Institute for Creative Technologies

Project Director

Matthew Trimmer has led several mixed reality and game-based training efforts at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies. He is currently the project leader for the Immersive Officer Leadership Training (INOTS) and the Virtual Officer Leadership Trainer (VOLT) projects. These efforts provide the ICT and its academic and military collaborators with a unique opportunity to test the effectiveness of virtual human technology and mixed reality training systems when teaching and practicing core leadership skills.

In addition, Trimmer has successfully delivered and transitioned ICT technology to the government on the following projects: Joint Fires and Effects Trainer System (JFETS), the Cognitive Air Defense – Training System (CAD-TS), the Self-Directed Learning Internet Module – Every Soldier a Sensor Simulation (SLIM-ES3) and the Distribution Management Cognitive Training Initiative (DMCTI). SLIM-ES3 and DMCTI were recipients of the Army Modeling and Simulation (M&S) Award for training excellence in 2006 and 2008, respectively.

He received his B.S. and MBA degrees from USC’s Marshall School of Business in 2002 and 2007, with concentrations in Cinema-Television and Technology Commercialization.