Alex Bessonov, Founder/CEO BitClave Alex is a Senior Engineering Leader and Executive with over 20 years of experience in the Software and Security Industry. Prior to founding BitClave, a blockchain startup, Alex has served as the Founder and General Manager at whiteCryption, a security and cryptography-oriented company. Alex led whiteCryption to millions of dollars of revenue, while at the same time amassing numerous Fortune 500 clients. More recently, Alex has served as the Chief Security Officer at LG Electronics, overseeing all product lines as well as heading a large effort to remodel and centralize the company’s security team. In the past, Alex has also held multiple leadership and engineering positions at companies such as NXP, Microsoft, and eBay.
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Brendan Wales, Principal e.ventures: Predictions for Crypto/Blockchain 2018 #blockchaintech
Brendan Wales, Principal e.ventures Brendan joined e.ventures in March of 2012 and specializes in investing in online marketplaces, fin-tech, developer tools and open source software. He has worked on e.ventures’ investments in Shipt, CodeFights, AppDiff, StackShare, Segment, App Annie, Acorns, When I Work, Shutl (Acquired by ebay), Everything But The House, Spothero, Nativo and HireAthena and is also actively involved with existing investments NGINX, Upsight, and Housecall. As a part of the e.ventures’ team that leverages big data for deal origination, Brendan has been closely involved in the firm’s development and utilization of in-house technology built to discover growing internet enabled companies. Prior to joining e.ventures, Brendan was an early employee at 500 Startups backed ZOZI, a leading SAAS booking platform for Tour and Activity Providers. He started his career at Sun Life Financial, a Fortune 500 financial services company, and has also started two consumer internet start-ups. Brendan earned a B.A. in Finance from the University of Georgia.
What’s Hot in FinTech in 2018? FinTech Silicon Valley speakers weigh in #wotshot2018FinTech
What’s Hot in FinTech in 2018? FinTech Silicon Valley speakers weigh in: Dion Lisle, Capgemini; Orion Parrott, Lendsnap; Victoria Cheng, Citi Ventures; Stephen Bulfer, Streamloan; Aldo Carrascoso,Stealth AI+Healthcare Company then Pemo Theodore,FinTech Silicon Valley then Pierre Wolff, Tierion; Valerian Bennett,PopChest; Frederic Fortier, Enigma; Daniel Cawrey, Pactum Capital; Vitaly Bulatov, Drone Employee; Naddav Paran, TM Financial Forensics; Nadim Homsany, Earnup; Wayne Van Dyck, Repower Capital; Danielle Diebler, Compliance.ai; Jason Kumpf OFX Global Payments; Mark Crager, Next Stage Partners; Benjamin Lozano,True North Bus Exchange; Duncan Davidson, Bullpen Capital; Sean Bennett, Stronghold; Yoshi Yokokawa, Alpaca.
Future of Bitcoin experts #futurebitcoin
DISCUSSION: Morgan Rockwell, CEO Bitcoin Inc; Steve Beauregard, Chief Revenue Officer Bloq; Charlie Lee, Creator Litecoin; Margaux Avedisian, VP Transform PR; Austin Alexander, Lead Account Manager Kraken Digital Asset Exchange; MODERATOR: Mark Albertson, Silicon Valley journalist