Kish Hirani is the CTO of Terra Virtua, an entertainment-focussed VR world combining Netflix-style subscriptions for VR games with all assets and transactions secured on the blockchain. He started in the video games industry in 1996 as a programmer after graduating with a Masters in Computer Science from Edinburgh University, moving to technical leadership roles at notable development studios and publisher houses (Acclaim, BBC, THQ) for the first half in the industry. He then moved over to platform-holders starting with Microsoft and soon after to Sony as the Head of Developer Services, running the PlayStation developer technology services division. He left Sony in 2015 after achieving his personal goal of making the technology and platform more accessible and approachable to developers and middleware partners and is now the CTO at Terra Virtua. He has also been the Chair of BAME in Games and a Board member of Women in Games, two advocacy groups that exists to encourage more diverse talent working in the games and the wider entertainment industry.