Mike Belshe CEO Bitgo & is a veteran technologist and inventor of the multi-signature protocols used at BitGo. Prior to BitGo, Mike worked at Google on the founding team of Google Chrome and was the inventor of SPDY (which has now become HTTP/2.0). Prior to that he co-founded Lookout Software, an email search company acquired by Microsoft. He holds a C.S. degree from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. He is the inventor of over 10 technology patents.
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Mason Borda, CTO/CoFounder GenLife #chinafintech
Mason Borda CTO/CoFounder Gen Life, a digital insurance startup based in Hong Kong and Palo Alto, focused on bringing blockchain and AI to the insurance industry. He is a blockchain technology professional with a record of building and scaling innovative technologies. Mason speaks to and advises Fortune 500 enterprises on many aspects of blockchain solutions, including architecture, security, and scalability.
Cathryn Chen, CEO/CoFounder MarketX #chinafintech
Cathryn Chen CEO/CoFounder MarketX. MarketX is an online investment management platform helping connect a generation of mass affluent investors with alternative financial products and independent wealth managers. We offer a spectrum of investment products from single house lending projects, car & consumer luxury goods loans, to pre-IPO company shares in high growth technology companies. We are the first online platform to facilitate direct investments in alternative financial markets between the U.S. and Asia. Previously, Cathryn worked at Deutsche Bank, Rothschild in London, and JP Morgan in Hong Kong, where she contributed to dozens of IPOs and private placements including Alibaba and Xiaomi. Prior to the Twitter and Alibaba IPOs, she witnessed first-hand the pent up demand for pre-IPO shares which led her to found MarketX. She also worked at EverString, an ad-tech startup backed by Lightspeed and Sequoia, bringing predictive analytics to sales & marketing at Fortune500 enterprises. In college, she co-founded MoneyThink LA, a White House-recognized, 501(c)3 non-profit that provides financial education to urban high school students. Cathryn graduated from UCLA and the London School of Economics.
Vivek Ganesan, CoFounder Zyudly Labs #cybersecurity
Vivek Ganesan, CoFounder Zyudly Labs, is a seasoned technologist with a strong background in big data and analytics. He has worked in applying Big Data and Analytics to deliver business value in the Financial Services and Cybersecurity domains. He has more than 20 years of experience in applying analytics and data-driven thinking to solving security problems. Vivek has worked on complex data security solutions at Cisco as well as driving analytics and cloud security solutions at Intuit. He has also applied his hands-on data-centric skills to good use at several consumer startups such as FanIQ, ListenLogic, and Syfto. He is currently serving as the co-founder and CEO of Zyudly Labs which is building a data-driven deep learning solution to discover data breaches and improve network security for the financial services industry.