Aber Whitcomb

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Aber Whitcomb
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Alma mater University of Washington
Occupation(s)CTO and Co-Founder of Jam City, Inc

Aber Whitcomb (born 1977) is the founder and President of Salt AI. He was the CTO and Co-Founder of Jam City, Inc (formerly SGN Games). As CTO of Jam City Inc, a multi-platform game developer and distributor, Aber Whitcomb oversaw the cross-platform technology strategy and played a key role in developing and operating Jam City titles on a global scale. [1] Whitcomb is a recognized expert in large scale computing, networking and storage and frequently speaks on these topics at industry events. [2] [3] He has been profiled in publications such as VentureBeat, [4] The New York Times, [5] and SoCalTech. [6]

Prior to Jam City, Whitcomb's most recent role was CTO and co-founder of MySpace where he was responsible for the engineering and technical operations groups. [7] InfoWorld named Whitcomb as one of the "Top 25 CTOs of 2009." [8]

Whitcomb is a co-founder of Core Scientific, a blockchain and artificial intelligence hosting, transaction processing and application development company that has raised $100 million in funding. [9] [10] [11] Whitcomb serves as President of Plai Labs and the founder of Rough House Games. [12] Whitcomb is also a co-founder of i/o Ventures, [13] an early stage startup program that focuses heavily on mentorship. [14] He graduated from the University of Washington and was born and raised in Bellingham, WA.

Whitcomb owns Victoria (dinosaur) a specimen of the species Tyrannosaurus rex. [15]

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  2. ↑ "TEDxMedellín - Aber Whitcomb: Evolution of Social Networking". TED. 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2011-11-08.
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  14. ↑ "i/o Ventures Sets Up Shop in Hollywood - Liz Gannes - News - AllThingsD".
  15. ↑ "Victoria, the world's largest touring T. rex, debuts in Phoenix". PinalCentral.com. 25 November 2019.


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