Adam Boaz Becker, technology advisor

Adam Becker, a technology entrepreneur, has spent the last decade founding companies that create novel communications architecture in public spaces. He is currently the founder of Dugree, an AI platform for political discussion. He was previously a co-founder of Call Time AI, a ‘big data’ platform for campaign fundraising where he assembled the largest database of political contributions using Artificial Intelligence; the company powered progressive candidates in elections ranging from local to federal, from school board to President. Adam was previously a researcher at the Getty Villa and the Weizmann Institute and has published research papers in leading academic journals of natural science. Adam graduated from UC Berkeley with degrees in Astrophysics and Classics and is fascinated by the relationship between technology, epistemology, and intellectual history. He lives in New York.

Christopher Davis, strategy advisor

As a global macro trader in the hedge fund industry, Christopher has sought innovative methodologies to better understand the underlying, practical realities which underpin fluctuations in financial markets. This lesson originates from his graduate student days at Princeton University where Christopher was a PhD student in Economics. His research reconciled divergent trends in scholarship: the modern discipline which studies markets for goods and services; and the historical discipline which considered social conditions as externalities of market pursuits. Christopher lives in New York.

Frank Pacheco, e-commerce & retail advisor

Frank Pacheco is a seasoned executive with experience in e-commerce and retail strategy. At Amazon.com Inc., Frank was a Kindle division manager in the pre-launch and early stage of the groundbreaking electronic device. After a stint at PVH Corp. as Amazon strategy manager, Frank is presently the marketplaces director at Veyl Ventures. His extensive experience blends academic insights with practical leadership in both brick-and-mortar and online retail environments. Frank is a Harvard College alumnus, and graduated Columbia Business School with the MBA degree, focus on operations management and supervision. Additionally, Frank is board member of Catholic Guardian Services, a non-profit addressing child welfare, family support, developmental disabilities, immigration, and mental health needs in New York City.