Monette Stephens Head Corp Dev Tokensoft #blockchainwomen

Monette Stephens Head Corp Dev Tokensoft Monette has a unique combination of entrepreneurial, investing, technical, banking, sales and marketing expertise. As the Head of Corporate Development of TokenSoft, she has been instrumental in building the sales and partnership pipeline supporting over 20 fully compliant Security Token Offerings with investors from over 170 countries. Monette co-founded and ran a FINRA registered Broker-Dealer obtaining Series 7, 24 and 63 registrations and had multiple exits through IPO or M&A. She has BS and MS degrees in CS/ECE.

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Audrey Chaing, Founder Blockchaing #blockchainwomen

Audrey Chaing, Founder Blockchaing Audrey is a cryptocurrency trader and blockchain analyst, and runs the news site blockchaing.org. She has been trading Bitcoin since 2013 and is a member of Oakland Blockchain Developers and SF Ethereum Developers. Through her consulting work at Blockchaing, she is CTO at a new blockchain protocol called Infinium and launching a crypto investment fund with Precursor Ventures. Previously, she co-founded 2 companies, through which she participated in Start-Up Chile and Singularity University Global Solutions Program. She has a decade of experience on Wall Street as an investor, trader, and research analyst at companies like Credit Suisse, Wells Fargo, and BlackRock. Audrey has a degree in Computer Science from MIT with a concentration in Artificial Intelligence, and earned her MBA at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She is a frequent speaker at events like Google International Women’s Day, Global Blockchain Forum, Crypto@Dropbox, LendIt/BlockFin, and OneWorld Blockchain at Davos. She created the MIT Applied Blockchain Series, helping founders get from idea to demo-able product.

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Carla Carriveau, former Senior Counsel SEC #cryptolaw

Carla Carriveau, former Senior Counsel SEC She is a Securities & Regulatory Affairs attorney. She currently serves as Senior Managing Counsel at a robo-advisor in Redwood City, California. Carla was previously Senior Counsel at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission serving in a number of capacities including as a top government affairs aide to former SEC Chair Mary Jo White. During her tenure with the SEC, she led teams in the FinTech space with respect to policy, rulemakings, and market operations and advised as to the potential application of securities regulations to virtual currency.

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