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Blockchain Pro Podcast

Blockchain Pro Podcast

By Adriana Belotti

In this podcast, Adriana Belotti interviews people experimenting with and building new products using blockchain and DLT technologies. They are developers, marketers, business developers, accountants, founders, researchers and more. Each episode tells someone story, in a chat about their journey down the crypto rabbit hole, how did they first learn about it and what they are currently working on. In 2022, Adriana joined the team at Algorand Foundation and this podcast continues to be independently produced. #blockchain #crypto #blockchainpro #blockchainpropodcast
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#56 - Harry Papacharissiou

#56 - Harry Papacharissiou

Welcome to the blockchain pro podcast, I'm Adriana Belotti and today I'm chatting to Harry Papacharissiou about blockchain development, taking the time to switch gears and creating cool prototypes for hackathons.
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#55 - Jemma Xu

#55 - Jemma Xu

Welcome to episode 55 with Jemma Xu. In this episode, Adriana and Jemma chat about evaluating projects for investing (not financial advice), what to do during the bear market, Jemma's investment pillars and more.
Mar 30, 202235:09
#54 - Mark Staples

#54 - Mark Staples

Welcome to episode 54 with Mark Staples, Senior Principal Researcher at Data 61. In this episode, Adriana and Mark discuss researching blockchain technology, the role research plays with government and industry and what Mark has identified as the "three blockchain adoption paradoxes".
Mar 14, 202224:32
#53 Rob Allen

#53 Rob Allen

Welcome to Episode 53 with Rob Allen of the HBAR Foundation, where we discuss why blockchains needs to talk to each other (what we call interoperability) to truly unlock web3's potential.
Feb 28, 202246:15
#52 - Chris Were

#52 - Chris Were

In this episode, Adriana chats to Chris Were, founder and CEO of Verida, about how his professional life happened to follow the evolution of the internet, and the role of web3 in the future of technology.
Feb 14, 202229:01
#51 - Vanessa Lee-Ah Mat

#51 - Vanessa Lee-Ah Mat

In this episode, Adriana and Vanessa discuss the role of a cultural broker, the importance of educating all sides about cultural differences, as well as Vanessa's journey in discovering crypto through NFTs and how her latest project aims to change the lives of communities through fairer art deals.
Feb 01, 202221:44
#50 - AJ Milne

#50 - AJ Milne

Welcome to episode 50 with AJ Milne. In this episode Adriana and AJ discuss issues founders face when starting blockchain businesses, Algorand's advantage, our social and environmental responsibilities, Algomint's roadmap and more.
Dec 16, 202128:56
#49 - Michael Bacina

#49 - Michael Bacina

Welcome to Episode 49 with Michael Bacina. In this episode, Adriana and Michael talk about the evolution of crypto legislation, the latest Australian regulatory recommendations, why crypto is bad for criminals and more.
Nov 30, 202135:58
#48 - Caroline Bowler

#48 - Caroline Bowler

Welcome to episode 48 with Caroline Bowler. In this episode, Adriana and Caroline talk about how a financial markets career can be a good springboard for crypto, about crypto regulation and the Australia Senate recent hearings, what you need to be good at to work in crypto and more. Bio - Caroline Bowler is CEO of BTC Markets, based in Melbourne. Caroline has worked in Financial Services since 2004, originally in stockbroking and investment banking. Caroline began directly advocating for our industry in 2015, founding the first FinTech & Blockchain-focused communications agency in Asia. Connect with Caroline Twitter https://twitter.com/carobowler LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolinebowler/ Connect with Adriana Twitter https://twitter.com/nonfungibleab LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianabelotti/ Blockchain Pro podcast Twitter https://twitter.com/blockchainpro_ Website https://blockchainpropodcast.com
Nov 12, 202143:26
#47 - Bilal Brahim

#47 - Bilal Brahim

Welcome to Episode 47 with Bilal Brahim. In this episode, Adriana and Bilal discuss the life of a philosophy teach turned blockchain advocate, how deeply connecting with other humans can sometimes sprout great innovation, even in the most basic of human endeavours.
Oct 27, 202130:20
#46 Dr Jane Thomason

