Seth Shapiro

Digital media leader Seth Shapiro is a two-time Emmy® Award winner and a long-time pioneer at the intersection of media, technology and finance. He has worked with partners including AT&T, Betfair, Comcast, DIRECTV, Disney, Goldman Sachs, Intel, IPG, IBM, NBC, Telstra, Turner, Universal and Warner Bros.

Currently the Founding Chair of the NAB’s Web3 Advisory Council, Mr. Shapiro has served as a five-year Governor at the Television Academy, and as a member of its Executive Committee; an Adjunct Professor at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts; Head of Interactive Production at DIRECTV; and Senior Games Producer at the Walt Disney Company. He has been a Consulting Expert in major media cases before both the Department of Justice and the FCC.

A trained equity options trader and advocate of blockchain technology, Shapiro was CEO of Alpha Networks (with IBM), founder of Artaku NFT, and an EIR at Alphabit Fund, a blockchain-based hedge fund in the UAE.

Mr. Shapiro sits on the Advisory Councils of the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts (University of Nebraska-Lincoln), and the Moody College of Communication (University of Texas-Austin).