Our 2018 Presenters & Panelists
Take a look at who joined us for our Blockchain Media Summit last year!
SOLOMON LEDERERSolomon Lederer PhD, received his doctorate in distributed and ad-hoc sensor networks where he came up with novel ways for networks to self organize. He went on to apply his research into developing new wireless networks for the U.S. Air Force. He has been teaching about blockchain and Ethereum for 3 years and recently co-authored Blockchain: A Practical Guide to Developing Business, Law, and Technology Solutions.
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JOHN CRAINJohn is the CEO and Co-Founder of SuperRare, an Ethereum based platform and community of creatives and collectors. He focused on fostering a community that empowers creators, supports true data ownership, and helps people understand crypto currencies.
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MARCELO FLEITASMarcelo has been a professional recruiter for over 18 years. Beginning in 1998, he has served the placement needs of fortune 100 and tech startups. Concentrating primarily on high technology and software engineering, he has earned a deep knowledge of emerging technologies and strong industry loyalty around his ability to identify, screen and place the best and brightest engineers. Marcelo founded the recruiting and consulting agency (Ubergig) in 2009, placing hundreds of technology professionals while maintaining profitability since year one. In 2017, Marcelo co-founded, Ascension Protocol, to help the evolution of humanity through the education and use of Distributed Ledger Technology. Prior to his career in technology, Marcelo worked in private wealth management, where he raised and managed over ten million dollars through private placements and IPO’s. Born in Uruguay, Marcelo has lived in New York since the age of three and attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for Computer Science. Marcelo is an avid downhill skier and chess enthusiast. When he is not engaged with his clients, Marcelo spends his time playing chess with his son.
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JESSE GRUSHACKJesse is a graduate from Union College with a dual degree in Computer Science and Economics. Jesse began his career in the music industry at ID&T North America where he spent two months as the managing director of marketing for TomorrowWorld and then as the managing director of Cashless payments at SFX Entertainment conducting research into the future of visitor event identification. In the beginning of 2015, Jesse joined ConsenSys and started working on Ujo Music. Jesse has spoken at conferences and events around the world including SXSW, The Golden Melody Awards in Taiwan, Blockchain Valley in Switzerland, and more. Additionally, Jesse is also a co-creator of Ethereal as he understands the importance of bridging the digital/physical boundaries and providing meaningful experiences.
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G. THOMAS ESMAYG. Thomas Esmay serves as the Director of Business Development at SingularDTV, a blockchain entertainment studio. Esmay is a New York-based filmmaker & educator. He has worked on a variety of documentaries, live broadcasts, and short films, including the Susan Sarandon-produced BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY; BBC Politics’ live coverage of the 2015 UK general election, and a sci-fi short shot entirely in an abandoned nuclear power plant. Prior to his career in entertainment, Esmay taught mathematics. Esmay most recently worked at a large talent agency, but left to join the blockchain revolution and bring the transparency and logic of mathematics to the entertainment industry.
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KHUSHNUDA SHUKUROVAKhushnuda Shukurova is a filmmaker, working in both documentary and fiction, with a strong interest in human rights driven stories. She was born and raised in Tajikistan and is now based in New York City. Shukurova earned a Master of Arts in Media Studies from The New School University and a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts: Radio and Television from the School of Journalism at The University of Montana. She has directed and produced award winning short narrative and documentary films, which have screened in multiple film festivals, and some of which have also aired on television; her short documentary film, Nadira, aired on BBC Persia, which has over million viewers around the world. Shukurova has also worked at The National Geographic Society in Washington DC as a Video Editor. Multiple feature-length and short documentary films that she worked on were aired on PBS Montana, including Cannabusiness, which received the Mark of Excellence Award from the Society of Professional Journalists. Shukurova is finishing her short film, Detained, which was funded by SingularDTV's Tokit, a platform built on blockchain technology.