#46 Dr Jane Thomason

Welcome to episode 46 with Dr Jane Thomason. In this episode, Adriana and Jane chat about Jane's humanitarian work, the fact the lots of people in the blockchain tech community deeply care about solving challenges for the underprivileged, one of these challenges being the costs of implementing tech solutions and how newer blockchains are tackling them, network effects and tribalism, inequity and more.
Oct 09, 202132:07
#45 - Arthur Falls

#45 - Arthur Falls

Welcome to episode 45 with Arthur Falls. Arthur's podcasts were my inspiration to go on this journey and in this episode, we chat about all the different jobs that lead Arthur to finding his "calling" in this brave new world of decentralised applications. We also talk about Dfinity's Internet Computer, how it works and how we can use it to deploy all kings of applications.
Sep 20, 202127:38
#44 - Rob Morris

#44 - Rob Morris

Welcome to episode 44 with Rob Morris. In this episode, Adriana and Rob chat about his eagerness to leave high school and start "real life", bitcoin in the early days and how it has evolved in the past decade, what we can do to work together and solve that many problems facing our species and more.
Sep 01, 202132:20
#43 - Byron Goldberg

#43 - Byron Goldberg

Welcome to Episode 43 with Byron Goldberg. In this episode, Adriana and Byron discuss how to start working in crypto (just make a start!), the challenges of launching a business to a new market and the dangers of hurried regulation.
Aug 17, 202135:02
#42 - Natasha Blycha

#42 - Natasha Blycha

Welcome to episode 42 with Natasha Blycha. In this chat, Adriana and Natasha talk about the challenges of bridging the real and digital worlds in this new age of metaverse spaces and digital twins. Some of the themes are how to navigate innovation to help others understand new paradigms risks and opportunities, what is "jurisdiction shopping", smart legal contracts, DAOs and more.
Jul 31, 202129:22
#41 - Jake Denny

#41 - Jake Denny

Welcome to Episode 41. In this episode, Adriana and Jake chat about Jake's career in the music industry and how he transitioned to work with digital and web, seeing early on how these technologies would affect the music industry. When discovering Ethereum in 2016, Jake rapidly went from being "digital obsessed" to being "Ethereum obsessed" and continues to face his challenges head on, but with hard work and humility.
Jul 13, 202143:32
#40 - Gendry Morales

#40 - Gendry Morales

Welcome to Episode 40. In this episode Adriana chats to Gendry Morales, a software engineer who early on saw the power of mixing code and art, using smart contracts and the Ethereum blockchain. In this episode we discuss choosing a career in tech, the evolution of smart contracts, what's an NFT and more.
Jun 21, 202129:42
#39 - Michael Cotton

#39 - Michael Cotton

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Welcome to Episode 39. In this episode, Adriana chats with Michael Cotton, CEO of Meld Gold about his experience with creating tokens backed by precious metals, starting with gold and silver with others to follow.
May 18, 202130:33
#38 - Greg Valles

#38 - Greg Valles

Welcome to episode 38 with Greg Valles. In this episode, Adrina and Greg discuss his professional evolution from working for the Australian Tax Office to founding and managing his own business. We also discussed the differences between traditional and crypto accounting, common misconceptions relating to crypto and tax, things people need to stay on top of for tax time, the Australian crypto legislation landscape, the difference between NFTs and other crypto assets from a tax perspective, and tips for accounting professionals who are yet to start exploring crypto (TLDR; just do it!)
Apr 11, 202125:23
#37 - Adam Meister

#37 - Adam Meister

Welcome to Episode 37 with Adam Meister. In this episode, Adriana and Adam discuss what it meant finding bitcoin in the early days, the problem it solves, what is a "bitcoin maximalist", the number 1 question Adam gets asked all the time and, finally, tips for content producers everywhere. Let dive right in and get to know Adam.
Mar 15, 202135:35
#36 - Mehdi Zerouali
Feb 23, 202141:16
#35 - Joseph Shew

#35 - Joseph Shew

Welcome to episode 35 with Joseph Shew. In this episode, Adriana and Joe chat about what made Joe realise he had a passion for teaching, as well as Joe's tips to safely invest in cryptocurrencies: six DON'Ts and three simple DOs. Listen in to find out what they are.

