Executive Team

Amy began her career in media and entertainment nationally and internationally. After spending time in front of the camera as an actor and then as a Producer she identified a need in the industry for a better solution for production and for the artist. The demands of rendering, animation, and visual effects required a sophisticated approach to computing. An approach that she knew one person, Srinidhi, was uniquely qualified to help with. From that point on she dedicated herself to building the highest performance compact supercomputers on the market for media and entertainment. Today, those same needs she identified for Hollywood are needed across several industries.

Erik’s first computer was a Commodore 64, which of course he pulled apart to understand exactly how it worked. Performing diagnostics and components level repairs on computers for friends first, then as a business, sparked a life long love and curiosity for computers and solving hard computing problems. In 2000 he designed a 50 node cluster, database server, and lab automation system for a bay area biotech company, pushing the boundaries of drug discovery. He has continued to push innovation and invention for Silverdraft since 2010 and is the focal point in applying high performance computing solutions to the challenges of our customers.

Passionate about business and technology, Kurt completed his master’s degree in 1997 in industrial engineering in Belgium, and started to work at Barco’s simulation team. Responsible for the total visual solution for different type of simulators (such as flight, drive,..) and for entertainment solutions such as planetariums and large domes, he becomes an expert in display and computer HW technology, CGI content creation and other simulation technologies. He runs different management functions from sales engineering to sales executive, business development and international sales management. In 2013 when hired by Barco’s VR division, he leads many strategic growth initiatives, with the development of new strategic vertical segments, setting up the worldwide channel and eco system model as Senior Segment Marketing Manager and later as Market Business Director. In 2017 he leads Barco’s VR division as Business Unit Director, managing the overall global VR business with full P&L responsibility where he successfully launches new group VR solutions in many different segments.