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Chris DeWolfe is an experienced entrepreneur and executive with a successful track record in the mobile entertainment and social networking industries. He is currently the co-founder and CEO of Plai Labs and Jam City, a global leader in mobile entertainment that provides social gaming experiences. Before Jam City, Chris co-founded and served as CEO of MySpace, where he popularized social networking and revolutionized the music industry. In 2015, Chris received Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year award and the Producers Guild of America's Vanguard award in 2009. He studied finance at the University of Washington and attended the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, which honored him in 2006 with the Alumni Entrepreneur of the Year award. Chris is an advisor at USC's Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and a board member of Uproxx Media Group.
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Aber Whitcomb
Aber Whitcomb is a seasoned technology executive with over two decades of experience in the tech industry. He is currently CTO and co-founder of Plai Labs, a next-generation social platform powered by web3 and AI. Before this, Whitcomb was CTO and co-founder of Jam City and partner at I/O Ventures. He was also formerly CTO and co-founder of MySpace. Whitcomb is a graduate of the University of Washington, where he earned his BS in Computer Science and Mathematics.
Alexia Bonatsos
Alexia Bonatsos is a writer, investor and startup hound, who has worked for some of the most notable media outlets, including TechCrunch, SF Weekly and LA Weekly. She currently serves as Founder and Managing Director of Dream Machine, a full-time position she has held since 2016. Alexia also volunteers as an Editor for All Raise, editing and strategizing blog content to showcase luminary female founders and funders. She holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature and Fine Arts from the University of Southern California. Her skills include digital media, new media, and related fields.
Thomas Scaria
Thomas Scaria is the Co-founder and CEO of Lore. He previously worked at Polychain Capital as an Entrepreneur In Residence. He graduated from the University of Southern California.
Allen Ng
Allen Ng is the founder and CEO of EVG, and the co-founder of Kikitrade, a Crypto social investment platform.
William Luedtke
William Luedtke is the Founder & CEO at Intuition.Presively, he worked at Layer 0 Ventures, ConsenSys. William graduated from University of Southern California.
Haichen Shen
Haichen Shen is the co-founder of Scroll and leads the engineering team. He is also an open-source enthusiast and has contributed to several open-source projects, including zkEVM, Apache TVM, and RAF. He studied at Tsinghua Yaoban for his undergraduate degree and received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington. His research focuses on the field of low-level systems. After graduating, he worked on building machine learning systems at Amazon.
Jaypee Alanís
Jaypee Alan¨ªs is the Co-Founder of StoryCo. He has worked as a Director of Creative & Strategy for Whalerock Industries for two years, a Development Executive for Echoverse for one year, and a General Manager for GOLF MEDIA by Tyler, The Creator for three and a half years. He also served as a Product Manager for Whalerock Industries for one and a half years. J.P. holds a Bachelor of Business in Cinematic Arts (BCA) degree from the University of Southern California
Mihee Park
Mihee Park has over 30 years of work experience. Mihee began their career in 1991 as an Officer at Kyongnam Bank. In 1998, they became a Consultant at Korea M&A Corporation, where their main responsibilities included M&A Advisory. Mihee then moved on to Arthur Andersen in 1999 as a Senior Consultant. In 2002, they joined C&P Consulting as a Manager. From 2005 to 2018, they worked at Sibelco Group, where they held the roles of Chief Financial Officer - Asia, Vice President Corporate - Asia, Senior Corporate Finance Manager - Asia, Interim General Manager - Korea, and Integration Manager. In 2018, they joined Zilliqa as the Chief Financial Officer, where they worked on a high-performance, high-security blockchain platform for enterprises and next-generation applications. In 2022, they joined Big Time Studios as the Chief Financial Officer. Mihee Park attended the University of Washington from 1994 to 1997, where they obtained a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Management. Mihee then attended the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford from 2017 to 2018, where they obtained a Certificate in Fintech. In March 2018, they also obtained the Oxford Fintech Programme certification from the University of Oxford Saïd Business School.
Tina Shu
Tina Shu is a Co-Founder at Weave6. She has served as an advisor for various trading platforms and is the founder of Arche Capital, a financial technology company specializing in encrypted market derivatives. Shu holds a degree from the University of Southern California.
Justin Bram
Justin Bram is the Co-Founder & CEO at Astaria.Presively,he worked at Brink, Ondo Finance and Snap Inc.Justin Bram graduated from Boston University and University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business.