Joe's bio
Joe is the founder of Crypto Consulting Institute, a leading investment education business, helping new and current investors to safely create wealth in the highest performing asset class in history.

CCI operates across Australia, New Zealand, United States, Asia and the United Kingdom and has helped hundreds of clients from all backgrounds achieve life-changing results with their unique proven 5 Pillar Holistic Investment System.

He has been featured on Channel Nine, Channel Ten, Dollar With Sense TV, as well as speaking at major events around the world, like Barclays Bank in London, the Bitcoin and Blockchain Fair at the MECC and featured on a number of podcasts along the biggest names in the industry.

Here are the direct links to download Joe's playbook, his investment course and to get in touch with him and his team.

The Cryptocurrency Investment Playbook -
www.cryptoconsultinginstitute.com
Live Cryptocurrency Investment Training - event.webinarjam.com/register/1/39l3pbl
Direct contact for the CCI team - https://m.me/CryptoConsultingInstitute?ref=w13170243

Connect with Joe
LInkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/joeshew-cci/
Twitter twitter.com/joseph_shew

Connect with Adriana
LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/adrianabelotti/
Twitter twitter.com/abelotti

Our website blockchainpropodcast.com
Feb 01, 202139:53
#34 - Torsten Hoffmann
Jan 19, 202126:10
#33 - Justin Amos
Nov 30, 202030:31
#32 - Keli Callaghan

#32 - Keli Callaghan

Welcome to Episode 31. In this episode, Adriana and Keli discuss the exceptional opportunity of building the marketing and communications strategy for Algorand and the amazing community forming around the project. We also talked about some of the things on their roadmap, as well as tips for marketers wishing to work in crypto. Lean in, Keli talks fast. We packed heaps in 25 mins. Algorand's Ambassador Program https://community.algorand.org/ambassadors/ Keli's Bio Keli, a results-driven marketer, leads all aspects of marketing at Algorand. She joined Algorand from Avid, where she was responsible for global customer engagement strategies, field marketing teams and programs, annual customer conferences, ensuring the needs of the customer were represented in product releases and roadmaps, and the collaborative marketing partnership with Microsoft. She was responsible for launching the customer community program that grew membership to tens of thousands of media professionals to become a respected voice in the industry. Prior to Avid, Keli worked with several global technology enterprises and startups that included Sprint, Zmags, and Rez1. Her roles have included the management of channel sales & marketing, developing marketing strategies and tactical execution plans to drive business awareness and growth, building go-to-market positioning and strategy, and leading cross functional teams. Keli holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Marketing Communications and Business Ethics from Fairfield University and a Masters of Business Administration from Boston College. Connect with Keli LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/keli-callaghan-b589303/ Twitter https://twitter.com/KeliCallaghan Algorand's website https://www.algorand.com Connect with Adriana LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianabelotti/ Twitter https://twitter.com/abelotti Our website https://blockchainpropodcast.com
Nov 15, 202026:59
#31 - Ryan Kris
Oct 29, 202031:32
#30 - Joni Pirovich

#30 - Joni Pirovich

Welcome to Episode 30 with Joni Pirovich. In this episode Adriana and Joni talk about legislation shortcomings and the road ahead for crypto, improving business networks, the role of tax and money printing, Universal Basic Income (UBI) and much more.

Joni's Bio

Joni is highly regarded for her client advisory and policy work with respect to the legal and tax implications of blockchain and digital assets. Increasingly, Joni's work includes input into the development of smart legal contract templates so that, by design, laws are complied with and investor and consumer protections are upheld.

Joni brings unique experience and insight to her technology-focussed advisory practice, drawing on her strong foundations in tax compliance, advisory and disputes - across a range of industries and clients - to provide a best practice advisory approach that is responsive to each of her clients' thresholds for compliance effort and dispute management and resolution.

Joni is available to advise Australian and foreign individuals, start-ups, digital currency exchanges, investment funds, domestic and multinational private and public corporate groups, and projects with decentralised models of governance.

