Building Positive Online Spaces: A Conversation with Twitch CEO Dan Clancy and Hinge Founder & CEO Justin McLeod
Lunch: 12:30 pm
Conversation and Q&A: 1:00 – 2:00 pm
The Paley Center for Media, 25 West 52 Street, NYC
In a time when online platforms shape how we interact, form relationships, and build identity, how can technology leaders ensure their services foster safe, meaningful, and positive experiences? Join us for a Paley Next Big Thing conversation featuring Dan Clancy, CEO of Twitch—a platform that pioneered real-time interactive livestreaming—and Justin McLeod, Founder & CEO of Hinge—the dating app designed to be deleted and focused on helping people find intentional relationships—for a deep dive into building technology that forms authentic human connection. With their platforms serving different but equally intimate corners of the internet, Clancy and McLeod will explore what it takes to cultivate digital spaces where authenticity, safety, and connection come first.
In Person:
Dan Clancy, CEO, Twitch
Justin McLeod, Founder & CEO, Hinge
Moderator: Kerry Flynn, Media Reporter, Axios
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Dan Clancy
CEO, Twitch
Dan Clancy is Chief Executive Officer at Twitch. He is responsible for Twitch’s vision and global strategy, and ensuring that Twitch’s product, technology, content, and operations are optimized to support and empower Twitch’s global community. He previously served as President and EVP of Product.
Prior to Twitch, Dan was the VP of Product and Engineering at Nextdoor leading product, engineering, and data science. In his nearly 10 years at Google, Dan was the Book Search engineering lead and led product ad engineering for YouTube. Dan began his career at NASA’s Ames Research Center where he was responsible for the computer science research including investments in autonomy, robotics, and artificial intelligence.
Dan holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Texas at Austin and a BA in Computer Science from Duke University. He streams on Twitch as DJClancy.
Justin McLeod
Founder & CEO, Hinge
Justin McLeod is Founder and CEO at Hinge, the dating app designed to be deleted. After a few years in management consulting, he attended Harvard Business School, where he was inspired to follow his passion for connecting people. Justin founded Hinge in February 2011 with a mission to create real-life connections. As a romantic and the protagonist of a real-life love story, Justin set out to create an intentional dating app to help millions of people find their person, too. Justin's vision for a more thoughtful experience resonated with singles and Match Group, which acquired the company in 2018. That same year, Hinge became the fastest-growing dating app in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia.
Kerry Flynn
Media Reporter, Axios
Kerry Flynn is a media reporter at Axios, where she co-leads Media Trends Executive, a premium membership product, and covers the media industry at large. Based in New York, she has more than a decade of experience reporting on online platforms and the creator economy. She joined Axios in 2022 from CNN, where she covered the business of media for CNN.com and the Reliable Sources newsletter. She previously reported on tech and social media at Digiday and Mashable.
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