Suzanne Borders

Affiliation

BadVR

Biography

Suzanne Borders, CEO + Founder, BadVR, Inc. Suzanne studied psychology at University of Missouri, Kansas City and previously worked as Lead UX/Product Designer or Director of UX Design for over 10 years, prior to founding BadVR. She specializes in designing data analytic interfaces and remains passionately dedicated to democratizing access to technology through designing universally accessible products. Prior to BadVR, Suzanne led UX/UI design team at Remine (raised $48M) and CREXi (raised $54M) and developed new design standards for 2D geospatial visualization. Additionally, she led the launch of multiple revenue-generating products for both organizations. In 2019, Suzanne was awarded a “Rising Stars” innovation award from IEEE.  To date, she’s raised over $4M in non-dilutive funding for BadVR, via grants from the National Science Foundation, NOAA, Magic Leap, and many more. Suzanne has been awarded 4 patents for innovations she created while leading the BadVR team. Over the past 5 years, Suzanne has been a thought-leader in the immersive data visualization and analytics space. She has been a keynote speaker at over 25 national and international conferences. In her spare time, Suzanne travels for inspiration (80 countries and counting) and is proud to be a published author (of both technical and creative works) and former punk.  Suzanne thrives at the intersection of product design, immersive technology, and data; she’s a believer in the artistry of technology and the technicality of art.