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Christopher Tafoya is a composer, producer, and music director whose philosophy is simple: music is storytelling. As the leader of an elite ensemble of musicians, composers, and sound designers, Christopher brings a fuller experiential dimension to GES GLOBAL projects — scoring installations, shaping sonic identities for physical environments, and ensuring that every GES experience engages not just the eye, but the ear. His work bridges the gap between classical composition, cinematic scoring, and immersive sound design, making him an essential part of the creative team behind GES GLOBAL's most ambitious installations.

Travis Blaise is one of animation's most celebrated figures — a 30-year veteran of the industry whose career began with a 14-year run at Walt Disney Feature Animation. Starting through Disney's internship program, he brought to life some of the studio's most iconic characters across every major 2D production from Beauty and the Beast through Brother Bear — including Frollo, Shan Yu, the Huns, Stitch, Koda, and Goofy. After Disney, Travis continued as an animator, story artist, and director across Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Netflix, and Warner Bros., working on productions including Big Mouth, Disenchantment, and DC League of Super-Pets. As the founder of Sketch to Animate, he has dedicated himself to the craft of visual storytelling — and now brings that same mastery to GES GLOBAL, directing the artistic vision behind flagship installations and translating client intent into material concepts that GES engineers and builds.

Justin 'Coro' Kaufman is a US West Coast-based illustrator, concept artist, and co-founder of Massive Black — one of the entertainment industry's most respected artists' collectives, founded in 2004 and serving major games and film productions worldwide. Trained as a painter, Coro built his career at the intersection of fine art and concept design, working across gallery exhibitions, entertainment IP, and large-scale visual development. He is a founding contributor to ConceptArt.org, a pioneering online platform that shaped a generation of professional concept artists. His personal work — exhibited internationally and collected by major institutions — bridges classical figurative painting with mythological and fantastical themes. At GES GLOBAL, Coro provides concept art and visual development for large-scale installations, including the ASTRA Magnetic Levitation Display series, bringing a fine art sensibility to the intersection of technology, materials, and sculptural form.

Needle on the Sketch Studios is a creative IP development studio specializing in original character design, storytelling, and intellectual property for global audiences. Through this partnership, GES GLOBAL gains access to an expanding library of original IPs — characters, narratives, and worlds that can be embedded into GES-manufactured products, installations, and experiences. The collaboration reflects a core belief shared by both organizations: the most powerful products are not objects, they are the starting point for a story. Together, GES and Needle on the Sketch Studios are building a new model for how technology, manufacturing, and narrative IP converge.