DISCUSSION: Tim Swanson, Dir Market Research R3; Wayne Vaughan CEO Tierion; Vinny Lingham, CoFounder/CEO Civic.com; Lily Liu CFO 21, Inc; MODERATOR: Pierre-R. Wolff Managing Director ExecConnect
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Wayne Van Dyck, CEO RepowerCapital #investmentbanking
Wayne Van Dyck, CEO RepowerCapital began his career as an investment banker, venture capitalist and turnaround specialist with the Wall Street firm of DLJ (Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette). Then became the founder/CEO of the first utility wind energy developer, Windfarms Ltd. (Windfarms was backed by Chevron, had a staff of 60 and developed 2,000MW of projects for Hawaiian Electric, PG&E, SoCalEdison and the Bonneville Power Adm.) He was Chairman/CEO of the San Francisco/Moscow Teleport and brought the first 500 lines of direct dial telecom services into Moscow. He was founder and CEO of Employment Inc. and Six Degrees Media Inc.
Rethinking Investment Banking with Repower Capital #investmentbanking
DISCUSSION: Wayne Van Dyck, CEO RepowerCapital; INTERVIEWER: David Spark veteran tech journalist/Founder Spark Media Solutions
Kumar Gaurav, Founder Cashaa #blockchaindisruption
Kumar Gaurav, Founder Cashaa is a serial entrepreneur who has been in the blockchain space for the past few years and has been responsible for building some of the today’s most exciting fintech businesses. Currently, he is the Vice President of Innovation for Responsible Gold LLC (Formed by Perkins Coie, Yamana Gold, FTI & de Jong Capital). Kumar is also the Chairman of Auxesis Group; India’s first and leading blockchain innovation company from IIT Bombay. He also founded Cashaa, a blockchain based money transfer platform which enables users to send cash without any fee and with best FX rate. Before he moved into the world of financial technology, he delivered innovative systems for luxury automobile brands like BMW and Ferrari. During his time in Italy, he also co-founded Darwinsurance, the first Italian peer-to-peer insurance company based in Milan.