Niko Chauls

Niko Chauls is a creative technologist working on XR product innovation at Verizon. His team is responsible for new product and platform solutions targeting businesses at the nexus of XR and 5G. At the USA Today Network he led an Emerging Technology team focused on immersive and experiential journalism in partnership with Google, Oculus, HTC and Samsung. Prior to that he was Director of Programming for MSN and Bing Video at Microsoft. He is passionate about advancing the art and craft of storytelling, cooking with an attitude and oh-so-smooth rye whiskey.