Kevin Werbach
Education
Harvard Law School
JD, Law 1991-01-01 - 1994-01-01
University of California, Berkeley
BA, Social Science and Slavic Language & Literature 1988-01-01 - 1991-01-01
Harvard School
, -Work Experience
The Wharton School
Current
The Wharton School
Supernova Group
Current
Supernova Group
EDventure Holdings
1998-01-01 - 2002-06-01
EDventure Holdings
Federal Communications Commission
1994-09-01 - 1998-01-01
Federal Communications Commission
Skills
Summary
Kevin Werbach is the Liem Sioe Liong / First Pacific Company Professor, Department Chair, and Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. A world-renowned expert on emerging technologies, he examines business and policy implications of developments such as AI, algorithmic systems, gamification, and blockchain/digital assets. Werbach served on the Obama Administration’s Presidential Transition Team, advised both the Federal Communications Commission and US Department of Commerce, hosted the Supernova executive technology conference, and created one of the most successful massive open online courses, with over 500,000 enrollments. He directs the Wharton Blockchain and Digital Asset Project, hosts The Road to Accountable AI podcast, and is academic director for Wharton's Executive Education program Strategies for Accountable AI. Earlier in his career, he helped develop the U.S. approach to internet policy at the FCC during the Clinton Administration, and served as editor of Release 1.0: Esther Dyson’s Monthly Report. His books, which have been translated into six languages, include The Blockchain and the New Architecture of Trust (2018), For the Win (2012; updated 2020), and After the Digital Tornado (2020).