Connect with Joni
LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com/in/jonipirovich/
Twitter twitter.com/jonipirovich

Connect with Adriana
Twitter twitter.com/abelotti
LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/adrianabelotti

Connect with us too!
Twitter twitter.com/BlockchainPro_
YouTube www.youtube.com/c/BlockchainProChannel/

For guest suggestions, drop us a line at blockchainpropodcast.com
Sep 22, 202042:49
#29 - Developer Steve

#29 - Developer Steve

Welcome to Episode 29 with Developer Steve. In this episode, Adriana and Steve discuss transitioning from a developer role to an evangelist role, or developer relations role, where the goal is to develop and support a community, always aiming to help people navigate the implementation of new technology. Fun fact: Steve has played a big part in my own bitcoin journey, so watch out for that scoop! We also talk about Hyperledger, IBM's open-source blockchain toolkit, as well as the Blockchain course Steve is developing alongside a "bunch of cool people'' for RMIT Online.

Steve's Bio
DeveloperSteve comes from a strong background as a developer, with over 20 years industry experience he has worked with companies, startups and not for-profits of all sizes.
DeveloperSteve has worked closely with developer communities as a Tech Evangelist and Advocate to develop and nurture the healthy developer and start-up culture that continues to flourish. With a passion for sharing knowledge DeveloperSteve is an established international speaker and loves geeking out with people everywhere.
As a Tech Evangelist and Advocate he has represented and worked with global companies such as IBM, PayPal, Braintree, Xero, Telstra, Nginx, Gitlab and more.

Connect with Developer Steve
Twitter
twitter.com/developersteve
LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/developersteve/

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Twitter twitter.com/abelotti
LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/adrianabelotti

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Twitter twitter.com/BlockchainPro_

For guest suggestions, drop us a line at blockchainpropodcast.com
Aug 31, 202031:12
#28 - Chloe White
Aug 15, 202036:37
#27 - Steve Vallas
Jul 31, 202031:22
#26 - Anya Nova
Jul 18, 202031:22
#25 - Andreas M. Antonopoulos
Jun 30, 202036:50
#24 - Tim Bass

#24 - Tim Bass

Tim Bass is the CEO of Block8, which is Australia's leading blockchain venture studio. He has deep technical experience designing infrastructure and cloud architectures across a wide range of customers. Tim enjoys working with customers to create and commercialise disruptive software products.

About Block8

Block8 is Australia's leading blockchain venture studio. We partner with startups, enterprise and government to bring a professional product management and technical development capability that take ideas from zero to one. Founded in 2016, Block8 has grown to 50 people across two countries. Our team has deep expertise in product management, blockchain and distributed ledger technologies, incentive design, economics and full stack development.

Block8 has delivered Australia's most successful and innovative blockchain ventures which have created over A$250m in enterprise value. Our portfolio spans fintech, regtech, proptech, energy and gaming. Notably, in 2018, we designed and built a decentralized finance product called Havven (Synthetix) which raised A$39m and remains Australia's largest blockchain capital raise. More recently, our ventures have tokenised unlisted equities and residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), as well as developed blockchain-based industry applications within residential tenancy, payments and identity.

Connect with Tim
Twitter:
twitter.com/tbass_block8
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/tim-bass-96262198/

Connect with Adriana
Twitter: twitter.com/abelotti
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/adrianabelotti/

For requests and suggestions, visit our website blockchainpropodcast.com
May 31, 202033:07
#23 - Dennis Graham
Apr 30, 202033:55
#22 - Katrina Donaghy

#22 - Katrina Donaghy

Bio
Katrina is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Civic Ledger - a civic focused blockchain Australian company. We work with governments globally on the use of blockchain technologies to solve specific business problems where blockchain is advantaged over traditional legacy technologies.

Through her early years as a sociologist through to her interest in entrepreneurialism, she has extensive experience in public policy and early stage commercialisation. For more than 20 years, Katrina has worked in both public and not for profit sectors with a specific focus on business development, project delivery and revenue diversification with the view to building resilient and sustainable organisations.

In Australia, she founded the Brisbane Women in Blockchain Meetup and regularly speaks on the topic of why cities and governments should be exploring blockchain technologies. Katrina's interest in blockchain technologies is driven by her curiosity of its potential to replace government legacy systems to deliver efficiencies, stimulate innovation and build digital societies.

