Brian Wane

Brian Wane has worked in the digital industry for over 20 years. Brian began their career in 1999 as the Founder and Chief Design Officer of Smerc Design, a digital agency with multiple Fortune 500 clients. In 2014, they founded Game Cloud and served as the Chief Design Officer, leading product strategy and lateral collaboration processes to create digital marketing and analytics tools. From 2016 to 2017, they were the Director of Digital Accounts at Intel Corporation. After that, they were the Head of Product Management at Plump from 2017 to 2019, and then served as the CEO and Product at XQ Message from 2019 to the present. Additionally, in 2017 they were the Chief Product Officer at Series X, a venture development firm.

Brian Wane received their MFA in Design and Technology from Parsons School of Design - The New School from 1997 to 1999. Brian had previously earned their BFA in Painting and Literature from the Maryland Institute College of Art from 1992 to 1996.