Corona, CA

If it has amoving pixel,I've probablybuilt it.

Designer, developer, and creative director telling stories where physical space meets the screen. Director of User Experience at Ozone. Husband, dad of three, and a lifelong Corona kid.

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Player 1KAI HUSENDirector of User Experience, OzoneStory Technology Consulting — Storyland Studios

Designer ✦Developer ✦Creative Director ✦Director of User Experience ✦Ozone ✦Storyland Studios ✦Moving pixels ✦Maya ✦Unreal ✦Blender ✦JavaScript ✦React ✦Next.js ✦iOS apps ✦VR ✦Kiosks ✦Theme parks ✦Dad of three ✦Designer ✦Developer ✦Creative Director ✦Director of User Experience ✦Ozone ✦Storyland Studios ✦Moving pixels ✦Maya ✦Unreal ✦Blender ✦JavaScript ✦React ✦Next.js ✦iOS apps ✦VR ✦Kiosks ✦Theme parks ✦Dad of three ✦

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Director of User Experience

Leading UI and UX after years as Product Owner. Ozone is pioneering the modern rig: one interchange file that plays the same in Maya, Unreal, Houdini, and Blender, in real time on CPU and GPU.

Full-time, then consulting

Story Technology & Experience Design

Former CTO, still collaborating with the Storyland team on experience design projects for theme parks, brands, and immersive spaces.

Where it began · 2006

Hired at 18, right out of Folsom High. PlainJoe is where I learned the craft, building websites for churches, nonprofits, and ministries as it grew into Storyland. Fun fact: that orange has followed me from PlainJoe all the way to Ozone.

Mars / M&M's ✦The Marvel Experience ✦NVIDIA GTC × SHI ✦AMD · Like! ✦Netflix · Love, Death & Robots ✦SIGGRAPH Real-Time Live ✦Saddleback Church ✦Willow Creek ✦Mariners Church ✦Crossroads Christian Church ✦Haven Today ✦Veritas ✦Kitestring ✦Media Social ✦Vemory (acq. by GoPro) ✦Deadly Viper ✦Mars / M&M's ✦The Marvel Experience ✦NVIDIA GTC × SHI ✦AMD · Like! ✦Netflix · Love, Death & Robots ✦SIGGRAPH Real-Time Live ✦Saddleback Church ✦Willow Creek ✦Mariners Church ✦Crossroads Christian Church ✦Haven Today ✦Veritas ✦Kitestring ✦Media Social ✦Vemory (acq. by GoPro) ✦Deadly Viper ✦

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Design / UX

The Designer

Design is the thing I do better than almost anyone in the room. Now leading UI and UX as Director of User Experience at Ozone.

Design: 10
Taste: 10
Pixel Care: 9

Special move: Right brain + left brain, same frame

Recent highlights

THE PANELS

Ozone × SHI × NVIDIA GTC

The back of my head made the main stage.

SIGGRAPH Real-Time Live

Helped lead up Ozone's 2025 Real-Time Live presentation.

Like! · AMD

Product-managed Like!, an animated short made with AMD under the Ozone banner.

Netflix · Love, Death & Robots

Worked on an episode of the series. Credits also include boom operation and production support.

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Brands & experiences

Creative direction, design, and web for Mars (M&M's) and The Marvel Experience at Storyland.

Faith

The 11th-Hour Christian

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I grew up in church. Crossroads has been home since I was a kid. For a lot of my younger years, I was what I'd call an 11th-hour Christian: live the life you want, and at the 11th hour, rededicate your life to Jesus.

What I've come to realize is that people who plan to make that decision at the 11th hour...

They usually die at 10:30.

So I don't want to live with regrets. I want to spend eternity with Jesus, and that means living a life that isn't about me. It's about the people around me and the path Jesus has put in front of me.

End credits · special thanks

POURED INTO ME

SWhere it all started

My DadDoug HusenFrom day one, he's taught me everything I know. He has walked beside me and cheered me on in every endeavor, and I'm forever grateful for the way he's discipled me. If I only get one phone call, it's to him.

Peter McGowanAlmost like an older brother. From walking into meetings with him as a young kid all the way to today, he taught me attention to detail, how to take feedback on my designs, and even how to think about investing.

APoured in deep

Mike Foster

Shawn Stewart

BShaped the journey

Joe Sibal

Kelsey Sibal

Ed McGowan

Mel McGowan

Kim Jetton

Blake Ryan

Richard Boyda

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