Hailing from Brooklyn, NY, Kyle Lindon Gordon is an intrapreneur interested in tackling access and representation challenges in Media and Entertainment, at scale, by harmonizing creative talent with technical capability. Holding degrees in mathematics and mechanical engineering from New York University and Stevens Institute of Technology, Kyle completed his MBA at the MIT Sloan School of Management in 2023. He now works in Portfolio & Strategy at Playstation Studios.

He spent more than five years in the San Francisco Bay area at Google, working on innovation program management for search product development, with a specialization in character, delight, and humanization features. He serves as president and designer at Move Up Lift Up, a consulting venture he co-founded in 2017 that focuses on the intersection of art, culture, and technology.

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Kyle is a passionate pop culture enthusiast who loves comic books, animation, films, and games. These interests pushed him towards science and technology as an academic focus, and eventually, a profession. They also fostered his deep appreciation for different art styles and design languages used on the page and screen. Similarly, his Jamaican roots and tight-knit family dynamics inspired a lifelong motivation for community building.

At MIT, Kyle focused his education on product management, design strategy, and creative production with a research emphasis on the future of emotionally resonant experiences in interactive media.