Carla Carriveau, former Senior Counsel SEC She is a Securities & Regulatory Affairs attorney. She currently serves as Senior Managing Counsel at a robo-advisor in Redwood City, California. Carla was previously Senior Counsel at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission serving in a number of capacities including as a top government affairs aide to former SEC Chair Mary Jo White. During her tenure with the SEC, she led teams in the FinTech space with respect to policy, rulemakings, and market operations and advised as to the potential application of securities regulations to virtual currency.
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Tony Lai, CoFounder Legal.io #cryptolaw
Tony Lai, CoFounder Legal.io Tony is a Silicon Valley based entrepreneur and legal informatics researcher at Stanford Law School, where he co-chairs the Blockchain Group. As the CEO and Co-Founder of Legal.io, Tony leads a team of lawyers, engineers, and designers building and deploying A.I., blockchain, and customer experience solutions for the legal industry. Prior to his time in Silicon Valley, Tony practiced law for 5 years in the London and Hong Kong offices of Herbert Smith, advising companies, public sector bodies and charities on regulatory, transactional and IP issues. In 2017, Tony was appointed for a 3 year term to the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services. Tony holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees from Oxford University, and graduated from Stanford University with a Masters in Law, Science and Technology.
Seth Spalding, Sector Portfolio Manager Passport Capital #cryptohedgefunds
Seth Spalding, Sector Portfolio Manager Passport Capital Mr. Spalding is a Sector Portfolio Manager in the technology sector at Passport Capital. Mr. Spalding joined the firm in 2003 from Goldman Sachs where he was a Vice President. Previously he was a Director of Research at Epoch Partners. Earlier he worked as a Research Analyst at C.E. Unterberg Towbin and the Gartner Group. Mr. Spalding graduated from Stanford University where he earned an A.B. in Human Biology.
Michael Feng, CEO CoinAlpha #cryptohedgefunds
Michael Feng, CEO CoinAlpha, a platform that makes digital currency investing less volatile, secure and accessible to all, using artificial intelligence and blockchain technology. Prior to CoinAlpha, Michael was co-founder and CEO of doxIQ, a venture-backed startup that utilized computer vision to extract structured data from PDFs. In 2015, doxIQ was acquired by Nitro, a leading PDF software company. After the acquisition, he led product management at Nitro. Previously, Michael was an investment banker at JPMorgan and Citigroup. Michael has a MS in Management Science from Stanford University and a BS in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania.