Cathy Hackl is the founder of and chief futurist at Journey, a global innovation and design studio. Her expertise encompasses virtual worlds, fashion, customer experience design, new technologies, and technology futurists and she is a globally renowned business executive. Hackl has worked with companies like Magic Leap, HTC VIVE, and Amazon Web Services and has advised businesses like Clinique, Walmart, Nike, Louis Vuitton, and more. In addition to providing gaming, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, spatial computing, virtual world strategies, and strategic foresight to businesses and governments, she oversees Journey’s Virtual Studio.
Hackl was featured on the first-ever Vogue Business 100 Innovators list, which was assembled by the magazine’s editorial staff from a select group of trailblazers who are redefining success in the fashion and beauty industries. She also hosts an award-winning Adweek podcast and serves as the Metaverse Editor for Vogue Singapore. Hackl established her high-end technology brand, VerseLuxe, in 2023. This label and lab is revolutionising the fashion and luxury industries, beginning with the well-received Frillz jewellery collection.She has written four books, including Into The Metaverse: The Essential Guide to the Business Opportunities of the Web3 Era and The Augmented Workforce: How AR, AI, and 5G Will Impact Every Dollar You Make. She has bylines in Forbes and Wired en Espanol. She gave a speech as part of the official schedule at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, to introduce her most recent book.