description
Revolutionary technologies have greatly accelerated their pace in the last 20 years. From the Internet in the 1990’s, to social networks in the 2010’s, to mobile commerce and payments - and now Bitcoin. The Internet brought us eCommerce and information that are now at our fingertips with mobile devices and even beyond with the emergence of IoT protocols.
Social platforms have quickly created thriving news hubs and marketplaces by enabling instant, decentralized, peer to peer exchanges, connecting the world as never before. The internet has become a platform for innovation that we couldn’t have imagined at its advent, and Bitcoin’s underlying blockchain technology is considered by many to be the “Internet of money."
Bitcoin’s blockchain technology holds the potential to revolutionize the financial sector by transforming how we handle contracts, transactions and their documentation, and perform exchange of value between two non-trusting parties.
But how much truth and reality are behind these statements? That’s what we want to discuss in this event, bringing together thought leaders in the financial sector and Bitcoin industry.
This BayPay event will cover innovations and investments happening in the currencies, applications and platforms of the future and will highlight beyond Bitcoin the business opportunities and challenges in front of us.
agenda
Agenda
6:00 pm: Reception and Networking
6:30 pm: Introduction of speakers and companies’ vision
6:50 pm: Panel moderated by Paul Puey, CEO and Founder at Airbitz Inc. and with audience participation
David Ripley, Co-Founder and CEO at Glidera Inc.
Sarah Hody, Associate Counsel at Coinbase
Scott Bambacigno,Vice President, Worldwide at AlphaPoint
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8:45 pm: Wrap up and Networking
speakers
Panelists Bios
Paul Puey, CEO and Founder at Airbitz Inc
Paul is CEO and Co-Founder of Airbitz, a company with a vision of delivering privacy and security of digital assets through ease of use and decentralization. Airbitz has won accolades including being one of the top 3 mobile apps for bitcoin in the 2014 Blockchain Awards, being voted the #1 Bitcoin Company by the World Crypto Network, and being voted in the 'Top 50 FinTech Companies to Watch' by AlwaysOn Inc.
As an Electrical Engineering and Computer Science graduate of UC Berkeley, Paul possesses a wide range of technical skills from 3D visual engineering to development of custom web content management systems. He held lead engineering positions with Nvidia Corp and Chromatic Research. Most recently he owned and operated several non-technical small businesses where he implemented solutions to streamline the intersection of people, business, and technology.
Paul combines his lifelong technical and business experience to drive Airbitz to be the leading platform for digital currencies.
David Ripley, Co-Founder and CEO at Glidera Inc.
Dave Ripley is the Co-Founder and CEO of Glidera Inc., a digital currency venture with headquarters in Chicago, IL. Glidera offers a bridge to the existing financial system for digital currency developers. Using Glidera’s service, Bitcoin wallet and other application developers can directly integrate Bitcoin buy and sell services into their applications. End users can then easily obtain and convert Bitcoin using the wallet or application of their choice.
Dave brings more than 15 years of diverse business experience to Glidera. He has worked across multiple industries including technology and financial services. Most recently, as Principal for The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Dave advised C-level executive teams of Fortune 500 corporations. Previous to his time at BCG, Dave held roles in software engineering and product management with Syclo, a mobile enterprise software company (acquired by SAP in 2012).
Dave received his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern University) and his BS in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign).
Sarah Hody, Associate Counsel at Coinbase
Sarah is an attorney at Coinbase, a company which strives to make payments more open and efficient for the world by being the easiest, most trustworthy platform to buy, sell, and use bitcoin.
Prior to joining Coinbase, Sarah worked for two DC-based law firms, one a general practice firm, and the other a litigation shop which primarily represented financial institutions. Her affinity for entrepreneurship and financial innovation led Sarah to become increasingly interested in the practical and legal complications surrounding mainstream adoption and use of bitcoin. Sarah had started a solo practice in San Francisco, with a focus on supporting clients in the cryptocurrency space, before she joined Coinbase in 2014.
Sarah graduated from George Mason University School of Law and holds licenses to practice California and Virginia.
Scott Bambacigno, Vice President, Worldwide Sales at AlphaPoint
Scott is a Vice President and a founding team member at AlphaPoint, a white label exchange platform for digital currency businesses. Bitcoin and altcoin exchanges all over the world have launched leveraging the AlphaPoint platform, helping people globally adopt digital currencies.
Prior to AlphaPoint, Scott invested 10 years at 3 Silicon Valley software companies. Scott has also founded and served as CEO of two coffee companies, one focused on importation and distribution of green coffee, and, the second which created and distributed retail products.
Scott is also a past board member of the San Francisco Italian Athletic Club and active member of the San Francisco Little Italy, Telegraph Hill community.
bios and presentations
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