Dennis Crowley is a technology entrepreneur working at the intersection of the real world & digital world. His work focuses on creating things that make everyday life feel a little more fun and playful.

Dennis is Co-Founder & CEO at Hopscotch Labs, working towards building a "Marauder's Map for AirPods." He is also the Co-Founder/Co-Chair at Foursquare, one of the world's leading location technology platforms. Previously, he founded Dodgeball, one of the first location-based mobile social services (acquired by Google in 2005) and co-created PacManhattan, one of the earliest "big urban games" (2004).

He is also the Co-Founder/Co-Chair at Street FC ("building the biggest football club on the planet") and the Founder/Chairman of Kingston Stockade FC, a semi-professional soccer team out of Hudson Valley, NY that competes in the 4th division of the US Soccer Pyramid.

He has been named one of Fortune's "40 Under 40" (2010, 2011), a member of Vanity Fair's "New Establishment" (2011, 2012), won the "Fast Money" bonus round on the TV game show Family Feud (2009), and was worth $400 on Jeopardy (2020). He was previously an Adjunct Professor at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP).Dennis holds a Master's degree from New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) and a Bachelor's degree from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University.