Ken DeLeon Founder DeLeon Realty. Ken was a scholar – he has a degree in mathematics and economics, and graduated from Berkeley Law. Ken was a lawyer – he practiced law at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, one of the nation’s most prestigious law firms and the largest firm in Silicon Valley. Ken is a real estate rockstar – it took him less than ten years to skyrocket from a brand new agent to one of the country’s best and most successful, with over $275 million in sales in 2011 alone. In June 2012, the Wall Street Journal and REAL Trends, Inc. announced that Ken DeLeon was the nation’s #1 real estate agent out of over 1.2 million agents, the only agent in Silicon Valley to ever be ranked the nation’s top agent. Ken and his team sold over $330 million in 2013 and over $550 million in 2014, and he regularly appeared in newscasts and storied in national shows and publications.
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Jason Kumpf, Dir Strategic Partnerships OFX Global Payments
Jason Kumpf Director Strategic Partnerships OFX Global Payments. He works with Global Fortune 1000 Groups and other alliance partners that have member companies, employees or readers that are transacting globally to improve their international business using the leading fin-tech systems. For the last 4 years Jason has helped OFX grow its partnership and clients base in the US and abroad, arranging partnerships with major media groups, technology, accounting and real estate firms. Previous to OFX, he was VP of Institutional Sales for a Bitcoin Crypto Currency Exchange. Before that, Jason was a key team member, reporting directly to the CEO, of a once junior wireless company assisting it to quickly grow to over a billion dollars in revenue. With experience at Global Fortune 100 to start ups, he has led a diverse set of important initiatives resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue and transactions. His entrepreneurial curiosity and persistence leads to implementing exciting new ideas for growth. He also takes time to be an advisor to growth companies. Jason has been quoted in CNN Money, Fox News and is asked to speak on international business, accelerating growth, real estate and emerging opportunities.
Vinny Lingham, CoFounder/CEO Civic.com #internetmoney
Vinny Lingham, CoFounder/CEO Civic.com. He is a serial entrepreneur who previously founded the digital gift card platform, Gyft, which was acquired by First Data Corporation in 2014. After over a decade of experience in e-commerce, he realized that no-one had a universal solution to tackle identity fraud for consumers.
Tim Swanson, Dir Market Research R3 #internetmoney
Tim Swanson, Dir Market Research R3 is a thought-leader in the blockchain community and author of three books. Currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Tim has worked in East Asia for more than six years and is a fellow at Singapore University of Social Sciences and previously was a fellow at the Sim Kee Boon Institute at Singapore Management University. He was the first advisor at Hyperledger (prior to its acquisition by Digital Asset), an advisor at Clearmatics.