Renowned Motivational speaker and author James Amps III rose to national prominence by conveying his "message of action." to more than 550 worldwide corporate and professional audiences, inspiring them to accept responsibility for unleashing their greatness. Amps combined his professional experiences in team building, diversity, and executive coaching and founded AMPS International, LLC (1993), a company to provide management consultancy and organizational development training to corporate, college, federal, and non-profit sectors. Throughout his life, Amps, with persistence and determination, has undergone a process of endless self-education resulting in his expertise on accountability issues. He is impelled by a desire to assist others in facing obstacles head-on, achieving their goals, putting ideas into action, and helping them redefine and improve their lives. James is the Founder and CEO of AMPS Entrepreneurship and Leadership Institute, an organization dedicated to advancing the goals and growth of small business leaders and empowering young entrepreneurs to pursue their dreams of achieving success. He also serves as the managing partner of AMPS Entertainment.

Meric Atesalp was a Senior Product Manager at Tilting Point, the #10 free-to-play publisher in the world. He managed Spongebob: Krusty Cook-Off which has reached over 80M downloads on Mobile, Windows, Switch and Netflix platforms. He has been in the industry for the past five years and had a holistic experience in free-to-play through a variety of functions: user acquisition, game evaluation and product management. His area of expertise include: new product and feature prioritization and planning, game economies, A/b testing, Liveops management, player community engagement and alternative monetization systems. He is also passionate about championing for LGBTQ+ representation in gaming, and he leads the LGBTQ+ Gaming Professionals group on Linkedin.

After spending 6 years in mobile advertising as a sales manager in Silicon Valley, Oren moved to China to support his wife’s career. Landing his dream job working in mobile games he first worked at Krypton in Beijing which was at the bleeding edge of blockchain gaming with its own mobile blockchain app store and games. After the Bitcoin crash in late 2018, he became the Head of US Operations and Business Development for Kings Group, FunPlus’s strategy studio and led US operations for their top game at the time, Guns of Glory. After breaking a huge revenue record for the year old title, he had to leave and move back to the US. After leaving FunPlus, he dabbled a little in consulting before starting his own studio, Exedra Games. He later joined a new under the radar mobile blockchain game publisher, Punch Games.

Brad's diverse background ranges from media to SaaS, includes multiple early-stage startups and public companies, and the last decade plus has been focused on mobile, where he's held roles at mobile monetization platforms, major publishers, and MMP's. He has been at Reddit for over four years now, having built out a team and culture during Covid, overseen the Crypto & Fintech segments at the company during the r/wallstreetbets-driven Gamestop event, and brought Reddit's Mobile App Install product offerings firmly to market.

When Melody left the corporate environment to pursue an entrepreneurial knowing absolutely nothing about it, she did what any reasonable individual would have done and immediately enrolled in a 10-month yoga teacher training program to "find herself." Serendipitously, she joined a startup venture in the yoga/fitness/wellness niche and immediately knew it was her path. Bringing along her experience as a digital marketer and award-winning writer, she helped develop multiple e-commerce platforms to Amazon best-sellers, launch multiple brands and organically grow social media platforms into the hundreds of thousands (organically, no less!). Today, she can be found disrupting business as usual in with the new wellness app, True Healers, which connects individuals to a multitude of wellness services.

Experienced Chief Technology Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in full-stack web development, mobile application development, product design, technical management, and agile methodologies. Strong information technology professional with a Bachelor’s Degree focused in Computer Science from the University of Oklahoma – Gallogly College of Engineering.

Brandon Byrne is the CEO for Opera Event, a SaaS platform that helps companies scale their communities in a web3 world. Building decentralized communities around digital property is the focus of Opera Event and Brandon and his team are currently working with The Sandbox, YGG, Magic Eden, Everyrealm and more.

Before Opera Event, Brandon was the CFO for Team Liquid and served as an executive at Curse, a PC technology and media company that was bought by Twitch.tv. He is a contributor at TechCrunch and is also an advisor on the UC Santa Cruz board for games and playable media.

Brandon has a bachelor’s degree from Pepperdine University in Business Management.

Jorge is an internet entrepreneur with a passion for creating and growing digital products. He’s a full-stack growth marketer with experience in User Acquisition, Creatives, Ad Monetization, ASO and product.

Patrick is an Assoc. Director of UA at Jam City and has worked there for the past 3 years. He has worked on their core titles like Harry Potter, Jurassic World Alive, and Cookie Jam. He has worked in the industry for the past 6 years at companies like WB Games and Draftkings. Patrick specializes mainly on social channels like Facebook and Google but also has experience with non social channels at scale. He enjoys playing games like Apex Legends, League of Legends, and Kingdom Hearts.

Francisco Cornejo is a husband, father of two, entrepreneur and CEO from Ecuador. He is the Co-founder and CEO of Storybook, the #1 parenting app in 90 countries with over 2 million downloads. He holds a Business Degree and a Master's in Communication from RMIT and has studied at Stanford Graduate Business School. He has won multiple awards, including being the first awardee from the Google Latino Founders Fund, and features in top media outlets such as CNN en Español, Forbes, Business Insider, and more.

Anthony holds nearly a decade of experience building high-growth mobile and web applications for startups, large enterprises, and the Government. He has designed, led, and managed products and technologies that millions across the globe use today. As CEO of Flylance, he serves clients by supplying elite and affordable IT resources based out of North and South America.

Sunny Dulay is the Co-founder and CEO of Breakthrough, an App Builder for Wellness Coaches. He is an experienced software engineer, product manager & sales manager. Based on his personal life-changing experience with a single coach-based app, Sunny is a believer in on-demand personality-based coaching through an app. His mission is to help coaches around the world productize and scale their coaching business with an app. The Breakthrough team helps coaches in wellness niches like Yoga, Meditation, Fitness, Nutrition & Sports launch & grow their apps. Breakthrough platform has generated $2M+ for coaching apps. Sunny lives in NYC!

Berkley Egenes is the Chief Marketing Officer at Xsolla specializing in creating and marketing game commerce solutions aimed at helping our partners reach more players and earn more revenue. He is a creator of successful partnerships, collaborations and campaigns for brands and organizations aimed at elevating their awareness, perception and experience in the global marketplace.

With over 22 years of marketing and product integration experience, he brings his talents to Xsolla from the esports industry where he most recently helped build the Ghost Gaming brand, sponsorship sales, media relations, social presence and online store, prior to its acquisition. As their Head of Marketing // CMO, he built numerous campaigns aimed at engaging with fans and activating brand partnerships featuring gaming pros and creators in Fortnite, PUBG, CS:GO, Gears of War, Rocket League and Apex Legends, across three continents.

An agency and global brand veteran, he has led marketing organizations focused on driving engagement and results at the intersection of brands and technology having represented blue chip organizations including NEXTVR (immersive virtual reality live sports & entertainment experience - acquired by Apple), MERIDIAN (retail-focus SaaS-based augmented reality platform), Alcatel/TCL, VIZIO, Kellogg’s, AB-InBev, NASCAR, IBM, Walmart, and CVS.

A graduate from Texas A&M University with a bachelor’s degree in marketing and a certificate of international business. He also earned his master of business administration degree from the University of Notre Dame.

Alexander is currently Principal Programmer at Roblox where he works on the avatar team. His career spans many years of game development since 1991 and 4 years of cloud development at Amazon and Gretel. He has worked on a plethora of successful game titles across many different gaming platforms.

Austin Ekeler is a NFL running back for the Los Angeles Chargers.

Classically trained direct marketing expert Eve Fish has developed and interpreted marketing communications for the past 25 years to over 100 million evolving customers. From direct mail to omnichannel journeys, her mission is to progress marketing tactics using data-driven strategies. She is currently responsible for keeping Publishers Clearing House as the mainstay for their loyal customers. She will forever be a student on this journey.

Ad Monetization expert with over 10 years experience, split evenly between the network and publishing sides of the business. Previously worked at Adcolony as an inventory manager for the sales and account management teams. Currently at Zynga, as the Director of Ad Monetization leading the operations, yield, reporting, trafficking and ad quality teams.