Get in Touch

Katrina Donaghy
Twitter:
twitter.com/katrina_donaghy

Civic Ledger
Website: civicledger.com/
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/civic-ledger/
Twitter: twitter.com/civicledger

Blockchain Pro Podcast
Website: blockchainpropodcast.com
Twitter: twitter.com/blockchainpp

Adriana Belotti
Website: adrianabelotti.com
Twitter: twitter.com/abelotti

Adriana is an ambassador for Edge app - a non-custodial multi-currency crypto wallet. Find out more info at dl.edge.app/blockchainpro
Mar 01, 202036:19
#21 - Kaia Myers-Stewart
Nov 16, 201930:07
#20 - Brenda Saveluc

#20 - Brenda Saveluc

Brenda Saveluc is the director and founder of BlackGold Legal. She's a straight talking, freelance commercial and corporate M&A lawyer with more than a decade of experience working in accounting and law. Brenda is passionate about ICO and STO regulation, blockchain technology and cryptocurrency, and loves working with cool tech clients all over the world. Connect with Brenda Website https://blackgoldlegal.com Connect with Adriana LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianabe... Twitter https://twitter.com/abelotti Twitter https://twitter.com/blockchainpp Website https://blockchainpropodcast.com See you at the next block!
Sep 23, 201927:43
#19 - Daniel Bar

#19 - Daniel Bar

Daniel is an entrepreneur with primary focus on decentralized web technologies. He is the founder of bitfwd and currently serves as Chairman. Daniel is particularly interested in disruptive innovation in the FinTech space and promotes equitable business models through opensource systems and cryptoeconomic empowerment. Daniel was selected as impact entrepreneur fellow to join the Edmund Hillary Fellowship program. He is based mostly in APAC (Australia, New Zealand and China). Daniel leads global Blockchain collaborations involving grassroots developers communities, high profile tech projects, venture funding activities, academic research groups, NFPs and governmental organizations. His work attracted government grants and sponsorship from China, Australia, New Zealand and Israel. Prior to Blockchain technology ventures Daniel was involved in research and engineering roles in areas such as Quantum Computation, Nanoelectronics and Biosensors. Daniel holds an MSc degree in Nanotechnology from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology and a graduate of the QLC Orion Entrepreneurship program from the Business School at the University of New South Wales. Daniel cares deeply about initiatives in the education space, advancement of indigenous people, gender equality, diversity & inclusion, and environmental sustainability. Connect with Daniel LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/dtbar/ Twitter https://twitter.com/danieltbar Website https://www.bitfwd.com/ Connect with Adriana LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianabelotti/ Twitter https://twitter.com/abelotti Website https://blockchainpropodcast.com
Jun 30, 201939:43
#18 - Crypto Chicks - Natalia Amelie & Elena Sinelnikova

#18 - Crypto Chicks - Natalia Amelie & Elena Sinelnikova

Crypto Chicks is a volunteer-run non-profit educational hub with a mission to grow the economic, professional and leadership potential of both women and youth in blockchain and AI THROUGH education, mentorship, business and diverse employment opportunities.

Check out their website
cryptochicks.ca

Elena Sinelnikova
FOUNDER AND CEO (TORONTO, CANADA)
Software development team lead and entrepreneur. Elena Sinelnikova founded CryptoChicks non-profit organization with the vision to empower and inspire women interested in learning about blockchain technology. She managed to involve hundreds of women who became blockchain evangelists, blockchain developers, blockchain entrepreneurs themselves. Elena developed CryptoChicks into an international hub for women talent in blockchain technology with chapters and educational events all over the world. Elena holds a Master of Computer Science and her specialties are in blockchain, application architecture, software design and development.

Natalia Ameline
CO-FOUNDER (TORONTO, CANADA)
Natalia is a Senior Finance Executive with multi-industry experience. Her expertise is in strategic financial planning, decision support, operations management and change management. She holds Master's degrees in Computer Science and Business Administration as well as CPA/CMA accounting designation. She is a co-founder of CryptoChicks and is inspired by its mission - to grow the industry and its adoption by engaging women. After attending multiple crypto events, she believes that "we have this incredible opportunity to gain further insight and innovation by tapping into the immense talent of women". Natalia was introduced to Blockchain technology in 2014 and has been passionate about the industry since.

