Jason Hable is Director of Business Development at Areae, creators of the Metaplace platform for virtual worlds. Prior to joining Areae, he was a Principal at Crescendo Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm where he focused on software and digital media investments. Jason served on the board of directors of QuikCycle and was actively involved with Crescendo’s investments in Areae, Dust Networks, Envivio and Worksoft. Earlier in his career, he was the Director of Marketing and Business Development at SealedMedia and served as the head of finance at Digilens, Inc.