Eden Full Goh is the founder and CEO of Mobot, a physical testing infrastructure in the cloud for mobile apps powered by supervised, mechanical robots. Fortune 500s and hyper-growth mobile companies like BeReal, Citizen, and Persona use Mobot to ensure their apps ship bug-free. Previously, Eden built products that spanned the energy, healthcare and government sectors at Palantir Technologies and Butterfly Network. Eden studied mechanical engineering and computer science at Princeton University before dropping out to found SunSaluter, a global non-profit that deployed an open-source solar panel tracker design in 19 countries, impacting 17,000+ people.

Janice Gao is the Director of Growth Marketing at Big Fish Games. She is an enthusiastic Growth marketer with 8 years of marketing experience of driving revenues, and users for products across Mobile games and eCommerce. Janice is passionate about all aspects of growth marketing and enjoy solving problems and making impacts with a forward-thinking and user-centered mindset.

Mariusz Gasiewski has been with Google since 2007. He is leading mobile gaming and apps initiatives at Google for Startups Campus in Warsaw, supporting growth of mobile gaming and apps ecosystem in in the CEE region. During most of his career was helping some of Google’s biggest clients in Central and Eastern Europe in preparation and implementation of mobile measurement strategies. He is a frequent speaker at gaming and mobile conferences and a founder of GameCamp (www.gamecamp.io), one of the biggest mobile gaming and apps specialists communities in Europe.

15+ years of experience in Gaming and E-commerce platform companies. Currently CEO/Founder at 5x5 Gaming with Product, Marketing, and Operations ownership. Broad and deep knowledge of digital product development, user acquisition, overseeing production processes, setting up and optimizing live operations, boosting revenues and engagement through analyzing insights into user behavior and KPIs.

Some of the highlights from previous roles.

Topps Digital, General Manager: Ownership of $30mil+ P/L and team of 60+. Led the restructure of marketing, product and live ops teams and related procedures. Set up Data Science function and 3rd party live ops studio from scratch. Led quarterly performance review and planning meetings with external partners such as Disney, Lucas Films, NFL, MLB, UFC, AMC, NHL, EPL, UEFA and FIFA.

Fun+, Studio Lead: Helped set up SF office (headquarters in Beijing) functions. Helped development of strategy mobile game studio. Led the team who built companywide analytics and reporting portal. Trained performance marketing and product managers in what data to collect, how to analyze and what action to take. Owned portfolio performance analysis, and weekly, monthly, quarterly reviews for all Fun+ internal games. Helped with due diligence (financial and KPI) of external game companies looking for investment.

Machine Zone, Marketing Lead: Helped company build its marketing stack and best practices (attribution, analysis, optimization and CRM). Developed, launched and scaled marketing campaigns for “Game of War” with spend volumes well into 7 digits monthly.

Zynga, Monetization and Growth PM: Led analysis of user acquisition and conversion to payer funnel for Zynga Poker. Evaluated global UA budget allocation, retention and conversion to payer ratios by user demographics and channel. Prioritized spend volumes and marketing partners based on historical ROI. Worked with data scientists to create a companywide media buy evaluation process.

Yi is the Sr. Director of Growth Marketing at Tilting Point. She is leading a global growth marketing team and overseeing UA, Ad monetization and ASO strategies for mobile games. She also has strong experience in ad tech, and has built up tools to accelerate the growth of games.

I've been a gamer most of my life, went into the games industry in Pakistan 9 years ago and entered the mobile publishing sector with Miniclip two years ago.

I'm a business development manager, and the best thing I ever heard about the field (well, technically about sales) is that to get people to trust you, be trustworthy.

I'm swimming in the same glorious, mad sea of the mobile game industry that's appeared from cracks in the Earth a little over a decade ago and has swallowed entertainment whole.

Cihan is a marketing professional with 8 years of experience in both corporate life and startup ecosystem. He had the chance to work in various fields of marketing in addition to his engineering background. Prior to ShyftUp, he led the marketing team of a startup, Scoutium, the world’s first crowd-sourced digital scouting and football platform.

