Overview
Mural is one of the leading visual collaboration platform for enterprise teams. Beach served in two senior leadership roles — Head of Platform and Head of Labs and Ventures — driving platform strategy during the COVID-era hyperscale growth, and pioneering next-horizon product discovery across AI, spatial computing, and extended reality.
Platform
Created the Platform team at the point of hyperscale growth during the COVID pandemic, educating leadership on platform thinking, architecture and strategy.
- Core developer services — Design System, accessibility (A11Y), and extensibility (E11Y) for addons and plugins
- External APIs and self-service capabilities for integration partners
- Enterprise readiness — SCIM & provisioning, IP allowlisting, country blocklists, MDM, SOC, GDPR, administrative areas, BYOK encryption, and SSO
- GitOps-based API management solution with Kong as part of selective service rearchitecture
- Established platform team spanning Core Services, E11Y, A11Y, and integrations
Labs & Ventures
Next-horizon product discovery across AI/ML, spatial computing, and new product lines — pushing the boundaries of what visual collaboration could become.
- Strategic partnership with Meta, securing grant funding and presenting at Meta's flagship event
- Spatial events in Horizon Worlds with game jams and collaborative teamwork building
- Designed and developed world-scale immersive reimagination of collaboration methods in VR for Meta Quest as part of Meta Quest for Business launch
- Built elastic resourcing model through Beach with specialist expertise — AI, Unity, Sound Design, 3D modelling, world building
- Supported M&A activity with due diligence and tech audits
- Continued building E11Y platform to drive innovation velocity