DALLAS • 08.28.19
For the fourth year in a row, we bring you Digital Fight Club: on Wednesday, August 28th 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: Public Transport Technology: Taming the Wild West
- Fight 2: Secure Me: Digital Safety across the ecosystem
- Fight 3: Silence: To digitally disconnect or not
- Fight 4: Synthetic Reality: Does real even matter?
- Fight 5: Get to Know Me: Data, Personalization & Privacy
The audience and Refs will pick the fight winners with our own Digital Fight Club App. Mayhem, indeed!
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Production Team:
Fight 1
Public Transport Technology: Taming the Wild West
Robert Mundinger
Robert Mundinger
Founder, TheMap.net
- Data slayer
- Recovering finance guy
- Opinionated urbanite techie
Steven Duong
Steven Duong
VP, Design + Planning, AECOM
- Urban Pioneer Award
- Hyperloop fanatic
- Amateur chef
Fight 2
Secure Me: Digital Safety across the Ecosystem
Lee Harrison
Lee Harrison
CEO, Thru
- Occasionally wrong, never in doubt
- Integrator of systems
- Makes Dropbox look like child’s play
Stephen Ellis
Stephen Ellis
CTO, Plymouth AI
- Cryptocurrency fanatic
- Occasionally stealthy
- Coffee genius
Fight 3
Silence: To digitally disconnect or not
Jennifer Zientz
Jennifer Zientz
Director, Clinical Services, Center for Brain Health
- Noggin expert
- Police trainer
- Navy Seal whisperer
Michelle Adams
Michelle Adams
President, Marketing Brainology
- CPG genius
- Brain manipulator
- Ph.D, Political Economy
Fight 4
Synthetic Reality: Does real even matter?
Farrukh Malik
Farrukh Malik
CEO, Roomored
- Recovering banker
- Intrepid citizen
- residential construction disruptor
Steve Nix
Steve Nix
CEO, ForwardXP
- Video game industry vet
- Understands his Id
- Please don’t touch anything
Fight 5
Get to Know Me: Data, Personalization & Privacy
Mike Orren
Mike Orren
Chief Product Officer, DMN/Belo
- Digital naif
- Cultural encyclopedia
- Former Publisher, D Mag
Andy Chen
Andy Chen
SVP, +1 Labs: Match
- PII aficionado
- Co-founded Traxo
- Never used Tinder
Referees
MD, Accenture
- seasoned marketing/product veteran
- SaaS pioneer
- serial CMO
CDO, Baylor, Scott & White
- Recovering consultant
- Mountain climber
- ask him about “The Hive”
Founder, Capital Factory
- zillion-time-over entrepreneur
- Eisenhower Fellow
- fan of Austin…and Dallas
VP, Product, 7-Eleven
- AA & Intuit veteran
- Punjab Lions fan
- leading 7-11 digital transformation
Host, Innovation Calling
- Enterprise tech vet
- people connector
- foster dog lover