Leila has over 20 years in Entertainment, Technology & Live Events, developing digital products across mobile, web, OTT, AR & VR, while launching award-winning marketing campaigns for brands and startups. She’s worked on major franchises from Halo to Jurassic World, and her experience includes working with Microsoft, Enklu, Two Bit Circus, Disney, AREA15, Cleanbox Technology, Warner Bros, Live Nation, Meow Wolf and Universal Studios.

Leila has produced large-scale IRL and virtual events and festivals including BRCvr, launched several location-based experiences and was co-creator/producer of the Unreal Garden, the world's first mixed reality consumer location-based experience. Leila’s career in immersive started in 2007 followed by her first AR project in 2008.

Leila is co-author of the book “A Handbook of Research on the Global Impacts & Roles of Immersive Media”, on the Microsoft Mixed Reality team as Head of Live Entertainment at AltspaceVR, founder of XR consultancy MESH, a member of Spatial Activations, and on the Board of Advisors for Cloudtree Ventures.

Leila is a member of AIXR’s LBE Advisory Board and the NAB Insight Advisory Group, and continues to push the boundaries of what is possible in XR. She is working on new pioneering location-based and virtual experiences. Leila has been a Burner since 2002 and a Black Rock Ranger since 2007.