Joseph is an award-winning XR developer, entrepreneur, and founder of Capitol Interactive. Joseph has helped dozens of businesses, government agencies, and other organizations to effectively adopt and deploy immersive technologies such as augmented and virtual reality.
As an active leader in DC’s technology community and Senior Organizer for the DC Extended Reality Organization (DCXR), Joseph has organized over 60 free community events, helping to build an inclusive organization of over 2,200 members. In 2018, Joseph was honored as a Gensler Design Ambassador for his work designing for emerging platforms.
No stranger to the education space, Joseph serves as an adjunct instructional designer and curriculum developer for Stone Ridge School for the Sacred Heart and Voice of America News.
Tobi is an experienced strategy and innovation consultant with extensive work experience in the startup, corporate and academic environment in North America, Europe, and Asia. Tobi is a lead mentor with the German Accelerator Silicon Valley, Open Austria and the INNOGATE technology accelerator. He is also lecturer with INSEEC business school and strategic advisor of startups in the media tech and sustainable luxe fashion industries. Most recently Tobi was a strategy designer with BMI US where he led the aerospace, mobility and transportation practice. He is also an Airbus Group veteran with work experience in R&D for the future of flight and innovative, all-electric aircraft technologies.
Tobi holds a PhD in aerospace engineering from the Technical University of Munich. He is also the inventor of multiple internationally recognized patents filed on behalf of the Airbus Group for all-electric aircraft technologies.