Wayne Van Dyck, CEO RepowerCapital began his career as an investment banker, venture capitalist and turnaround specialist with the Wall Street firm of DLJ (Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette). Then became the founder/CEO of the first utility wind energy developer, Windfarms Ltd. (Windfarms was backed by Chevron, had a staff of 60 and developed 2,000MW of projects for Hawaiian Electric, PG&E, SoCalEdison and the Bonneville Power Adm.) He was Chairman/CEO of the San Francisco/Moscow Teleport and brought the first 500 lines of direct dial telecom services into Moscow. He was founder and CEO of Employment Inc. and Six Degrees Media Inc.
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Kumar Gaurav, Founder Cashaa #blockchaindisruption
Kumar Gaurav, Founder Cashaa is a serial entrepreneur who has been in the blockchain space for the past few years and has been responsible for building some of the today’s most exciting fintech businesses. Currently, he is the Vice President of Innovation for Responsible Gold LLC (Formed by Perkins Coie, Yamana Gold, FTI & de Jong Capital). Kumar is also the Chairman of Auxesis Group; India’s first and leading blockchain innovation company from IIT Bombay. He also founded Cashaa, a blockchain based money transfer platform which enables users to send cash without any fee and with best FX rate. Before he moved into the world of financial technology, he delivered innovative systems for luxury automobile brands like BMW and Ferrari. During his time in Italy, he also co-founded Darwinsurance, the first Italian peer-to-peer insurance company based in Milan.
Vitaly Bulatov, CoFounder Drone Employee #blockchaindisruption
Vitaly Bulatov, CoFounder Drone Employee, focuses on business development and partnerships and is responsible for the market vision of Drone Employee. He landed the first client for the company within “action sport filming” market niche and continues to build customer acquisition pipeline. Prior to Drone Employee Vitaly worked as a business analyst at J’son & Partners Consulting, top technology consulting firm in Russia, developing financial and business models for startups. He also advised startups in Russia and Bay Area about their business strategy. Vitaly holds a Masters Degree in Marketing from Hult International Business School and a B.S. in Economics.
Sankaet Pathak, Founder/CEO Synapse #blockchaindisruption
Sankaet Pathak, Founder/CEO Synapse completed a Master’s in computer 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.