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A panel discussion on enterprise applications of blockchain.
Panelists
Kishore Bhatia, Venture CTO, BCG Digital Ventures
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kishorebhatia/
****************Clark Thompson, Global Solutions Architect, Consensys
https://www.linkedin.com/in/clark-thompson-2875174/
Clark Thompson leads ConsenSys'global solutions architecture based out of Brooklyn, NY, building a team of top solution architects to support ideation, design & blueprint development on Ethereum & blockchain generally. Clark's area of expertise is financial systems, with deep backgroundin transaction processing, clearing & settlement automation & business architecture process & methodology across brokerage, investment management & private wealth.
ConsenSys is one of the largest & fastest-growing companies in the blockchain technology space, building developer tools, decentralized applications, & solutions that harness the power of Ethereum. Headquartered in New York, ConsenSys invests in & employs topentrepreneurs, computer scientists, software developers, & experts in enterprise delivery worldwide.
Clark is a seasoned enterprise executivewith expertise across IT, finance & operations with 20+ years in business - He played an active role in the development of R3's architecture working groups, contributing to nine of the white papers on topics including asset modeling, security, oracles,and interoperability. He has played lead architect roles in transaction processing systems for prime brokerage, global equities, cash management & portfolio accounting & driven strategies for wealth management & clearing platforms. He led developmentof the business architecture practice in IT Strategy at Credit Suisse & has lectured on business architecture & Blockchain at universities including Oxford, UCL, NYU & University of Delaware. His writing on distributed ledger & Blockchain technologyhave appeared in the IEEE Computer Journal & R3 Research. He has played an active role in digital currency experiments involving central banks, including project Jasper with the Bank of Canada & project Ubin with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, andhas advised & led workshops for Central Banks across the Americas.
Selected Topics from Prior Conferences
The Future of Central Bank Digital Currency,Deconomy, Seoul KoreaBlockchain & Cryptocurrencies, ICI, WashingtonDCAchieving Operational efficiency throughDLT OpexDLT & Big Data Convergence Big DataFinance Conference, NYU SternBitcoin, blockchain & emerging digitalcurrencies Waters USAOptimizing collateral management FSOKXDodd Frank Regulation & Innovation Conference
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Dr. Jimmie Lenz, Principal, Financial Risk Group
Dr. Jimmie Lenz is an experienced executive, lecturer, andscholar in the field of banking & capital markets.Starting his career as an equity trader over 25 years ago,Jimmie found he reveled in fast moving atmospheres thatrequired both strategic thought & the ability to takeimmediate action. His successes propelled him into anumber of senior management roles within the financecommunity including leading an NYSE broker dealer withforeign & domestic operations, where he was able todevelop & test both the appetite for & capacity ofelectronic trading platforms. In addition, he has held theroles of Chief Risk Officer, Chief Credit Officer, & Head ofPredictive Analytics for one of the largest Wealth
Management complexes in the U.S.Global financial services firms & exchanges have engaged Jimmie to address issuesrelated to strategy, analytics application, risk mitigation, & business efficiencies. Thisin-depth understanding of the capital markets industry has allowed him to provide crucialperspectives in foreign & domestic regulatory matters, including extensive work withoutside counsels & the presentation of findings to the Security & ExchangeCommission.His passion for developing forward-looking strategies, merge his unique boots-on-the-ground understanding of how our capital markets work with the academic application ofnew technologies.Jimmie holds an undergraduate degree from the University of South Carolina, a Masterof Science in Finance from Washington University in Saint Louis, & Doctor of BusinessAdministration-Finance from Washington University's Olin Business School. He iscurrently an Adjunct Professor of Finance at The University of South Carolina MooreSchool of Business, speaks frequently at academic & industry events primarily ontopics related to innovation & quantitative analysis, & has a number of pendingpatents related to his work.
Moderator
Tom Goldenberg, Senior Engineer, BCG Platinion | MAYA Design
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