Founders Series: Featuring Scopely Co-Founder & CEO, Walter Driver
The Founders Series is a set of virtual events highlighting some of the most prominent Brown alumni founders in the University’s recent history. Events are split between the founding story of a seasoned entrepreneur, a panel discussion with early-stage founders, and virtual community networking.
The third event of the Founders Series features Walter Driver '04, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Scopely, an interactive entertainment company and mobile games developer and publisher valued at over $3 billion, Daeil Kim PhD '16, Co-Founder & CEO of AI. Reverie, a provider of synthetic data and vision APIs, and Beri Meric '06, Co-Founder & CEO of IVY, a community for entrepreneurs, creatives, and professionals. The event is hosted by Brown University Entrepreneur in Residence, Arnell Milhouse EIR '19-'20.
Virtual Networking
The event will provide a venue for individuals in the Brown Alumni community to meet their next co-founder, advisor, partner, customer or employee. Via our virtual one-on-one networking, participants will engage with aspiring or established entrepreneurs, investors and both young and seasoned professionals alike.
Speakers
Walter Driver ‘04, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Scopely
Prior to Scopely, Walter founded and served as CEO of O Negative Media where he developed online social games. Before O Negative, he co-founded Ignition Interactive, one of the first developers of third-party applications for Facebook. Outside of his work on Scopely, he is an investor and advisor to private technology companies as well as a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization and Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Los Angeles Technology & Innovation Council. Walter holds a B.A. in English Literature from Brown.
Daeil Kim PhD '16, Co-Founder & CEO, AI. Reverie
Prior to founding AI. Reverie, Daeil was a Senior Data Scientist at the New York Times, where he worked as part of the core New Markets team that launched NYT Español and served as a Research Associate at Mind Research Network, where he developed new techniques and methods for fMRI analysis. He holds a B.A. in Literature from Sarah Lawrence College and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Brown.
Beri Meric '06, Co-Founder & CEO, IVY
Prior to founding IVY, Beri worked at Morgan Stanley in M&A and Strategy. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a B.A. in Economics and International Relations from Brown.
Host
Arnell Milhouse, Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR), Brown University, Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship
In addition to his role as an EIR at Brown, Arnell is the Founder of the CareerDevs Computer Science Institute, a leading supplier of software engineering talent in Rhode Island, and IntraCity Geeks, a K-12 STEM education organization. He received a degree in Business Management and Computer Science from Johnson & Wales University.