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Irena Cronin is an American technology consultant specializing in Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR). She is considered one of the leading experts in her field, most recently being included in Forbes' article "Top 10 Most Transformative Technologies for Marketing in 2018". Cronin was one of the first to recognize the coming emergence of Virtual Reality with her establishment of the Facebook Group "Virtual Reality" in December 2015 which currently has over 11,000 members. She serves as the Head of Research and Innovation of Transformation Group, LLC, a consultancy group located in the San Francisco Bay area, and is also the CEO and President of Spout Reality, her own AR and VR consultancy. She also serves as a Mentor for the WXR Venture Fund/Women in XR.

Background
Cronin has several years of experience as an equity research analyst, having worked for Paine Webber and Deutsche Bank Securities. Beyond her understanding of publicly traded companies, she also has extensive knowledge of valuation and strategy for private companies. Cronin graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in Economics, and has an MBA from the USC Marshall School of Business and an MS in Management and Systems from New York University.