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Valerian Bennett, PopChest #fintechmedia

February 25, 2024November 13, 2016 by Pemo Theodore

Valerian Bennett Founder/CEO PopChest. Mr. Bennett is a veteran television producer/editor and an award-winning documentary filmmaker. He graduated from USC film and has worked on hit TV shows for E!, MTV, A&E, and many more. As a resident of Los Angeles and native to Silicon Valley, Valerian is perfectly suited to tackle the changing landscape of media distribution by employing cutting-edge blockchain technology. PopChest is the first community-supported video platform. No ads. No subscriptions. Using blockchain technology in our payment-enabled video player, PopChest let’s viewers send a few cents to support the artists they love while giving publishers the ability to make money in a whole new way.

Ryan X. Charles, CEO Yours #fintechmedia

February 25, 2024November 12, 2016 by Pemo Theodore

Ryan X. Charles CEO/CoFounder Yours, a social media content sharing app with integrated smart contract micropayments and is the former cryptocurrency engineer of reddit. He has been in the bitcoin space since 2011, and besides reddit, has also worked as an engineer at BitPay, the world’s largest bitcoin payment processor, and BitGo, the world’s largest bitcoin security provider. He is an ABD physics PhD at Washington University in St. Louis.

Laura Lopez, SuchWow Media #fintechmedia

February 25, 2024November 11, 2016 by Pemo Theodore

Laura Lopez, Such Wow Media has been enthusiastically sharing the merits of Bitcoin since 2011. She has a Certified Bitcoin Professional certification from the Cryptocurrency Certification Consortium and also works in the entertainment industry as a television editor. She thinks cryptocurrency micropayments are the way forward for content creators and is building Such Wow Media with that in mind.

FinTech Meets Media #fintechmedia

February 25, 2024November 10, 2016 by Pemo Theodore

FinTech is not usually associated with visual media. This panel outlines the possibilities for media in FinTech.

DISCUSSION: Laura Lopez, Such Wow Media; Valerian Bennett Founder/CEO PopChest; Ryan X. Charles CoFounder/CEO Yours; MODERATOR: David Spark Tech journalist/Founder Spark Media Solutions

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Sankaet Pathak, Founder & CEO Synapse completed a Master’s in electrical engineering at the University of Memphis, where he previously majored in computer engineering, physics and mathematics. A scientist at heart, much of Pathak’s academic work was focused on physics and research related to the solar corona. As a student at the University of Memphis and a recent immigrant to the USA, Sankaet Pathak needed to open a bank account. He was surprised to learn that wasn’t an easy task. Sankaet knew he had to develop a better option not only for himself but for the over 20% of adults in the USA with poor or limited credit history. Sankaet founded Synapse with an eye toward offering a viable alternative to legacy banking systems, while providing operational simplicity, efficiency & ease of integration to perform virtually any banking interaction. Sankaet is launching an AI startup soon called Foundation. Foundation is developing the future of general purpose robotics with the goal to address the labor shortage. Foundation’s mission is to create advanced robots that can operate in complex environments, reducing human risk in conflict zones and enhancing efficiency in labor-intensive industries.