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Nick Earl is the President of Worldwide Studios at Kabam, a leader in AAA mobile free-to-play games. Nick oversees the strategy and development of Kabam’s games across the company’s global studios, including hit franchises such as Marvel Contest of Champions, Fast & Furious and Kingdoms of Camelot. A 20-year industry veteran, Nick previously served as senior vice president and general manager at EA Mobile, where he oversaw such free-to-play hits as The Simpsons: Tapped Out, The Sims Free Play and Real Racing 3. Prior to EA Mobile, Nick was senior vice president of EA Games launching franchise games such as Knockout Kings, James Bond, Tiger Woods PGA Tour, The Godfather, Lord of the Rings and Dead Space. He also served as the Vice President of Product Development at Eidos and as Executive Producer and General Manager at The 3DO Company. Nick graduated with a B.A. in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.

As Zynga’s CEO and with over 25 years of experience in interactive entertainment, I’ve led the company’s turnaround and transition to rapid growth. Our market cap during my tenure has nearly tripled, due to optimizing live services and fortifying the company’s portfolio of wildly popular franchises, including CSR Racing, Words With Friends, and Zynga Poker. Our groundbreaking series of studio acquisitions, including Gram Games and Small Giant Games, along with innovation and success across our games portfolio, has positioned Zynga as among the fastest growing public gaming companies in the world in 2019. Since I joined in 2016, we have acquired a pipeline of games, including global hits Empires & Puzzles and Merge Dragons! and have secured game development partnerships with some of the world’s most iconic brands and entertainment franchises, such as Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, and Star Wars. Most recently, I served as the Executive Vice President of EA Mobile, where I led strategy, publishing and product development for the company’s fast-growing mobile games business. In that role, I managed EA’s portfolio of popular mobile franchises including The Simpsons: Tapped Out, Plants vs. Zombies, Real Racing, Bejeweled, Star Wars, Minions, SimCity, EA SPORTS and The Sims. Since joining Zynga, I’ve served as the Chairman of the Corporate Advisory Board for the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. I previously served on the Board of Directors for Cooliris, a mobile content and communication technology company; and, Graphiq, a data visualization company.

Deborah N. Theobald serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Vecna Technologies, Inc. Deborah Theobald co-founded Vecna Technologies in 1998 and served as its Chairwoman, President and Chief Executive Officer. She provides key strategic vision, executes tactical directives and designs next generation product solutions. She obtained her Masters degree in Aerospace Engineering with a concentration in robotics and human factors of space travel, including impact on human physiology and health maintenance. Her Master's thesis included testing of a custom built haptic robot-human interface in varying environments including NASA's KC-135 microgravity simulator plane (or Vomit Comet).

Alan Ricco is a Chief Executive Officer at Naughty Dog and is based in North East, Delhi, Delhi, India.