Brent Bushnell is an entrepreneur, engineer, and chairman and co-founder of Two Bit Circus, a Los Angeles-based experiential entertainment company. The interdisciplinary team strives to create immersive, social fun and is currently building a network of micro-amusement parks featuring free-roaming VR, robot bartenders, an interactive supper club, and more. Previously, they created STEAM Carnival, a traveling event to inspire kids about science, technology, engineering, art, and math.

Bushnell is on fire about using play and spectacle to inspire inventors. He is passionate about rebranding STEM learning to STEAM with the inclusion of art and creativity. He is motivated by the power of group games and interactive media to bring people together in fun and meaningful ways. As a UCLA-trained engineer, he is a hands-on maker who uses rapid prototyping to turn vision into reality. He's board president of Two Bit Circus Foundation, an LA-based 501c3 that deploys STEAM-based programs for middle and high school students.

Previously, he was the on-camera inventor for the ABC TV show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." He was a founding member of Syyn Labs, a creative collective creating stunts for brands like Google and Disney, and helped OK Go build the Rube Goldberg machine for their viral This Too Shall Pass music video, which garnered 50+ million views on YouTube.

Bushnell enjoys mentoring teens in entrepreneurship via programs such as NFTE in his spare time.

Video Gaming, Gaming, Futurism, STEM Education, Entrepreneurship, Gamification, STEM Technology, Engineering, Creativity, Robotics,