Philip Vaughan
President and Founder
Vertex Productions was founded in 1980 by Philip Vaughan. Based in Southern California, the company has international scope and has served as design and production consultants for many of the major players in the location-based entertainment and information industries. Philip founded the company after learning the experiential design trade at Walt Disney Imagineering and Universal Studios. He worked on Disney's EPCOT Center project, Tokyo Disneyland, and Universal's Wakayama project. In addition to projects in the United States and Europe, he has pioneered Vertex projects in Asia; Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and mainland China.
Art website: www.philipvaughan.net
Robin Hall
Vice President
Robin was chief art director and vice president of design at Knott's Berry Farm theme park for 17 years, and art director at Magic Mountain for 6 years. He was instrumental in master planning the city of Valencia, California. He has since master planned many independent projects across the world. His most recent credits include the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry's acclaimed U-505 Experience and the new master plan for Ocean Park's $700 million renovation in Hong Kong.
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Ben Tripp
Creative
Ben joined Vertex after a long career with Walt Disney Imagineering, Universal Studios, and other major corporations. His credits include concept design for Disney's Animal Kingdom, Urban Developments for Sony Corporation in Berlin and San Francisco, and a wide variety of projects for zoos, museums, and entertainment clients worldwide.
Drone Iyangar LEED AP
Architectural and Urban Designer
Drone holds a master's degree in Architecture & Urban Design from UCLA and a Bachelor's degree in architecture from IED in India. His expertise is to find highly innovative Architectural and Urban solutions for projects at various scales, and linking them to appropriate Entertainment solutions. He has recently expanded his skill-set to Sustainable Design by obtaining LEED accreditation.
He has worked, most notably on proposals for Paramount Parks China, Sanya Bay Cultural Center, Entertainment City India and Qatar, and Style City Tunisia, for a number of high-profile clients.
With experience on dozens of projects, he now heads up the Architecture + Urban Design, and 3d design division of Vertex.
Cris Oprea LEED AP
Architectural Designer
Cris earned his Bachelor in Architecture from Woodbury University, Burbank, CA and Bachelor in Interior Design from Ion Mincu School of Architecture, Bucharest, Romania.
Cris has 2 years experience in Interior Design and 7 years with various commercial and residential projects. He joined Vertex Productions as part of the architectural division. His experience with both Interior Design and Architecture is very valuable in the multi-disciplinary team at Vertex Productions.
Lisa Welch
Marketing Director
Lisa is a highly experienced marketing and business development professional for entertainment attractions, retail attractions, food and beverage venues, cultural centers and museums. She has worked on numerous projects in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East.