He is passionate about sports, mobile apps, and food. Outside of work, you may find Cihan on the slopes snowboarding in Lake Tahoe, playing tennis in San Francisco or trying new foods.

Neil Johnson is one of the newest member of HPN Global’s global sales team and is
a meetings and hospitality industry veteran of nearly 20 years. In Neil’s current role with
HPN Global he’s been tasked with establishing and leading the company’s efforts in the
gaming and esports industry, which includes sales, marketing, strategic alliances, industry
relations and the like.

Prior to his tenure with HPN Global Neil lead Events DC’s esports business development efforts
and helped to establish Events DC as an emerging destination in this fast-growing sector of
competitive video-gaming. Neil established a relationship with The Game Gym that produced
several joint K-12 esports programs featuring TED Style Talks on key topics, educational panels
and competition in various esports titles. Neil also co-founded a DC/MD/VA based
collegiate esports conference (Mid-Atlantic Esports Conference) featuring 15 local colleges and
universities, secured The Esports Insider’s only domestic US educational esports conference
(ESI Washington DC), and established a partnership with the USO’s Gaming Division for
quarterly live events at reciprocating USO and Events DC properties in the area.

Derek Jones is the founder and CEO of UnitedCoin Inc., a cryptocurrency bank and exchange connected to a blockchain operating system empowering individuals, businesses and communities to access banking, blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies in a secured and insured environment.
Philanthropically, he maintains the position of Treasurer, Program Director, Presenter and Grant writer for My Perfect Image, Inc. a 501(c)(3) organization assisting students in business and social etiquette, life skills, and empowering businesses and community organizations to fulfill their financial goals and objectives.
As an active community member and businessman, Mr. Jones has been instrumental in sharing his knowledge of finances, technology and life skills with students and individuals throughout the world. He is a Tedx speaker and has spoken at events in New York, Guadalajara, Los Angeles, Casablanca, and Athens. On September 14th, 2019, Derek was recognized by Legacy Magazine as one of South Florida’s 40 Under 40 Leaders of Today and Tomorrow. Derek is a graduate of the University of Miami, in Miami Florida with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance. Mr. Jones speaks English and Spanish.
Derek is married to the lovely Megan Jones who recently gave birth to a beautiful baby boy, Davi.

Following the success of Trail Xtreme on mobile achieving 260,000,000 downloads, Gameplay Galaxy’s team recently raised $12.8M to build a game first, free to play web3 extreme arena game for mobile.

Journalist, analyst, author, and founder. Write at Forbes. Host Growth Masterminds for Singular, Mobile Heroes Uncensored for Liftoff, and TechFirst for myself. Angel investor in mobile publishers.

Adam Krejcik is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Eilers & Krejcik Gaming, LLC. Mr. Krejcik has nearly 20 years of market and equity research experience primarily covering the global interactive entertainment industry. He currently serves as an advisor to various early-stage mobile gaming companies and is a Board Member at Catena Media. He’s appeared on CNBC, Bloomberg, and is a frequent guest speaker at industry conferences. His work is regularly cited by public companies, researchers, and quoted regularly by major media and news outlets. Mr. Krejcik started his career at Banc of America Securities, LLC as an Equity Analyst and was most recently a Sr. Research Analyst at Roth Capital Partners.

Nicolle has gone from “interested” and “curious” about NFTs to focusing her career towards solving and guiding individuals and companies through the legal uncertainties of the crypto space and gaming. She is now advising blockchain projects dealing with gaming and esports;crypto start-ups;and regulation matters with the SEC.

Nicolle is also an NFT investor and active international crypto speaker. She combines her passion to create opportunities and impulse more LATAM inclusion into the Web3 space. She strives to educate the Spanish speaking community on the basics of gaming, esports, NFT and crypto.

Things that keep her spark going: learning and solving legal issues in Web3, creating and building meaningful connections, freestyle acrylic painting, surfing, and outdoor sports.

