Virtual Currencies: A Disruptive Industry Bitcoin & Virtual Currencies: BLAST FROM THE PAST

Originally published February 15, 2014 : Virtual Currencies: A Disruptive Industry: Bitcoin & Virtual Currencies Round Table with William Quigley, Clearstone Venture Partners ; Jered Kenna, Tradehill ; Paige Freeman, BitPay ; Bill Tai, Charles River Ventures; Nick Shalek, Ribbit Capital ; David Chen, Lightspeed Ventures with Jean-Baptiste, BayLIVE Media moderator.

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Olga V. Mack CEO Parley Pro #blockchainwomen

Olga V. Mack CEO Parley Pro, a next-generation contract management company that has pioneered online negotiation technology. Olga embraces legal innovation and had dedicated her career to improving and shaping the future of law. She is convinced that the legal profession will emerge even stronger, more resilient, and more inclusive than before by embracing technology. Olga is also an award-winning general counsel, operations professional, startup advisor, public speaker, adjunct professor, and entrepreneur. She was previously General Counsel at ClearSlide. Olga also worked at Visa, Yahoo, ClearSlide, Zoosk, and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. She is a Corporate Social Responsibility fellow at Berkeley Law and CodeX fellow at Stanford University. She advises numerous startups including Quantstamp, the first decentralized security auditing blockchain platform where she has served as VP of Strategy. Olga spoke at TEDxSanFrancisco about the impact potential of blockchain and smart contracts and at South by Southwest (SXSW) about blockchain business models. She authored Get on Board: Earning Your Ticket to a Corporate Board Seat and Fundamentals of Smart Contract Security. Olga received a Juris Doctor and Certificate in Law and Technology from U.C. Berkeley School of Law. She also graduated with a double major in Economics and Political Science from U.C. Berkeley.

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