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Locke Brown CoFounder/CEO NuID #scalingtheblockchain

February 23, 2024October 15, 2019 by Pemo Theodore

Locke Brown CoFounder/CEO NuID a San Francisco-based startup that is building a decentralized authentication and digital identity platform. Locke founded NuID to address the structural deficiencies in digital identity today by leveraging advances in blockchain technology and zero knowledge cryptography. NuID eliminates the need for businesses to store passwords and other authentication credentials thereby reducing customer risk and streamlining the user experience. Prior to NuID, Locke worked on the Investments team at Bill Gates’ private investment office and graduated from Claremont McKenna College with a BA in economics and mathematics and an MA in finance.

Wayne Vaughan CEO Tierion #scalingtheblockchain

February 23, 2024October 14, 2019 by Pemo Theodore

Wayne Vaughan CEO Tierion, a proof engine that turns the blockchain into a universal platform for proving the integrity of any data, file or business process. Prior to Tierion, Wayne pioneered the development of marketing automation software. He is the co-author of Chainpoint, the first standard protocol for anchoring data in the blockchain. In 2004, Wayne was a member of the first team of amateurs to launch a rocket into space.

Rosario Ingargiola Founder/CEO OTCXN #scalingtheblockchain

February 23, 2024October 11, 2019 by Pemo Theodore

Rosario Ingargiola Founder/CEO OTCXN which is a capital markets trading infrastructure company using proprietary blockchain technology to eliminate counterparty and settlement risk, starting in Crypto and FX trading. Trades on OTCXN are real-time Payment-vs-Payment transactions that clear and settle instantly over a multi-custodian blockchain network. By leveraging patent pending asset tokenization, proprietary blockchain, and real-time collateral management, provable assets at any participating custodian are incorporated into real-time, pre-trade risk. Trades are executed as an atomic swap between one custodial asset ledger and any other custodial asset ledger with instant clearing and settlement, and finality, on the custodial ledgers. OTCXN facilitates frictionless institutional crowdsourcing of balance sheet for short lending and margin financing without holding client assets or becoming a counterparty to transactions. Prior to OTCXN, he was the Founder and CEO of FXone Seabury, a leading institutional FX trading technology platform and ECN operator that was acquired by a NYC- based global investment bank. The company provides a full front-to-back vertically integrated stack of high-performance trading system modules for institutional FX trading used by Tier-1 global investment banks, brokerages and hedge funds to service internal and external trading. Prior to this he was Founder and CTO of Alphacet, an institutional, multi-asset algorithmic trading strategy platform provider used by Tier-1 global hedge funds, banks and energy companies to build, test and deploy in real-time, arbitrarily complex algorithmic trading strategies by drawing from a library of thousands of mathematical, statistical, machine learning and other functions and algorithms using a patented drag-and-drop interface. Rosario has received numerous awards and accolades for his institutional electronic trading platform product design and has authored numerous articles related to Crypto and FX trading, and technology for major industry publications.

Scaling the Blockchain Panel #scalingtheblockchain

February 23, 2024October 10, 2019 by Pemo Theodore

DISCUSSION: Wayne Vaughan CEO Tierion; Locke Brown CoFounder/CEO NuID; Rosario Ingargiola Founder/CEO OTCXN; Christian Ferri President/CEO BlockStar; Miko Matsumura Founder Evercoin; MODERATOR: Phil Jeudy Journalist

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