Brynly LLyr General Counsel C Labs which is working on a full stack, mobile first blockchain solution for developing markets. This open source project is Celo, with a mission is to build a monetary system that creates the conditions of prosperity for everyone. Before her work on Celo, Brynly was General Counsel at Ripple Labs Inc. (“Ripple”), a global enterprise software and cryptocurrency company focused on cross-border payments. While at Ripple, Brynly built and led the legal, compliance, regulatory and government relations teams, led communications with the New York Department of Financial Services and other regulatory agencies and successfully managed and settled key litigation. Before joining Ripple, Brynly was senior counsel at PayPal and eBay for over five years, where she developed payments and regulatory expertise, managed complex litigation, led cross-functional teams and specialized and participated in areas including commercial negotiations, mergers and acquisitions, and patent strategy. Brynly began her legal career at O’Melveny & Myers where she was a part of the firm’s white collar and complex litigation practices from 2005 to 2011. Before joining O’Melveny & Myers, she was a law clerk to the Honorable Fern M. Smith (ret) in the Northern District of California (2004-2005). Ms. Llyr graduated Order of the Coif from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law in 2004.
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Betsabe Botaitis CoFounder/CFO AIKON #blockchainwomen
Betsabe Botaitis CoFounder/CFO AIKON, a technology company providing blockchain identity as a service. As a leading international fintech expert and an advocate for economic equality, Betsabe has held various senior positions at renowned and leading-edge organizations including Kueski, Mexico’s largest fintech startup, Lending Club, largest peer to peer lending marketplace, and Citigroup, at Citi Community Development and Financial Inclusion. Today, Betsabe brings her fintech expertise and lifelong mission together as founder of AIKON to launch new technology with the power to dismantle biases from opportunity and innovation worldwide. Betsabe has served on the advisory board at the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center, is a fellow for the British America Project and a member of Hipower.
Emi Yoshikawa Senior Director Global Operations Ripple #blockchainwomen
Emi Yoshikawa Senior Director Global Operations Ripple: Emi is responsible for expanding Ripple’s businesses into strategic international markets and managing joint venture partnership. Prior to Ripple, she led the product development of quants investment analytics at MSCI, which was previously part of Morgan Stanley, and ran a cross-border business consulting firm based in Silicon Valley. In 2017, she was selected as a top-50 “Women in Fintech” Influencer by Onalytica in 2017. Emi holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and is also a CFA charterholder.
Blockchain Women #blockchainwomen
DISCUSSION: Emi Yoshikawa Senior Director Global Operations Ripple; Betsabe Botaitis CoFounder/CFO AIKON; Brynly LLyr General Counsel C Labs; Olga V. Mack CEO Parley Pro; Moderator: Yasamin Parsafar Associate IP Sheppard Mullin