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DALLAS • 08.23.17
For the fourth year in a row, we bring you Digital Fight Club: on Wednesday, August 23rd at 7 PM at the historic Granada Theater.
Ten of the sharpest wits in North Texas will spar in five “fights” ranging in topics, selected from this year Accenture Interactive Trends Book.
- Fight 1: Driverless Cars
- Fight 2: Digital On-Demand Workforces
- Fight 3: Digital Storytelling
- Fight 4: Smart Homes
- Fight 5: Artificial Intelligence
The audience and Refs will vote for a winner with our own Digital Fight Club app. Mayhem, indeed!
Watch each of the 2017 fights on YouTube or check out the trailer below.
Not sure what a Digital Fight Club is?
Watch Mark Cuban referee the AI fight.
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Fight 1
Driverless Cars
![fight-1-mark-haider](https://digitalfightclub.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/fight-1-mark-haider.jpg)
Mark Haider
Mark Haider
CEO, Vinli
- Dialexa co-founder
- Commercial pilot
- Tommy Titan
![fight-1-mike-courtney](https://digitalfightclub.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/fight-1-mike-courtney.jpg)
Mike Courtney
Mike Courtney
VP, Design + Planning, AECOM
- Futurist
- Recovering consultant
- SUNY dude
Fight 2
Digital On-Demand Workforces
![fight-2-nick-clark](https://digitalfightclub.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/fight-2-nick-clark.jpg)
Nick Clark
Nick Clark
CEO, Common Desk
- Former real estate dude
- Tri guy
- Pony Up!
![fight-2-stephen-huerta](https://digitalfightclub.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/fight-2-stephen-huerta.jpg)
Stephen Huerta
Stephen Huerta
CEO, Workify
- Recovering consultant
- Former Goldman guy
- Longhorn
Fight 3
Digital Storytelling
![fight-3-urvashi-pitre](https://digitalfightclub.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/fight-3-urvashi-pitre.jpg)
Urvashi Pitre
Urvashi Pitre
President, Tasseologic
- Marketing analytics guru
- Former agency wonk
- Fear the Frog
![fight-3-shon-rathbone](https://digitalfightclub.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/fight-3-shon-rathbone.jpg)
Shon Rathbone
Shon Rathbone
Founder, 3Headed Monster
- Publicis vet
- Agency wonk
- Spartan
Fight 4
Smart Homes
![fight-4-stuart-sikes](https://digitalfightclub.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/fight-4-stuart-sikes.jpg)
Stuart Sikes
Stuart Sikes
SVP, People Power
- IoT before it was IoT
- Former marketer
- Commodore
![fight-4-dan-pidgeon](https://digitalfightclub.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/fight-4-dan-pidgeon.jpg)
Dan Pidgeon
Dan Pidgeon
CEO, Starpower
- CTA chairman
- Loves the high end
- Longhorn
Fight 5
Artificial Intelligence
![fight-5-dave-copps](https://digitalfightclub.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/fight-5-dave-copps.jpg)
Dave Copps
Dave Copps
CEO, Brainspace
- Semantic genius
- Actual serial founder
- Big Green
![fight-5-raju-kattumenu](https://digitalfightclub.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/fight-5-raju-kattumenu.jpg)
Raju Kattumenu
Raju Kattumenu
CEO, Oculus 360
- Former Pepsi techie
- Lover of data
- Former telecom engineer
Referees
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MD, Accenture
- Seasoned marketing/product veteran
- SaaS pioneer
- Serial CMO
CDO, 7-Eleven
- Product engineer
- Former consultant
- Owl PhD
![ref-gurmeet_singh](https://digitalfightclub.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ref-gurmeet_singh.jpg)
![ref-arnessa-garret](https://digitalfightclub.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ref-arnessa-garret.jpg)
Business Editor, DMN
- Long time journalist
- Times-Picayune
- Green Wave
Owner, Many things
- Entrpreneur
- Mavs fan
- Hoosier
![ref-mark-cuban](https://digitalfightclub.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ref-mark-cuban.jpg)
![ref-mo-katibeh](https://digitalfightclub.co/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ref-mo-katibeh.jpg)
CMO, AT&T Business
- Enterprise marketing vet
- Telecom guru
- Cowboy