
Virtual worlds, social media, augmented reality, and mobile apps entrepreneur.
Greater Denver Area

Virtual worlds, social media, augmented reality, and mobile apps entrepreneur.
Greater Denver Area
I am an award winning virtual worlds, web3D, social networking, and augmented reality entrepreneur. I am also an accomplished attorney and former Fortune 200 business executive.
virtual worlds, GoWeb3D, VRWorkplace, Second Life, 3Dxplorer, opensim, Layar, mobile, augmented reality, employment law, human resources, HR consulting, executive management, litigation, litigation management, training, workplace investigations, alternative dispute resolution, information technology, vendor & contract management
(Internet industry)
September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
GoWeb3D is a virtual worlds, web3D, social network, and augmented reality designer and builder based in the US and India. We have developed virtual environments using a variety of different platforms. Our recent augmented reality work includes Yelp, Wikipedia, Mazda, Flickr, UDR real estate, and others. We are currently engaged in a collaboration with Syracuse University's iSchool related to mobile augmented reality.
GoWeb3D is the winner of a US Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) innovation award and is a 2008 Nasscom Top 50 IT Innovators in India.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Law Practice industry)
June 2007 — Present (2 years 6 months)
Elchoness Law Firm, LLC: Global Workplace Counsel provides employment law and HR consulting services to organizations of all sizes. The firm strives to be your in-house counsel and advisor, on a consulting basis. The firm provides the entire range of employment law and HR services from advice and counsel, workplace investigations, training, and policy and agreement development to offshoring/outsourcing consulting.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2007 — June 2009 (1 year 10 months)
VRWorkplace uses virtual reality in the workplace to make geographically distributed workforces and relationships with clients more cohesive, collaborative, and effective. We advise company on how to use virtual reality to enhance their businesses. VRWorkplace is now part of GoWeb3D.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Q; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 2005 — February 2007 (2 years )
Direct vendor management, software license and asset management, global service delivery.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Q; Law Practice industry)
February 2003 — March 2005 (2 years 2 months)
Practice labor and employment law.
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Law Practice industry)
January 1998 — January 2003 (5 years 1 month)
Practice labor and employment law.
(Law Practice industry)
October 1996 — December 1997 (1 year 3 months)
Practice labor and employment law.
J.D. , 1993 — 1996
B.S. , Finance , 1990 — 1993
1985 — 1989
Layar, mobile, augmented reality, AR, GoWeb3D, Opensim, human resources, organizational development, virtual worlds, virtual world technology, workplace, VRWorkplace, Second Life, emerging technologies, outsourcing, offshoring, social media, web 2.0, web3D, employment law
Association of Virtual Worlds, Colorado Bar Association, Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM)Colorado Human Resources Association (CHRA), Boulder Area Human Resources Association (BAHRA), Northern Colorado Human Resources Association (NCHRA), Moderator of Linkedin Association of Virtual Worlds
I have addressed large audiences in business and academia on subjects such as virtual worlds, web3D, mobile augmented reality, outsourcing, offshoring, employment law, and human resources. My work has been featured in numerous news stories and research reports on virtual worlds in the workplace, mobile augmented reality, and on employment law and human resources matters. I have also been published in these areas.