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Maureen Fan has embarked on three different careers across Silicon Valley, Games, and Hollywood over the past two decades. She was a UI Designer and Sr Product manager at eBay, then Zynga’s VP of Games in charge of six game studios including the FarmVille franchise, and now Co-Founder and CEO of 10x Emmy winning Baobab Studios. In these roles, she’s ushered in new paradigm shifts in technology and storytelling - from birthing the casual games revolution with the FarmVille franchise to leading the way in VR to interactive storytelling. She shares how technology continues to change the entertainment industry and how to take advantage of those opportunities. How Hollywood, games, and Silicon Valley have influenced each other. She also shares lessons learned about figuring out what you want to do, over and over again and how to get there. It's never too late to go after what you want.