Results 2017

Stanislav is a head of Emer’s implementation division. By profession, Stanislav is a molecular geneticist that initially worked in the sphere of computational methods of molecular biology. His experience of working for commercial IT projects accounts for almost 20 years starting from the contribution to the creation and development of “The Bat!" email client, which gained international recognition.

Pavel is a decentralized systems expert, PhD information security, university lecturer and public speaker. Former Stellar team member, co-founder of blockchain R&D center Distributed Lab. Now Pavel focuses on creation of open-source infrastructure for banking industry - openbankIT.com 

Jon Matonis is a Founding Director of the Bitcoin Foundation and his career has included senior influential posts at VISA International, VeriSign, Sumitomo Bank, and Hushmail.

An economist and e-Money researcher focused on expanding the circulation of nonpolitical digital currencies, Jon also serves as an independent board director to companies in the Bitcoin, the Blockchain, mobile payments, and gaming sectors. A prominent fintech columnist with Forbes Magazine, American Banker, and CoinDesk, he recently joined the editorial board for the cryptocurrency journal Ledger. His early work on digital cash systems and financial cryptography has been published by Dow Jones and the London School of Economics.

Jon has presented worldwide on the topic of Bitcoin and its disruptive economic implications to a wide variety of audiences, including members of the Federal Reserve, Bank of England, European Central Bank, SWIFT, IRS, DOJ, retail payment networks, major financial institutions, financial regulatory bodies, mobile money issuers, igaming operators, information security firms, hedge funds, gold investors, and family offices.

Mr. Franky Hu, as CEO of WageCan, is building the first blockchain assets service for every e-residents in the world. WageCan Europe (a subsidiary of WageCan) founded by e-residents and located in Tallinn, e-KYC (Know Your Customer) is one of the WageCan services which features the advantage of e-residency. WageCan is a new transaction experience for global citizen in digital country, built on top of blockchain technology, payment card and partner with banks to empower contractors, employees, and small business globally. Franky is covered as Digital Columbus by Business Weekly in 2016.

Karolina Marzantowicz has been working for IBM over 17 years. Her obligations include company’s technological adaptation to the rapidly developing IT industry. She focuses on the integration of new technologies to solve complex business cases.

Expert in international online payment systems. 12 years of experience in high-volume merchant environments with globally known brands such as Skype and Full Tilt Poker.

Marc Kenigsberg is an advocate for cryptocurrency and one of the world’s leading Bitcoin affiliates. The founder of www.BitcoinChaser.com and www.TheCoinversation.com podcast, and a firm believer in Bitcoin, Marc also operates various Bitcoin websites and projects.

He has spoken at numerous events in the past, including Bitcoin Conferences in Prague and Kiev, Rise Fintech Accelerators, the various IGB Affiliate shows, Ice Totally Gaming, SIGMA in Malta and various Bitcoin conferences around the world.

Marc is a veteran of the gambling industry with 15 years experience in various marketing roles, including being responsible for marketing at some of the largest Playtech and Microgaming licensees.

Eric has over 10 years of experience working in and around Financial Technology. He has delivered innovative SaaS systems for some of today’s biggest institutions around payments, identity, and banking infrastructure. Eric has been in the Blockchain space since 2012 and is involved in a number of blockchain and fintech businesses both as investor and board director. He currently serves as Managing Director for one of the UK and EU's longest running Bitcoin exchange and merchant processor, Cryptopay