Canaan is an engineer turned entrepreneur. Frustrated with the user and developer experience of building a blockchain based game, in 2017 Canaan started Stardust, a platform to allow game developers to easily integrate NFTs in games. Canaan has lead Stardust to be the leader in the blockchain gaming space and is considered an authority on NFTs in gaming.

Author of Mobile Marketing Essentials, published by Stukent, Inc. It's the go-to guide for anyone learning about Mobile Marketing since 2016, in the 10th edition. I've written 50+ case studies on Mobile Marketing, teaching Mobile Marketing since 2012 at the graduate and undergrad levels, including as a visiting professor in China.

With a vivacious sense of purpose, an irrepressible sense of humor, and decades of experience successfully leading teams and developing diverse organizations, Emily founded Hampton Morash, LLC.

Drawing on industry best practices and adding a heavy dose of mindful communication and empathy, Emily is dedicated to guiding organizational leaders to build stronger, more effective and resilient teams.

Along with coaching leaders and bolstering teams, Emily teaches graduate courses in Nonprofit Management for Johnson and Wales University and is a lead instructor for the Accelerated Training Center for Workforce Development at Columbus State Community College. She has also facilitated leadership development classes for Community College of Rhode Island and led the Leadership Mastery series at Bryant University.

Emily received a double B.A. in Sociology and Women’s Studies from the University of Tennessee and earned her M.S. in Community Economic Development from Southern New Hampshire University.

She is a certified mediator and mindfulness coach, Everything DiSC® certified partner, Five Behaviors™ certified partner, and the creator of The Mindful Leader Practice™.

Sporting a robust portfolio, Emily is a professional facilitator, public speaker, and business consultant. She is also a zealous fan of college football, live music, Sci-fi, and fitness.

Fabien-Pierre Nicolas is advisor and was Vice-President for SmartNews US marketing & growth. Previously he was Vice-President of Marketing at App Annie, General Manager of Mobile at Perfect World and working at DeNA West leading the marketing teams to scale mobile hits such as Rage of Bahamut and Marvel War of Heroes. He holds an M.B.A and B.A. from Grenoble School of Management in France.

Matej is the CEO and Co-Founder of Assetario, a SaaS personalization platform he co-founded while at MIT. His background spans both business and tech, having been the youngest McKinsey business consultant in Europe as well as a published academic researcher working with MIT Prof. Pentland, the most cited data scientist in the US. His business Assetario builds AI that understands monetization preferences of mobile users and personalizes each app to give its users what they want. He is working with some of the largest publishers in the world to personalize over 400M user monthly.

David Philippson is the co-founder and CEO of Dataseat, which was acquired by Verve Group in July 2022. David has over a decade of ad tech experience, focusing on data, attribution, and programmatic advertising. David founded AD-X Tracking, one of the first mobile app attribution companies now known as MMPs. AD-X Tracking was acquired by Criteo in 2013. David became Criteo's general manager of mobile solutions, responsible for building one of the industry's first in-app retargeting businesses. David is also an active investor and advisor to many other ad-tech startups, including Ad-lib Digital (acquired by Smartl.io), Luna Labs (acquired by ironSource), and, most recently, Aequus (acquired by Moloco).

Jenny Kay Pollock is Together Labs’ Lead Subscription Monetization Manager. Previously, she drove customer strategy for an ad tech company and created systems to manage customer relationships for two leading augmented reality startups. Jenny routinely speaks on mobile monetization, women in the workplace and building a tech career. She has published on these topics in outlets like Forbes, Business of Apps, and Ellevate. Find her discussing all things tech on Twitter at @Jennykaypollock.

Founder of Pixion, a games studio building competitive multiplayer games that can be played in short snackable sessions for player owned rewards. Prior to founding Pixion, Kam built and scaled multimillion dollar brands at Konami games studio.

As the VP Marketing at Pixis, Jasper leads strategic growth initiatives across the customer life cycle with a specific focus on demand generation. Together with his team, Jasper works to make AI-driven performance optimization accessible to digital marketers across the globe. Prior to joining Pixis, Jasper built the North America marketing organization at the mobile attribution unicorn AppsFlyer and helped rebrand and market Fyber, the mobile SSP. A German native based in SF, Jasper holds a Master’s degree in Strategic Communication and Planning from the University of the Arts Berlin.

