There is a growing gap between those who participate in crypto and blockchain opportunities and those who do not. The vast majority of crypto and blockchain projects involve the technical, financial savvy, speculators, or the wealthy.
On July 19th, Helium, Orange Silicon Valley, and Solana are co-sponsoring a panel discussion that will examine the barriers to this new decentralized economy and look at companies solving real-world issues using blockchain and crypto. From connectivity to secure web browsing, these solutions wouldn't be possible without the widespread adoption of blockchain and crypto by the people who need to benefit the most.
Frank Mong, Helium, COO
Our exciting lineup includes:
Brendan Eich, Brave, Co-Founder & CEO
Andrew Thompson, Helium, VP of Engineering
Lindee Xie, Coinbase Pro, Product Manager
Paul Hainsworth, Open Garden, CEO
Moderated by:
Will Barkis, Orange Silicon Valley, Principal of Smart Cities
Anatoly Yakovenko, Solana, Founder & CEO
Brendan Eich is the co-founder and CEO of Brave Software and the Basic Attention Token. Eich previously served as CTO, then CEO of the Mozilla Corporation. Prior to that, he co-founded the Mozilla project and foundation. While at Mozilla, Eich helped launch the award-winning Firefox web browser. Eich is also the inventor of JavaScript, the Internet's most widely used programming language.
Andrew Thompson is VP of Engineering at Helium. At Helium, Andrew's focus is on using blockchains and novel consensus algorithms to solve problems in IoT, such as network availability, resilience, and governance. Before Andrew's 4 years at Helium, he worked at Basho on distributed systems and in telecommunications/VoIP prior to that.
Lindee Xie is the Product Manager at Coinbase Pro, previously known as GDAX. Here, she’s focused on developing the best crypto trading experience & improving ease of use for all levels of retail investors. Previously, Lindee worked at Facebook, Flatiron Health, RelateIQ, and several other startups as both an Engineer and a Product Manager.
Paul Hainsworth has 15 years of experience as an executive in mobile communications across startups and traditional network operators. He is the CEO of Open Garden, which is like Airbnb for Internet access. It enables anyone to share their Internet connection and earn OG, its cryptocurrency.
Will Barkis is the Principal on Smart Cities for Orange Silicon Valley and Volunteer Technology Advisor to the San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Civic Innovation on Smart Cities, Connectivity and the Internet of Things.
Anatoly Yakovenko is the creator of Solana. His programming career started over 28 years ago with Agat, the Soviet Apple 2 clone. He led development of operating systems at Qualcomm, distributed systems at Mesosphere, and compression at Dropbox. He holds 2 patents for high performance Operating Systems protocols, was a core kernel developer for BREW which powered every CDMA flip phone (100m+ devices), and led development of tech that made Project Tango (VR/AR) possible on Qualcomm phone
Frank Mong is COO at Helium. He is responsible for sales, marketing and business development. Frank has over 20 years of experience in cybersecurity, networking and software. Just prior to Helium, he served as Senior Vice President of product and solutions marketing at Palo Alto Networks.
