YEREVAN — On December 18, Rev Lebaredian, Vice President of Omniverse and Simulation Technology at NVIDIA, joined TUMO’s board of directors. Mr. Lebaredian has been an active member of TUMO’s advisory board since 2018, and has guided the executive team on technology, strategy, and educational content development. In joining the board of directors, he deepens his commitment to TUMO’s ambitious expansion trajectory and will play a key role in overseeing the integration of AI into the program’s curriculum and learning management systems.
Rev Lebaredian has over 30 years of experience in the computer graphics industry, having worked in roles at Warner Bros. Digital and Disney Dream Quest Images before launching his own venture, Steamboat Software. He joined NVIDIA in 2002 and worked on key AI and graphics technologies. Today, he leads the product, engineering, and research teams behind NVIDIA Omniverse.
The technologies he developed have been used by top studios in films like Stuart Little and X-Men 2. In 2023, together with his wife Rachel Lebaredian, he founded the Rev and Rachel Foundation, dedicated to advancing educational and innovation-driven charitable causes.
“TUMO is extremely special. There is nothing like it anywhere in the world. The idea behind TUMO is to enrich the minds of the young generation early so that they are ready for this new world – to build technologies, to be creative in a joyful way, not just as something you have to do to live, but something you enjoy and through which you give back to the world,” said Mr. Lebaredian, adding, “I saw TUMO graduates as interns who work at places like NVIDIA, and I realized that this is essentially the factory that will produce the brains companies like NVIDIA will benefit from.”
Mr. Lebaredian will be the sixth member of the TUMO board of directors, joining its chairman Sam Simonian, along with Mozilla Chief Technology Officer Raffi Krikorian, Figma Chief Communications Officer Nairi Tashjian Hourdajian, ServiceTitan Cofounder and President Vahe Kuzoyan, and KingsIsle Founder Elie Akilian.
