Alan is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of E-Line Ventures, a ‘double bottom line’ early-stage venture fund focused on empowering individuals, small businesses and underserved communities through the democratizing power of personal fabrication, on-demand business services and digital media.
Prior to E-Line, Alan was 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.
Prior to netomat, Alan spent six 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, multi-billion dollar industry leader. Titles released under Alan's leadership include Civilization: Call to Power, Asteroids, Muppet Treasure Island, Spycraft, Pitfall, Zork and Tony Hawk Skateboarding.
Before Activision, Alan spent nearly ten years in the film industry where he worked in a variety of development, production and post-production roles with credits on numerous feature films. He also directed the award-winning documentary The Expatriates.
Alan currently serves on the Board of Directors of FilmAid International, Games4Change, Sustainable South Bronx, and on the Advisory Boards of Scenarios USA, Personal Technology Solutions and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center For Educational Media and Research (Sesame Workshop).
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