry 45s, Season 4/by Dave Beck

XRTech Marketing Hi, welcome to Foundry 45s. Today we have James Watson, founder of XRTech marketing. Hi, James, what barriers do you typically see to an enterprise-wide VR training deployment, and how can you overcome them? I actually think the biggest barrier is fear of the unknown, which is a pretty hard thing to […]

FOUNDRY 45s – S04E03 – Brian Parzer

November 2, 2021/in Foundry 45s, Season 4/by Dave Beck

Lufthansa Cargo Hi, welcome to Foundry 45s. Today we have Brian Perzer Product Manager Training at Lufthansa Cargo. Hey Brian, where do you see training organizations getting the most value out of deploying VR? Hi, Dave, thanks for inviting me to the session today. I see three points here. Point one. Let’s first talk […]