Kimberly Adams

Kimberly Adams is the the Director of Game Development for Niantic's Pokémon GO, where she supports cross functional teams across a game that brings delight to millions of players across the world every day. Previously the Director of Art and Production for the augmented reality mobile game, she has a passion for working with artists and engineers to create things that have never been done before. Specialized in leadership and team development on creative innovation teams, Adams has deep experience in the entertainment, software, and hardware industries.

Prior to Niantic, Adams was a co-founder and former COO of Adventure Lab, an award-winning VR platform for live hosted, multi-player, virtual interactive experiences; Director of Real-time production at Nexus Studios, where she led studio initiatives in real-time animation production across original TV and film, branded content and immersive storytelling; led a team at Meta in developing the AR “Storytime” app for the Portal video device; and Head of Production and Executive Producer of the groundbreaking "Wolves in the Walls" at Emmy Award-winning Oculus Story Studio. She was also part of the leadership team at Google Spotlight Stories, where she produced some of the first VR narrative content for a worldwide audience.

Earlier, Adams was a Producer at Pixar Animation Studios, where she led a division across two countries and produced 13 short films within the beloved "Toy Story" and "Cars" franchises while shepherding the development of a multitude of additional Pixar projects. Previous to Pixar, Adams was a visual effects producer whose credits include the feature films "Apocalypto" and "Master and Commander," which received an Oscar nomination for Best Visual Effects.

Adams is a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, the PGA, and the Television Academy. She has spoken across the globe at conferences and universities on the topics of virtual reality and diversity.