Charlie Wilson Chief Revenue Officer Green Bits, the leading retail management and automatic compliance platform for the legal cannabis industry where he leads business development, sales, marketing, and customer success. Charlie has served in leadership roles at numerous leading technology, payments and commerce companies for more than 20 years. He spent nearly half that time at Visa, the world’s largest payment network, where he led the company’s ecommerce initiatives, including Visa’s $2 billion acquisition of merchant services provider CyberSource in 2010. Before joining Green Bits, Charlie was founder and CEO of Commerce Sync, a venture-backed provider of accounting automation services for small businesses. He has also held executive roles at Green Dot, a publicly traded provider of general purpose reloadable prepaid cards, and served as President and CEO of IP Commerce, a venture-backed provider of merchant payments services. Charlie earned a B.S.E in Industrial Engineering at Arizona State University and an M.S. in Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University.
Interviews
Stacey Jackson General Counsel Golden Bear Insurance Company #greenfintech
Stacey Jackson General Counsel Golden Bear Insurance Company and M.J. Hall & Company, Inc. She began her legal career as a prosecutor for the San Joaquin County District Attorney’s office before becoming a civil litigator. She was partner in the civil defense firm of Thayer, Harvey, Gregerson, Hedberg and Jackson and represented insureds throughout California before coming to “the Bear.” Stacey represents Golden Bear as an active member of PADIC- Pacific Association of Domestic Insurance Companies. Stacey also holds a Master’s Degree in English and a teaching credential from the University of the Pacific. On point with the coming presentation, Stacey was instrumental in drafting coverage for the Cannabis package policy offered by Golden Bear. It is the only admitted cannabis product in the State of California.
Mark Denzin, President Crypto Value Management System #greenfintech
Mark Denzin President Crypto Value Management System. Mark and his team have created a propriety blockchain utility token called ICCE which stands for Instate Crypto Commodity Exchange. This was created for the Cannabis Business by offering banking and B2B transactions that is FinCEN and AML compliant. Crypto Cowboy is a fully turnkey vertical solutions provider to make your coin or token business come alive. From Pre-design, Business Plan & Requirements, Development, Deployment, Support, Legal Guidance and Marketing, our team takes full ownership of your offering and ensures it is managed, maintained, and adheres to all regulatory requirements to ensure your success. Mark has a long history in merger and acquisitions in technology over his 20 years building and operating companies such as Godaddy.com, Endurance International and Newtek Business Services who experienced tremendous success by rapidly implementing marketing, sales, fundraising and acquisition strategies for product and service firms. He has helped companies win with customer excellence and execution on product business strategies to drive success.
Susan Mason CoFounding Partner Aligned Partners #aifintech
Susan Mason CoFounding Partner Aligned Partners Susan has over 25 years of operating management and venture capital experience. Aligned Partners is an early stage venture capital firm focused on investing in capital efficient start-ups in the enterprise space. Prior to Aligned Partners, she was a General Partner with ONSET Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm with $600 million under management.Susan specializes in investing in the information technology area, specifically communications, security and financial technology.As an investor and board member, Susan has played a pivotal role in the development of companies including Securent (acqd CSCO), Alteon (IPO), Gadzoox (IPO), SilverTail Systems (acqd EMC), Omney (acqd MA), and many others. Prior to entering venture capital investing, she held positions in high-technology engineering, marketing and business development.She led a highly successful consulting practice, helping Fortune 1000 corporations capitalize on emerging markets and technologies.Early in her career, she held positions in marketing and engineering design of high-performance systems and microprocessors for Fujitsu Microelectronics, Fairchild Semiconductor and NCR Microelectronics. Susan received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Colorado and an M.B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles.She is a regular guest speaker on entrepreneurial topics at Stanford University, UCLA and many of the local events in Silicon Valley. She is a founding boardmember of the Center for Venture Education, which operates the Kauffman Fellows Program.She has served as its Chairman and continues to serve on the board as Chair Emeritus.