Raghu Rao
VP of Business Development, PeerNova
Raghu is responsible for all business development and sales activities at PeerNova. Raghu has over 25 years of business development, sales, and marketing experience at multiple technology companies in systems, hardware, and software. Raghu has had long stints leading Europe/Middle East field operations teams out of London and Asia/Pac operations out of Tokyo. Raghu’s prior stints include Zenverge, Marvell, and Conexant.
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Oct 10, 2019
06:00 PM
Opening Remarks
Emmanuel Aidoo
Head of Digital Assets Market, Credit Suisse
Emmanuel Aidoo is Head of Digital Asset Markets at Credit Suisse. He is responsible for leading the bank’s distributed ledger technology efforts for the Global Markets division. Emmanuel joined Donaldson Lufkin and Jenrette in 1997 from Caspian Securities as the EMEA IT Head for Emerging Markets. He remained with CS after DLJ was acquired in August 2000, and has held a variety of senior roles including Global Head of Debt Capital Markets Technology, Global Head of Leverage Finance Technology, and Global Head of Solutions Delivery before leading Credit Suisse’s distributed ledger technology efforts since 2014.He is Chair of SIFMA’s Blockchain Round Table and a Board Member of the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance. Emmanuel studied Computer Science at Brunel University in West London.
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Oct 10, 2019
07:00 PM
Fireside Chat: Digital Transformation of the Financial Industry – Data, DLT, and Tokenization
Gangesh Ganesan
Founder and CEO, PeerNova
Gangesh Ganesan is a co-founder of PeerNova and serves as its President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Ganesan is a sought-after, inspirational thought-leader and frequent speaker at blockchain technology conferences. He is an experienced technologist and entrepreneur and has worked in senior management, technical, marketing and product-management roles in many prominent companies in the semiconductor, cloud, and software industries. Before founding PeerNova, Mr. Ganesan worked on streaming real-time applications in Big Data platforms like Hadoop. The company, Locomatix, was acquired by Twitter and the platform open-sourced as Heron. Prior to that, Mr. Ganesan was President and CEO of Ubicom, a network processor company that was acquired by Qualcomm. Mr. Ganesan has over two decades of experience in networking, deep-packet inspection and distributed systems. Prior to joining Ubicom, Mr. Ganesan served as Director of Strategic Marketing for Marvell Semiconductor and as Director of Marketing for TCAMs and Networking Search Engines at Cypress Semiconductor. Mr. Ganesan started his career as an ASIC designer and Systems Architect at the Telex communications division of Bosch Communications. Mr. Ganesan has an MBA and an MS, both from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, and a BE from College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai, in India.
Sessions by this speaker
Oct 10, 2019
07:00 PM
Fireside Chat: Digital Transformation of the Financial Industry – Data, DLT, and Tokenization
Navid Jafari
Director of Marketing & Communications, PeerNova
Navid has 16+ years of marketing experience as a vital member of the leadership teams of many startups and midsize companies in Silicon Valley. He has successfully built many brands in a variety of industries. He combines sound marketing strategy, superior design, and the awesome power of technology to create and execute successful marketing plans that deliver results. Since 2015, he has served as the head of marketing at PeerNova, where he has been responsible for formulating and executing all branding and marketing strategies. He has helped shape and position PeerNova as a global leader in blockchain and DLT in the financial industry. Before PeerNova, Navid led as the Global Director of Marketing and Communications at UWR, SemiEng, and Open-Silicon. Prior to that, Navid managed a full-service boutique marketing and design agency with clients mostly in the technology, healthcare, and semiconductor industries.
Sessions by this speaker
Oct 10, 2019
07:00 PM
Fireside Chat: Digital Transformation of the Financial Industry – Data, DLT, and Tokenization
Radhika Iyengar-Emens
Founding Partner, StarChain Ventures
Radhika Iyengar-Emens is a TEDx speaker, a Silicon Valley Woman of Influence, author, a serial entrepreneur and an expert in blockchain and healthcare. She is a Founding Partner of StarChain Ventures, which is focused on enterprise blockchain solutions and foundational blockchain technology. Radhika is also Managing Partner of DoubleNova Group, a Silicon Valley-based blockchain advisory that advises tech clients on the implementation of blockchain technology. Radhika has spoken at 45+ blockchain speaking engagements in 2018 and presented 10 keynotes. She has been a keynote and panel speaker at Stanford University, Google, UCLA and UC Berkeley, has been featured in radio shows, podcasts and keynoted prominent blockchain and healthcare conferences in Silicon Valley and internationally. She has produced various blockchain hackathons to help build the blockchain technology developer community. She advises Fortune 100 companies on blockchain business strategy and ecosystem building. She is also on the Advisory Board of ELEV8, a leading blockchain global conference platform. Multilingual in 9 languages, Radhika is an advisor to top blockchain startups and digital health companies globally. She is an expert in Silicon Valley fundraising, international expansion and business acceleration. She has raised $100M+ as an advisor and through acceleration programs. She is also an advisor to governments and has setup and run accelerators and US market access programs for top startups from Europe and Latin America. Radhika is a passionate advocate for women in technology and diversity, an active speaker on women in blockchain panels and at global women's conference. She is an Advisory Board Member at Women in Technology International (WITI) and the former president of her alma mater’s Northern California Alumni Club. She holds an A.B. from Bryn Mawr College, an MBA from Chapman University and is a Certified Network Engineer (CNE).
