John Linden CEO Mythical Games, a game platform company focused on building player-owned economies with top game developers and publishers. Prior to Mythical Games, John was the President of Seismic Games (acquired by Niantic Labs), developer of Marvel Strike Force. Prior to Seismic Games, he was a Studio Head at Activision Blizzard on the Call of Duty and Skylanders franchises. Before the games industry, John was the Co-Founder / CTO at Adknowledge and at OpenX and built his own startups, Planet Alumni (acquired by Reunion.com) and Litmus Media (acquired by Think Partnership). John is passionate about video games, the future of blockchain technologies and bringing emerging technologies to the mass market.
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DISCUSSION: John Linden CEO Mythical Games; Rui Zhang Vice President gumi Inc; Mickey Maher Head Revenue & Gaming Partnerships Dapper Labs; Mike Jones, Helmsman, 8 Circuit Studios; Sam Englebardt Co-Founder/Partner Galaxy Digital; Jim Gatto, Partner Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP; Yiseul Cho, Venture Partner FBG Capital; MODERATOR: Mark Albertson, Silicon Valley journalist
Cherie Liu Managing Partner Outpost Capital #blockchaininvestment
Cherie Liu Managing Partner Outpost Capital as well as the Chief Marketing Officer and Enterprise Partnership Manager of MOAC, a blockchain company based in Silicon Valley. Her responsibilities include expanding the MOAC ecosystem to bring the company’s multi-layer blockchain architecture to a wider audience. Additionally, she has taken a leadership role in forging partnerships with companies looking to embrace blockchain solutions. As a Wall Street veteran, Cherie is focused on investing in and advising blockchain, consumer technology, and cleantech companies. A graduate of both Temple University (Class of 2014) and Columbia University (Master’s degree, Class of 2016), she is experienced in team-building, operations, marketing strategy building, and management.
Jeff Dorman Portfolio Manager Arca #blockchaininvestment
Jeff Dorman Portfolio Manager Arca. In his role, Jeff leads the investment committee and is responsible for portfolio sizing and risk management. Jeff has over 17 years of trading and asset management experience at world renowned firms including Merrill Lynch and Citadel Securities, where he oversaw trading of over $100 million in proprietary capital. Jeff also served as COO of a FinTech company, where he built a social platform that is widely utilized by asset managers and investors. Jeff is a CFA and holds Bachelor’s Degrees in Finance and Economics from Washington University in St. Louis.