DISCUSSION: Sankaet Pathak, Founder & CEO Synapse; Vitaly Bulatov, Cofounder of Drone Employee; Scott Bambacigno Vice President/founding team member; AlphaPoint; Kamal Hubbard Certified Fraud Examiner; Adam Ettinger Partner Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP; Kumar Gaurav, Founder Cashaa; MODERATOR: Pierre-R. Wolff Managing Director ExecConnect
Blockchain
Mason Borda, BitGo #blockchaininnovation
Mason Borda is a blockchain technology professional with experience building full-stack applications on private, Bitcoin, and Ethereum blockchains. He stays active in the Bitcoin and Ethereum community as a frequent mentor and judge at hackathons. Mason is the creator of the world’s first Ethereum multi-signature wallet, https://ether.li and currently a software developer at BitGo. BitGo is a wallet security platform that enables hedge funds, exchanges, OTC trading desks, and remittance platforms safely transfer Bitcoin.
Derek Au, Principal Startup Investment Orange #blockchaininnovation
Derek Au Principal, Startup Investment Orange. He currently focuses on venture investments at Orange Silicon Valley. He works closely with the domain experts at Orange Silicon Valley to identify early-stage technology investment opportunities emerging from across North America. Previously Derek worked for several years in investment banking focusing on middle market technology M&A advisory. Derek has a Master of Engineering Management from Duke University, and a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Engineering from The University of Western Ontario in Canada.
Alyse Killeen, Partner Stillmark Co #blockchaininnovation
Alyse Killeen Venture Capital Investor with seed stage to pre-IPO investment experience in enterprise and consumer technologies, now Managing Partner at StillMark Co., a venture capital investment and advisory firm. Alyse is a member of the Satoshi Roundtable, an annual retreat for the top 50 thought leaders in blockchain technology, and in 2015, the UN Foundation named her a Top 70 Bay Area Digital Leader. An international speaker on blockchain, sharing economy, and IoT, Alyse has presented at events including the IMF SKBI Conference 2016 and TechCrunch Disrupt Beijing 2015. Featured in publications including Forbes and Bloomberg, in 2015 Alyse authored a book chapter in the award-winning Handbook of Digital Currency. Alyse is a Mentor at Plug and Play Tech Center Accelerator and the Alchemist Accelerator, and a member of New York Fashion Tech Lab’s Expert Network. She is a Venture Partner at Vinetta Project, the largest organization serving women founders, and a member of the Board of Directors at BitGive, a startup NGO modernizing the nonprofit ecosystem using blockchain technology.
