Nicole Yankelovich is an entrepreneur, research scientist, and software designer specializing in interaction design, distance collaboration, and educational technology. After almost 20 years leading research teams at Sun Microsystems Laboratories, she left Sun in 2010 to found WonderBuilders (http://wonderbuilders.com), a company that provides immersive 3D experiences as well as custom virtual world software development. WonderBuilders projects apply gaming technology to the serious business of collaborative work, training, and education. She also volunteers her time as the Executive Director of the Open Wonderland Foundation and she has a Visiting Scientist appointment at MIT's Center for Educational Computing Initiatives. For more information, visit: http://nicoleyankelovich.wordpress.com/