dennis crowley dens@dodgeball.com Dennis Crowley is the co-founder of foursquare, a service that mixes social, locative and gaming elements to encourage people explore the cities in which they live. Previously, Dennis founded dodgeball.com, one of the first mobile social services in the US, which was acquired by Google in 2005. He has been named one of the "Top 35 Innovators Under 35" by MIT's Technology Review magazine (2005) and has won the "Fast Money" bonus round on the TV game show Family Feud (2009). His work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Wired, Time Magazine, Newsweek, MTV, Slashdot and NBC. He is currently an Adjunct Professor at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program. Dennis holds a Master's degree from New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program and a Bachelor's degree from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University. background resume professional experience itp portfolio from NYU's graduate Interactive Telecommunications Program teendrama personal web site recent projects dodgeball.com PacManhattan ConQwest Big Brother Foosball speaking engagements PICNIC 07 September 2007. Amsterdam, Netherlands. SXSW Interactive March 2007. Austin, TX. Microsoft Research's Social Computing Symposium May 2006. Redmond, WA. SXSW Interactive March 2006. Austin, TX. NYSIA Web 2.0 Forum January 2006. New York, NY. Harvard Business School's Cyberposium November 2005. Cambridge, MA. MIT's Emerging Technologies Conference September 2005. Cambridge, MA. Siggraph 2005 August 2005. Los Angeles, CA. Where 2.0 June 2005. San Francisco, CA. Emerging Technology Conference March 2005. San Diego, CA. NVHA Innovations Conference: Social Network Media February 2005. Atlanta, GA. Street Talk @ Intel Research July 2004. Berkeley, CA. SuperNova 2004 June 2004. Santa Clara, CA. Emerging Technology Conference March 2004. San Diego, CA. Qwest Symposium on Youth and Technology February 2004. New York, NY. Microsoft Research Design Expo August 2003. Redmond, WA. photo by doug jaeger