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Oct 10, 2019
07:30 PM
Closing Remarks and Networking
Daniela Barbosa (M)
VP, Worldwide Alliances, Linux Foundation
Daniela Barbosa serves as Vice President of World Wide Alliances for Hyperledger, where she is responsible for the full lifecycle management of Hyperledger’s membership community while overseeing the broader industry and business community outreach and network growth. Daniela has developed and led growth and innovation strategies for more than 18 years with a background working with financial services, media, and enterprise software. Daniela has led both partnerships and alliances teams as well as marketing and has been responsible for driving global partnerships, OEM integrations, market leadership, and global brand awareness.
Sessions by this speaker
Oct 10, 2019
06:15 PM
Panel: How Blockchain-Based Data Integrity Can Mitigate Operational Risks And Costs
Erika Lunceford
Former Lead, Silicon Valley Innovation Center at BNY Mellon
Erika Lunceford was previously a lead at BNY Mellon’s Silicon Valley Innovation Center, connecting business problems, people, clients, and solutions globally. These solutions included legacy integrations with APIs, Scaled Data Solutions, and Machine Learning and Data Science. During her time at BNY Mellon, she advocated for ways of working differently by connecting and curating teams earlier in the process and using tools like a well defined Business Architecture. Her marquee project was contributing to the Tri-Party Repo Infrastructure Reform as the Technology Program Manager, working across the organization and participating in the Operating Committee with the regulator, clients, investors, and consultants to create a new settlement model.
Sessions by this speaker
Oct 10, 2019
06:15 PM
Panel: How Blockchain-Based Data Integrity Can Mitigate Operational Risks And Costs
Jeremy Smith
CTO, Medici Ventures
Jeremy Smith has over two decades of experience building enterprise software solutions and development teams. Mr. Smith co-founded an insurance data consulting company, Castle Inspection Service ("CIS"), with an emphasis on technologies that help insurance carriers make better underwriting and loss control decisions. Serving as the Vice President of Information Systems, Mr. Smith led the technology efforts that scaled the company from a start-up to the point of providing national coverage. CIS was sold to a private equity firm and later to a publicly traded company, EXL Services.
Mr. Smith joined Medici Ventures in 2018 and focused on coaching development teams on delivering blockchain-related software. He has worked with the teams to adopt strong practices in prioritizing business value and delivering product features to production.
Sessions by this speaker
Oct 10, 2019
06:15 PM
Panel: How Blockchain-Based Data Integrity Can Mitigate Operational Risks And Costs
Jorden Woods (M)
Founding Partner, StarChain Ventures
Jorden Woods is a Founding Partner of StarChain Ventures, a VC fund focused on foundational blockchain technologies and enterprise blockchain solutions. He is a successful 3-time serial entrepreneur with exits and a pioneer in decentralized technology and globalization strategy. Jorden is also a Managing Partner at DoubleNova Group, a blockchain advisory based in Silicon Valley.
Jorden is a successful 3-time serial entrepreneur with exits and a pioneer in decentralized technology and globalization strategy. He is a Founding Partner of StarChain Ventures, a venture studio focused on solving significant global challenges with advanced technology solutions. Jorden is also a Managing Partner at DoubleNova Group, a boutique management consulting firm based in Silicon Valley. Jorden has raised over $48 million from top tier Silicon Valley and global investors for his own companies and an additional $150 million for advised startups. He has also generated millions of dollars in revenue and expanded startups both nationally and internationally. Jorden is an expert in enterprise blockchain (Author of Enterprise Blockchain Has Arrived), fundraising, startup acceleration, and global entrepreneurship. He has been an invited guest speaker at Stanford University, Google, UC Berkeley, and leading blockchain and AI conferences in Silicon Valley. Jorden holds a BS in astrophysics from Caltech and an MS in physics from University of Washington.
Sessions by this speaker
Oct 10, 2019
06:15 PM
Panel: How Blockchain-Based Data Integrity Can Mitigate Operational Risks And Costs
Murat Akdeniz
DLT Product Manager, PeerNova
Murat is the DLT Product Manager at PeerNova, where he leads blockchain efforts and plans their integration with existing systems. Prior to becoming a PM at PeerNova, Murat founded an Ethereum Wallet startup that leverages Smart Contracts to create social funds. Previously, Murat was a PM at JP Morgan's Intelligent Solutions division working on Big Data products, and at Citi working on a passwordless authentication system. Murat has an MBA from Cornell Tech and is passionate about innovation in financial technology.
Sessions by this speaker
Oct 10, 2019
06:15 PM
Panel: How Blockchain-Based Data Integrity Can Mitigate Operational Risks And Costs