Contenders went toe to toe on a hotbed of technology topics at Wednesday’s Digital Fight Club, the 2018 edition. Ten of Dallas-Fort Worth’s top minds debated unanswered questions in the hottest tech topics. The third Fight Club event brought out a host of innovators, tech types, and digital professionals to savor the battles that took place in five bouts. Each fight was less than 10 minutes, and the audience cast their votes for the winner on a special Fight Club app.
For those with FOMO (or who just want to relive it), here’s our blow-by-blow visual account of the digital smackdown — from the VIP event to the aftermath. For a recap of the Fights, go here.
PHOTO GALLERY
Photos by Quincy Preston
VIP PARTY
THE MAIN EVENT
Fight No. 1
Elie Finegold of MetaProp vs Daniel Black of Glass Media
Fight No. 2
Chris Ferrel of The Richards Group vs Michelle Hagan, CEO of Tandem Theory
Fight No. 3
James Helms of Intuit vs Jared Zoghby of Accenture Interactive
Fight No. 4
Mark Hopkins of Roger Wilco vs Jamie Chambron of NTT Data
Fight No. 5
Skip Howard of Spacee vs Thierry Hubert, CEO of Darwin Ecosystems
RINGSIDE
AFTER PARTY
Photos by Quincy Preston
R E A D N E X T
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