Connect on Twitter twitter.com/crypto_chicks

Connect with Adriana
Twiiter twitter.com/abelotti

Check out our website: blockchainpropodcast.com
Apr 28, 201925:13
#17 - Luke Anderson
Mar 31, 201937:10
#16 - Leah Callon-Butler
Mar 10, 201935:06
#15 - James Zaki
Feb 13, 201927:07
#14 - Lucas Cullen
Jan 31, 201933:25
#13 - Nick Addison
Jan 14, 201929:36
#12 - Samuel Brooks

#12 - Samuel Brooks

Dec 13, 201848:10
#11 - Dr Philippa Ryan

#11 - Dr Philippa Ryan

Pip Ryan Intro

Dr. Philippa Ryan, a.k.a. Pip Ryan or Dr Pip, is a barrister and senior lecturer at the UTS Faculty of Law, on 31st of October 2018, the day that marked the 10th anniversary of the publishing of Bitcoin whitepaper, we had a quick chat about her career and how interesting it is to live during this time and being part of creating a new financial world. Her passion about education, law and blockchain is almost palpable through her words. Listen up :)

Links mentioned:

A New Classification for Barners v Addy - Dr Philippa Ryan
bit.ly/bppep11-1

Smart Contracts Open Source Model DNA - Scott Farrel and Clare Warren
bit.ly/bppep11-2

Smart Contract Relations in e-Commerce: Legal Implications of Exchanges Conducted on the Blockchain - Dr Philippa Ryan
bit.ly/bppep11-3

Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System
bit.ly/bppep11-4

Pip's Bio

At UTS Law, Pip coordinates and teaches Disruptive Technologies and the Law and a capstone subject that explores the ethical and policy considerations that guide the law's interaction with technology. Pip's PhD explored the liability of third parties for fraud and breach of trust.

Pip is currently researching the regulation and status of smart contracts and trust protocols enabled by blockchain technology.

Pip co-wrote a book released in September 2018, titled "Blockchain: Transforming Your Business and Our World".

Pip's memberships include:
- the Standards Australia Technical Committee IT-041(Blockchain)
- the Industry advisory board of the Australian Digital Commerce Association (ADCA)
- the Blockchain Technical Committee of the Australian Computer Society; and
- Women in Payments

Pip is an independent external member of the board of Lander and Rogers and she has a regular spot on ABC Radio with James Valentine where they chew the legal technology fat and contemplate the future of humanity.

Contact Pip
LinkedIn
Twitter

Contact Adriana
LinkedIn
Twitter
Nov 15, 201828:05
#10 - Laura Degiovanni

#10 - Laura Degiovanni

Laura Degiovanni is very much the typical Italian, warm, friendly and loud. She speaks with her hands and her heart, and her energy flows into the conversation. We caught up at the end of July at the Imperial College in London, as she was preparing to host her first Trustless Ecosystems meetup. This is why we had to wrap up quickly, making this one short and sweet. We talked about how to create trust with "trustlessness". Nonetheless, we discussed the 5-keywords of blockchain, how to measure someone's "love" for what they do, trusting before knowing and building before raising.

Laura's bio:

Laura Degiovanni is a serial entrepreneur building innovative business models from scratch and developing multi-channel businesses on EMEA markets. Laura experienced work from different perspectives: employer, senior manager in a multinational group, and consultant. Her experience led her to identify the need for a scalable solution to efficiently integrate outsourced, on-demand resources with internal workforce of organisations, whilst satisfying the growing demand for flexibility of the business world and the work style of the new generations looking for meaningful work and independence.

Founder of TiiQu, a platform that uses blockchain technology to create an immutable digital "passport" as verified proof of an individual's professional trustworthiness. This passport tracks identity, qualifications, certifications, memberships, previous work experience, performance metrics and education.