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LEO MADRIDLeo E. Madrid is an award winning technology installation and conceptual artist, inventor, renegade theoretical physicist, Alchemist, fine art curator, former US Navy Surface Warfare Specialist, slayer of the paradox and defender of our Universe. While preparing to curate an exhibit and researching the nature of consciousness, specifically how creativity & inspiration work synaptically to create art movements, he developed a verifiable and unified Theory of Time, Consciousness and Quantum Mechanics, which was published and presented at the 2016 Science and Nonduality Conference. Utilizing the two major concepts illustrated in his theory, ‘Anthromurmuration’ and ‘Spatial Relativity’, he is building a Nondeterministic Artificial Intelligence Platform for artists and collectors, with a neurolace network utilizing biodynamic quantum computing. He will be discussing the various ways Blockchain technologies may play a role and interface with cross-platform quantum computers to provide the mechanism for people to connect with works of art in a deeper and more meaningful way.
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MONIKA PROFFITTMonika Proffitt is a professional speaker, writer, and social entrepreneur. As an expert in the blockchain space and several time founder, Monika has developed the business acumen over the last two decades to bring a high level of clarity, focus, and sustainability to every project she is a part of. As a speaker and author, Monika explains, in simple, easy to digest terms, the fundamentals of blockchain technology, cryptocurrency, and “tokenomics” and their growing impact on the global economy. You can find out more in her latest book, Blockchain 101: Fundamentals of a New Economy.
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JOSEPH SANDERSJoseph is the Director of Data Systems for the Beginning with Children Foundation. Joseph has over fifteen years working as an IT profession. Prior to BwC, Joseph worked in the real-time market data division for both Thomson/ILX Systems and Digital Equipment Corporation developing UNIX based automating tools that were deployed in operations and software quality assurance. His interest in block chaining took hold after attending a couple of events at Coinspace back in 2016. At that time, like so many other people, cryptocurrency was his focus. After learning that the distributed database blockchain is the technology underpinning cryptocurrency Joseph’s interest expanded to include blockchain. In between working and conducting research in Educational Datamining for his doctorates, at Pace University, he has completed several Ethereum developer workshops and numerous talks sponsored by Blockmatics highlighting various blockchain use cases.
Joseph is a certified New York State mathematics teacher and graduated from Pratt Institute with a Bachelors’ Degree in Electrical Engineering and holds a M.A. in Mathematics Education from Adelphi University. He is also a member of the WNET| Thirteen Educational Advisory Services Committee. Joseph has also been certified to produce TV content for the BRIC network. |
DUSTIN JACKSONDustin is an IBM Blockchain Foundation Developer and Founder of CaymanCoin, Inc. In this role, Dustin coordinates with a team of industry experts providing all aspects of digital asset (Token) creation, including the various Blockchain aspects therein. A big believer in Blockchain Technology, Dustin supports Blockchain Innovation, and is known in his hometown as somewhat of a Blockchain Evangelist. Dustin has more than 5 years of cryptocurrency experience, starting out with building personal crypto mining solutions, using RaspberryPi single-board computers, and off-the-shelf ASIC miners. He has also taught students as young as ten years old, to build their own personal cryptocurrency miners as summer projects. Before creating Atlas Systems (Honduras) SA, in 2012, Dustin worked for 9 years at diverse, and highly respected organizations in the Cayman Islands. These include Fiderus (Cayman) Ltd, and renowned international firms such as Appleby, and Walkers. In this role, Dustin was responsible for Network Systems and Information Technology Support. Dustin is also the creator of the Atlas OS, a Linux-based operating system which was initially created for education purposes, but can now also serve as a sandboxed, highly-secure Operating System, on which to carry out cryptocurrency transactions, and personal alt-coin mining.
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Our Board Members
Larry Banks
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Zalika Scott
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George Blanck
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SANVIKI CHAPMAN
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DENNIS O'CONNELL
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JOHN MICHAEL REEFER
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TONY DOFAT
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