4PM PST: Change, Resilience and All About Bitcoin/DeFi

Do you currently own a cryptocurrency? Should you own some in the future? Do you read contradicting headlines (positive and negative) about the cryptocurrencies and wonder why it seems to matter so much? This is a conversation dedicated to dispensing with the hype and hyperbole of Bitcoin/Cryptocurrency/DeFi and delivering in their place a practical understanding of this new (and some would say inevitable) transaction toolset.

In this session, our world-class panel of experts drawn from the community will first tackle the question:

“What is the most important thing that experts in Bitcoin/Cryptocurrency and that we (people of business and technology) don’t realize, recognize or consistently misunderstand?”

Agenda (To Be Finalized):
4:00 PM – Event Start with Moderator greeting and level-setting
4:20 PM – Panel Discussion + Q&A
6:00 PM – post event open networking

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Panelists and Moderator:
* Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO/Cofounder of FTX
* Kory Hoang, CEO/Cofounder of Stably
* Tomasz Woojewoda, CEO/Founder of AGA Token
* Moderators: Arry Yu & Michael Alcock

Sam Bankman-Fried, CEO/Cofounder of FTX
Before founding Alameda and then FTX, Sam was a trader on Jane Street Capital’s international ETF desk. He traded a variety of ETFs, futures, currencies, and equities, and designed their automated OTC trading system. He graduated from MIT with a degree in physics.

Kory Hoang, CEO/Cofounder of Stably
Prior to Stably, Kory was a Data Analyst at PitchBook in Seattle where he picked up the ABCs of venture capital fundraising. On the side, Kory is also an active algorithmic trader who has advised many hedge funds on various topics ranging from quantitative trading, momentum and mean-reversion strategies to VIX derivatives and cryptocurrencies. Since 2018, he has led his stablecoin / FinTech startup through 3 venture funding rounds, secured all major business deals for Stably and grown his team from just 4 members initially to 15+ today. Kory holds a BBA in Finance and Marketing from the University of Washington.

Tomasz Woojewoda, CEO/Founder of AGA Token
Business Development and Sales Leader who incubated multiple $1B+ businesses at Accenture, Avanade, Microsoft and NetApp. 15 years of experience launching world-class go to market initiatives with focus on Cloud, SaaS, and Blockchain – DeFi and Mining. Specializes in establishing and leading early-stage global technology go-to-market initiatives and world class sales organizations for major companies. Expert in cultivating strong C-level relationships to translate business requirements into technology solutions and go-to-markets that drive significant revenue growth.

Arry Yu, Chair of the WTIA Cascadia Blockchain Council
Strategic operator and portfolio entrepreneur with expertise in scaling businesses with a consistent track record building high performing businesses and teams. Co-founder of the Cascadia Blockchain Council with the WTIA, who also recently raised over $32 million dollars in an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) in 2017. Arry is the cohost of Windshield Time Podcast. She serves as a Fractional COO to a handful of clients.

Michael Alcock, Founder at Proxima Flux
Michael has significant experience leading scaled engagements with both internal and external communities of practice. He designs, sells, and then runs world-class and large-scale employee/customer engagement programs in the software industry. Currently, Michael advises several small startups while also leading an audacious research effort into how to scale productive dialogue using AI.