Alan Gershenfeld

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Alan Gershenfeld has spent the last 20 years at the intersection of entertainment, technology, and social entrepreneurship. He is currently founder and president of E-Line Ventures, a publisher of digital entertainment that engages and empowers with a core focus on computer/videogames and webcomics.

Prior to E-Line, Alan spent 7 years as CEO and co-founder of netomat, a leader in mobile-web community solutions. As CEO, Alan helped to transform a network-based art project into a pioneering software company. Netomat was selected as a Technology Pioneer at the 2007 World Economic Forum at Davos.

Before netomat, Alan spent 6 years at Activision, a global leader in entertainment software. He was a member of the executive management team that rebuilt Activision from bankruptcy into a profitable industry leader with more than a billion dollars in revenue. At Activision, Alan served as Senior Vice President of Activision Studios where he supervised all product development at the company’s Los Angeles studios.

Alan currently serves as chairman of the board of Games for Change, a nonprofit that helps to rise the sector of computer and videogames for social change. He also serves on the Board of Directors of FilmAid International, a nonprofit that uses film and video to empower refugees throughout the world. Alan serves on the Advisory Board of Creative Capital, Global Kids, We Are Family Foundation, and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center For Educational Media and Research (Sesame Workshop).

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