VERSES Technologies Inc. announced that Jay Samit, former NASDAQ company CEO and Independent Vice Chairman of Deloitte Consulting, joined the VERSES board of directors and will now serve as the Chairman of the Board. Samit brings decades of experience as an entrepreneur, thought leader and corporate advisor to certain Fortune 500 companies with a reputation of transforming entire industries, revamping government institutions and being at the forefront of global trends. An accomplished executive with experience launching new ventures and implementing strategies for global technology and media companies, Samit helped grow pre-IPO companies like LinkedIn and pioneered breakthrough advancements in music and video distribution, social media and e-commerce.

He also held senior executive roles at EMI, Sony, and Universal Studios. As an expert on transformational corporate change, Samit has been quoted in The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, The Economist, Businessweek, and TechCrunch, and frequently appears on ABC, Bloomberg, CBS, CNN, Fox, MSNBC, and NBC. Known as an innovation agent and trend spotter, Samit has delivered disruptive speeches to help corporate clients predict and embrace the future, clients such as Adobe, AT&T, Disney, IBM, Oracle, TD Bank, Unilever, Warner Bros.

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