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StartOut New York is delighted to present Blockchains & ICOs, part of our Scaling Your Startup Series
Two new paradigms have entered into the world of emerging startups, the first is Blockchain, a decentralized approach to building systems. The second is the Initial Coin Offering (ICO), a new way to fund startups operating on the Blockchain. This panel will discuss how to think about leveraging blockchain in your platform as well as how to leverage an ICO to fund your startup.
ICOs & Blockchain are not for every startup so its just as important to understand when it will help you scale & when it will not. The panel consists of people who are implementing Blockchain & have done ICOs or are preparing to do ICOs. This is a unique opportunity to understand how your startup can benefit.
Panelists:
Tom Bollich
CTO of MadHiveFrom cannabis to cryptocurrency, Tom Bollich's career as a CTO has been far from ordinary. Tom is a founding member of Zynga, most recognized for its games FarmVille, Words with Friends, & Mafia Wars. After Zynga, he founded & went public with an innovative technology company for the cannabis industry. Today, Tom is CTO of MadHive, a data management company powered by blockchain technology. He is also leading several innovative Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) within the Blockchain space. Tom is an industry leader in disruptive technology and, throughout his career, has advised various Fortune 500 companies on disruptive trends now viewed as commonplace: gamification, online casinos, real time labor, & cryptocurrency.
Anthony ShookFounder & CEO, AeroChain
Anthony Shook is the Founder CEO of AeroChain, an new ecosystem for aviation utilizing blockchain technology to revolutionize the industry with immutable record keeping, initially focused on aircraft maintenance records.Prior to AeroChain, Anthony was Chief of Staff at the blockchain technology company MadHive (& MadNetwork), where is was instrumental in helping reach their funding goals. A seasoned tech start-up consultant, Anthony has worked in project & portfolio management, logistics, resource allocation, & agile practice development. He has also project managed large manufacturing & aerospace projects, most notably an ADS-B compliant technology solution for the 2020 Federal Aviation Administration mandate for aircraft in the United States Air Traffic Control System.Anthony has a B.S. in Aviation Administration, as well as his FAA Pilot's License (Private & Instrument Single & Multi-Engine Land Ratings), & a Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.
Mc Kenna WalshFounder, Tp of Crypto, Gogo Coin, MorefasterMc Kenna was first excited about BlockChain working for Tim Draper in 2013. Her first blockchain startup Gogo Coin and, despite the company folding, showed her that other fellow blockchain founders and/or investors were struggling with similar issues & confusion. In response, she founded the successful State Of Crypto events, bringing in Daniel Cawery to moderate with the goal to discuss industry-wide issues & best practices around them. She is an active writer on crypto topics & advises investors, funds, & select startups in the blockchain space.
Vitali GreenCEO of KuollVitali is the co-founder & CEO of Kuoll, a startup providing conversion monitoring & error analytics services to e-commerce businesses. Prior to Kuoll, Vitali spent 12 years at Goldman Sachs, most recently in the Management & Strategy Group in the Investment Banking Division, & earlier in the Technology, Media & Telecom Group, & the Financial Sponsors Group. Vitali earned a BA degree in Genetics & Development from Cornell University.
Moderator:
WasimAhmadChief Crypto Officer, Vault12Wasimis a serial entrepreneur, & advisor to companies from AI, application development, the blockchain, cryptocurrency exchanges, to encryption solutions for protecting emails, files, & data in databases.He was a founding member of the Voltage Security team, a spinout from Stanford University, that commercialized Identity-Based Encryption (IBE). Format-Preserving Encryption (FPE) & pioneered the use of sophisticated data encryption to protect sensitive data & payment information.Wasimserves as chair of non-profit StartOut New York & is a mentor to the next generation of startups in New York.Wasimgraduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics & French from the University of Sussex.
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