Contact Laura
LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com/in/ldegiovanni/
Twitter twitter.com/degiolaura

Contact Adriana
LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/adrianabelotti/
Twitter - www.linkedin.com/in/abelotti/

Topics discussed: building community, the 5 keywords of blockchain, how to measure someone's love for their work, trust without knowing, building before raising.
Oct 04, 201820:36
#9 - Derek Myers

#9 - Derek Myers

Derek has found great success in providing energy deals to businesses, whilst offsetting electricity carbon emissions. Taking this offer to the general public with The Zero Carbon Project is a natural development. Personally, what I like about this project is the "right now" approach using carbon credits to offset emissions. It's a great way to reduce the impact of dirty energy, whilst the world move to greener sources, which will take a couple of decades, if not more, to fully happen.

**Disclosure** I didn't not get paid to interview, Derek. I fully support his project for the benefits it can bring on mitigating the environmental impact of electricity production and trading, as well as the ability to offer better deals for consumers.

Contact Derek
LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com/in/derek-myers-579379/
Website www.zerocarbonproject.com

Contact Adriana
Twitter @abelotti
LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/adrianabelotti
Website www.adrianabelotti.com/

Derek's bio:

Derek Myers started his career with Macquarie Bank where he was involved in designing derivative products; and trading options and futures in bonds, bullion and the energy markets. After completing his MBA, he joined Accenture as a Strategy Consultant in financial services and energy markets.

In 1999 Derek established iVentures Capital to take advantage of software technology and innovation opportunities in the energy markets.

Derek raised funds to establish PowerEx an online power exchange for energy suppliers, generators and suppliers which he sold to Amsterdam Power Exchange to facilitate their entry into the UK energy markets.
Derek acquired Beond in 2003 and has since worked on developing its services, servicing its clients and building its team. He is the Chairman of West London Sustainability and Climate Change Commission.
Sep 26, 201834:57
#8 - Kate Korolkevich

#8 - Kate Korolkevich

Kate has plenty of experience with financial markets and hedge funds. She and I caught up in St. Petersburb on the day Russia kicked Spain out of the World Cup on a thrilling penalty shoot out. We discussed financial markets and how anyone can transfer their skills to work in crypto.

Contact Adriana
Twitter @abelotti
LinkedIn
www.linkedin.com/in/adrianabelotti
Website www.adrianabelotti.com/

Kate's bio:

Kate has close to 20 years of diverse business experience with leading financial institutions in the USA, Russia, UK, EU and HK. She is Business Development Partner with background in Investment Management, Investor Relations, Finance and Lifestyle.

She is co-founder of the Blockchain Development Technology Group (Russia), a member of The Financial Markets Association ACI Russia and a member of IDACB ICO Advisory Board. She also is a co-founder of Wine Alchemy, a venture uniting wine industry with entertainment, travels and consumer goods.

She has successfully established a global network and long-term relationships with institutional investors, hedge funds, private equity funds.

Through her career in finance, Kate held several executive positions, including Director of International Sales and Trading at MDM Bank and Senior VP Equity Sales at Glitnir Securities, was an International Equity Sales at AGCO and, earlier buy-side analyst at Rudman Capital.

Prior to her career in finance, Kate was a part of Deloitte practice in New York and managed Data Analysis department for fast-growing US telecom company TelX. In 2009, she founded a NY-based advisory boutique firm Galatea Capital Advisors LLC focusing on cross-border transactions.

Kate holds MBA in Finance and Operations, from University of Rochester (USA) and MS and BS in Applied Mathematics from Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia).
Sep 02, 201824:46
#7 - Paul Puey

#7 - Paul Puey

Episode 7 features Paul Puey, CEO of Edge.app (formerly Airbitz) and overall cool guy.

Paul and I caught up at Consensus, earlier this year. We tried to find a quiet corner for our chat, but that was next to impossible! We chatted about the start of his career and a software engineer and how he had to make a very difficult decision to improve his health. Our chat covers how his career, what are his plans for Edge, some hiring tips and much more.

Enjoy!

Contact Paul
Twitter @paullinator
LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/paulpuey/
Download Edge Wallet edge.app/

Contact Adriana
Twitter @abelotti
LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/adrianabelotti/
Website www.adrianabelotti.com/
Aug 16, 201832:15