25 years of experience in banking, consulting/audit (PwC), Crypto & NFTs. With CryptoClue App now new startup in Los Angeles and Munich delivering education in Web3 for the mass market.
We work globlally and distribute our CryptoClue Education App around the world.

Can speak about how web3 will change our world and why education is key or other topics around Web3, Crypto, Startup and Transformation

Seth is Managing Director of Strat Americas, a Los Angeles-based consultancy that provides strategic guidance and helps clients with media and technology partnerships.

Strat Americas has worked with clients in digital & social music, Web 3, live streaming, beauty subscriptions, AI and enterprise software.

Seth is a business development executive who spent eleven years with Sony Music, in Latin America and for Sony’s Jive Records label.

Previously, Seth held business development roles with Microsoft, Liberty Media, Viacom, and Universal Music. Seth was one of AOL’s first business development executives, overseeing its first partnerships with the American music industry.

Seth is a graduate of Columbia College and Columbia Business School and is currently on the Adjunct Faculty at Georgetown University and Pepperdine.

Recent TV appearances include Fox News, CBS News, Sky News, NBC, CNN, Scripps TV, and CGTN America on TikTok’s rise.

Matt holds over 20 years industry experience in creative for advertising and marketing purposes, working with clients such as Disney, Hasbro, AT&T, L’Oréal, NBCUniversal, Google, and more.

Adi Sideman is a pioneer in participatory media, an entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience creating apps and companies in the UGC and digital currency space. Adi runs Revel.xyz, a personal media collecting and trading platform. Prior to Revel.xyz, Adi ran Open Props, a loyalty token company, and YouNow, the live streaming service that grew to over 120 million user sessions per month. YouNow was a finalist for TechCrunch’s Fastest Rising Startup of 2015. As a developer, Adi produced the first-ever animated ads on AOL and created more than 30 online games, including the Matrix Game for the famed Warner Brothers Movie. Adi founded the interactive media technology firm Oddcast, which continues to develop apps such as "Elf Yourself". In 2005 Adi co-founded KSolo, the first online karaoke service (acquired by Fox Interactive/MySpace) and, in 2006, Adi co-founded audio ad network TargetSpot, a joint venture with CBS (acquired by Radionomy). Adi did his graduate work at the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) at NYU and holds an undergraduate degree from NYU Film School.

Dr. Craig K. Skilling- Professor, Director of Esports, Futurist, Founder & Creative Consultant

Craig "Pro Skills" Skilling is an award-winning educator, speaker, event producer, consultant, and project consultant. He is the co- founder of The Black Innovation, Technology & Entertainment Conference and co producer of the NFT’s & Tequila tour. As a dynamic speaker, Craig has traveled across the globe engaging diverse audiences with his charismatic message on implementing Web 3 and industry 4.0 through innovative programming. Dr. Skilling has been able to bring youth, teens, and adults together to recognize their own influence as founder of the Influencer Brand, LLC while educating college and K-12 students on responsible gaming practices and career opportunities in tech through his Esports Skills Academy. His research interests include athlete activism and diversity in the Esports industry. Notably, Craig has consulted as an event manager on over ten NBA All-Star weekend events, several Super Bowls and toured alongside multiple, named recognized, musical talents as a respected booking agent. Skilling’s philanthropic efforts have paired professional sports with life skills gaming clinics for youth and teens in the Caribbean islands, including his Barbados Charity Basketball Weekend (2006), Antigua Celebrity Basketball Charity Weekend (2004) and Anguilla Charity Basketball Weekend (2016).
As co-founder of BITE-CON Miami, Craig along with his co-founder Temante Leary of Microsoft have introduced immersive content storytelling to many first time AR/VR users all while launching and opening the first Esports Lan center in the City of Miami Gardens. As a Miami Herald, Legacy magazine minority educator of the year, award recipient, Professor Craig Skilling or “Pro Skills” as his university students call him, continues to teach, and mentor diverse sports, entertainment, event, hospitality, Esports, STEAM and business management students along with institutions and corporations on launching innovative Esports academic, recreational, and competitive programs. Craig and family reside in south Florida, USA.

