Don Shin

Don Shin is the Founder and CEO of CrossComm – an award-winning mobile, web, and immersive app development studio with a 20+ year history of deploying innovative technologies to solve the toughest problems and challenges. Under Mr. Shin’s leadership, the Durham, NC-based company has been recognized as one of the leading mobile and AR/VR app developers in the region by clutch.co, and has been nationally recognized as the Minority Technology Firm of the Year (2015) by the US Dept. of Commerce. Mr. Shin has been a passionate advocate for human-centric computing throughout his career, and is currently interested in leveraging app innovation to advance social good. Mr. Shin has provided usability/accessibility consulting, software product design and development, creative direction, and project management for global brands such as Forbes, Martha Stewart Living Omnipedia, BASF, NBC Universal and InterActive Corp., as well as private and public educational institutions including Columbia University, Duke University, and Wayne State University. He is a regular speaker on the conference circuit, showcasing his company’s thought leadership in innovative technologies and their applications for use cases that raise the bar in industry.