# AMA with the Zappar founders

- Type: Webinar
- Date: 11 December 2019, 16:00 UTC
- Location: London
- Video: https://fast.wistia.net/embed/iframe/n3whqfia2f

Canonical: https://zap.works/webinars/ama-founders-webinar/

Join Zappar’s founders Caspar Thykier (Chief Executive Officer), Simon Taylor (Chief R&D Officer) and Connell Gauld (Chief Technology Officer) for an interactive ‘Ask Me Anything’ webinar to get answers to your most pressing questions.

Join Zappar's founders Caspar Thykier (Chief Executive Officer), Simon Taylor (Chief R&D Officer) and Connell Gauld (Chief Technology Officer) for an interactive 'Ask Me Anything' webinar to get answers to your most pressing questions.

Hosted by our Managing Director Max Dawes, we're giving you exclusive access to the very people who founded Zappar and built the technology that enables you to create magical AR experiences.

## Speakers

- **Connell Gauld** — Chief Technology Officer, Zappar. As CTO and Co-Founder, Connell oversees Zapworks (Zappar’s AR, VR & WebXR platform), as well as being responsible for all cloud infrastructure. Connell founded Zappar in 2011, alongside Dr Simon Taylor, Caspar Thykier and Kirk Ewing and is one of the world's leading XR Platforms and creative studios. More recently, Connell and the team launched Zapworks Spaces, an app-free indoor navigation solution built for complex spaces without apps, hardware, or ongoing maintenance.
- **Max Dawes** — Managing Director, Zappar. Max  advises retailers, brands and agencies on their AR/VR/MR strategy working with Zappar’s partners including the likes of Coca-Cola, Warner Bros., Carrefour, Vodafone and hundreds of others.
- **Caspar Thykier** — Chief Executive Officer, Zappar. Caspar is one of Zappar's Co-Founders and is responsible for driving Zappar’s mission to make Augmented Reality technology accessible to the masses - putting the tools in the hands of as many people as possible.
- **Simon Taylor** — Chief Research & Development Officer, Zappar. Simon is one of Zappar's Co-Founders and has worked to develop Zappar’s proprietary technology in addition to patenting their Zapcode system, and continues to work on delivering Zappar’s mission today.