Ethan Smith is Founder and CEO of Graphite, a premier SEO and growth marketing agency based out of San Francisco. Ethan has served as a strategic advisor to MasterClass, Netflix, Upwork, and Opensea. Prior to founding Graphite, Ethan held executive roles in product management and marketing. He is recognized as a leading expert in SEO and growth marketing, and regularly speaks and publishes in Venturebeat, Lenny's Podcast, and INC.

Jillian Lee Stout is the Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder of Mindful Mamas, a mental wellness mobile app for moms. She is responsible for the overall vision and delivery of the product, including engineering, product management, design, data, and business operations.


Before joining the founding team at Mindful Mamas, Jillian worked as a freelance web developer where she enabled small businesses to scale digital marketing efforts by building and executing online go-to-market strategies.


Prior to her experience in the tech industry, Jillian spent nearly 20 years as a professional musician. She has performed as an artist in venues across the U.S. and Europe, and has credits as both a solo recording artist and music producer for multiple artists and projects.


Jillian holds a BA in Music from Pepperdine University. She also holds a Masters in Music and an MBA;both from the University of Denver. She is a self-taught software engineer, lover of dogs, and speed knitter.

Dean Takahashi is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He has been at VentureBeat since 2008. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat and GamesBeat Summit conferences. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

From game journalist to game designer, producer, pitching mentor, narrative designer, and game director, Ranko has married two of his greatest passion: storytelling and games with more than 25 years of experience in the industry to provide the best consulting service to big and small studios.

Markus Vahtola wears the CMO and CFO hats at Fingersoft, the Finnish games developer best known for its Hill Climb Racing franchise with over 2 billion downloads to date. Prior to joining Fingersoft, Vahtola accelerated data science performance for the Finnish Tax Administration alongside running a games studio Quantum Shake.

Vahtola is a transformational leader focusing on effective communication, employee empowerment and company health. He holds Master’s degrees in Marketing and Software, Systems and Services Development in the Global Environment. Between 2013 – 2014, Vahtola lived in Brazil, where his passion for creative industry sparked into full flame.

Alex Weinstein is the Chief Digital Officer at Hungryroot, an AI-powered grocery service that makes it easier to eat healthy. Weinstein leads the teams responsible for consumer demand and digital experiences. Previously, he served as a Senior Vice President of Growth at Grubhub, a restaurant delivery juggernaut. Alex holds a Computer Science degree from UCLA.

Abram (aka "Dreamer") is the President of the development company for DeFi Kingdoms, Kingdom Studios. In addition to the President role, Abram is leading the "Revenue and Operations" pillar, along side 4 other Pillar Heads at Kingdom Studios

Prior to this, Abram was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs in the Risk division, specializing in Alternatives and Prime Services.
Abram has a BS in Business Management, and is a holder of the Chartered Alternatives Investment Analyst (CAIA) Charter.

Garrison is the VP of Marketing for Ava Labs, the team behind the Avalanche ecosystem, where he works with hundreds of projects building on Avalanche to help navigate growth, brand, and community building in Web 3. Prior to Ava Labs, Garrison ran the marketing team at Incredible Health and helped launched several Web 3 games, including Pulsar, Castle Crush, and Ascenders.

Founder of App Masters

As Chief Business Officer, Taewon drives Super Evil’s product and corporate strategy, business development and global partnerships. Taewon has always been at the frontline of transforming game industry and participated in numerous industry redefining games such as Ultima Online, Starcraft, World of Warcraft, World of Tanks, and Vainglory. Having worked in US, China, Korea and Singapore over 27+ years of his gaming career, Taewon has always played a fundamental role in bridging the gap between East and West. Taewon continues his world domination plan at Super Evil Megacorp when he has free time from polishing his physics hypothesis that Universe is actually a 3D Game rather than ancestor simulation or hologram.

Lin Zhao has made a trending mobile game Nails done! (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nails-done/id1487604820
) in 2019. She also went to industrial events a lot.