Shapiro, Seth

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

Mr. Shapiro is Chair of the NAB's Web3 Advisory Council, Partner at Alpha Sigma Capital, www.alphatransform.io, and Managing Partner at advisory firm Digital Assets Advisors LLC. He served previously as a Governor of 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; Senior Games Producer at the Walt Disney Company; and as a Consulting Expert in cases before both the Department of Justice and the FCC.

A trained equity options trader and early advocate of blockchain technology, Shapiro was CEO of Alpha Networks (with IBM), founder of Artaku NFT, and EIR at Alphabit Fund.

Mr. Shapiro is a member of the Producer’s Guild of America, and sits on the Advisory Councils of the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts and the Moody College of Communication (University of Texas-Austin).