About Alan Gershenfeld

Alan has spent the last twenty-five 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/video games and webcomics. Prior to E-Line, Alan was CEO of netomat, a leader in mobile-web community solutions. netomat originated as network-based art project and was selected as a Technology Pioneer at the 2007 World Economic Forum at Davos. Before netomat, Alan was member of the executive management team that rebuilt game publisher 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. Titles released under Alan's leadership include Civilization: Call to Power, Asteroids, Muppet Treasure Island, Spycraft, Pitfall, Zork and Tony Hawk Skateboarding. Before joining Activision, Alan spent nearly ten years in the film industry where he worked in a variety of development, production and post-production positions with credits on numerous feature film and documentaries. Alan currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Games for Change. He also serves on the Board of Directors of FilmAid International and on the Advisory Boards of Creative Capital, Global Kids, We Are Family Foundation and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center For Educational Media and Research (Sesame Workshop).

Alan Gershenfeld supports the following educational non-profits:

• Institute of Play