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ADC104 Gaming Jury
Cathy Hackl
CEO
Spatial Dynamics
Alexandria, United States
Cathy Hackl is a globally recognized tech & gaming exec, futurist, & speaker
focused on spatial computing, virtual worlds, augmented reality, AI, & gaming
platforms strategy. She’s the co-CEO of Spatial Dynamics, a spatial computing
and AI solutions company & a top tech voice on LinkedIn. Hackl has worked at
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Magic Leap, and HTC VIVE and has worked with
companies like Nike, Ralph Lauren, Walmart, Louis Vuitton, & Clinique on their
emerging tech & gaming journeys. As a sought-after keynote speaker, she’s
spoken at Harvard Business School, MIT, SXSW, Comic-Con, WEF, CES, MWC, &
more. She’s one of Ad Age’s Leading Women of 2023, was featured on the cover
of Forbes Latam’s 100 Most Powerful Women 2023 issue, and is on the Vogue
Business 100 Innovators inaugural list. She hosts Adweek’s highly successful
TechMagic podcast and is popularly known in tech circles as the Godmother of
the Metaverse. Cathy has been a fixture in the world of immersive technology for
almost a decade with many media appearances in CNBC’s Squawk Box, 60
Minutes, CNN, Good Morning America, GQ, Time, The Economist, Bloomberg,
and is a guest editor for Vogue Singapore. In 2022, she became the first human
to ring NASDAQ’s opening bell and open the financial markets both in physical
and avatar form while doing so on live television.
focused on spatial computing, virtual worlds, augmented reality, AI, & gaming
platforms strategy. She’s the co-CEO of Spatial Dynamics, a spatial computing
and AI solutions company & a top tech voice on LinkedIn. Hackl has worked at
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Magic Leap, and HTC VIVE and has worked with
companies like Nike, Ralph Lauren, Walmart, Louis Vuitton, & Clinique on their
emerging tech & gaming journeys. As a sought-after keynote speaker, she’s
spoken at Harvard Business School, MIT, SXSW, Comic-Con, WEF, CES, MWC, &
more. She’s one of Ad Age’s Leading Women of 2023, was featured on the cover
of Forbes Latam’s 100 Most Powerful Women 2023 issue, and is on the Vogue
Business 100 Innovators inaugural list. She hosts Adweek’s highly successful
TechMagic podcast and is popularly known in tech circles as the Godmother of
the Metaverse. Cathy has been a fixture in the world of immersive technology for
almost a decade with many media appearances in CNBC’s Squawk Box, 60
Minutes, CNN, Good Morning America, GQ, Time, The Economist, Bloomberg,
and is a guest editor for Vogue Singapore. In 2022, she became the first human
to ring NASDAQ’s opening bell and open the financial markets both in physical
and avatar form while doing so on live television.