July 2018 Tech Exchange: IPOs vs. ICOs

Rob Massey has 20 years of professional experience in tax consulting for technology companies including search, SaaS and gaming with an expertise in blockchain, cryptocurrency and tokenization. He serves companies throughout the blockchain ecosystem inclusive of miners, specialty chip design and manufacturing, payment processing, wallet hosting, exchanges, ETFs, hedge funds, tokenization and protocol development. Rob leads Deloitte’s blockchain efforts in tax for the global firm.

Mitzi is one of the leaders of its Digital Currency and Blockchain Technology practice. Mitzi focuses her practice on corporate
and securities law, representing public and private companies, venture capital and private equity firms and investment banks in
capital markets transactions, M&A, financings, SEC reporting and other general corporate and securities matters. Mitzi also
advises blockchain and digital currency clients with respect to digital token sales and related securities law and regulatory
matters. Prior to Goodwin, Mitzi was in-house legal counsel at CNET Networks, a Nasdaq-listed technology company in San
Francisco, and a corporate attorney with Latham & Watkins, an international law firm.

• 30+ years experience in Marketing, Sales, and Advertising.
• Pioneer of internet commerce and direct response advertising for internet, radio, tv, out-of-home, print, and live events.
• Client companies have included Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Yahoo, National Semiconductor, McKesson, Siemens Medical Solutions, Northrup Grumman, StorageTek, Cadence Design, MGM, Sony Electronics, Columbia Pictures, United Artists, Donald Trump Network, Applied Materials, Jeep/Chrysler, Paramount.
• Advocate for children, animal welfare, civil rights and social action, education, and poverty alleviation, among other important causes.
• Duke University B.A.; University of Miami.

Sanovas is developing the next generation of minimally invasive surgical tools and technologies. The company’s revolutionary, patented products enable surgeons to access, image, diagnose, measure and treat obstructed passageways in areas of the body that are inaccessible using currently marketed surgical tools. Sanovas products are designed to provide surgeons with faster, less invasive, lower risk and more cost effective interventional treatments.

Mark Stoner is a senior business development leader with US and international sales and marketing experience for firms including Accenture, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, and others. He is Business Development Director for Applicature, a boutique Blockchain development agency for Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and cryptocurrencies. Applicature enables Blockchain entrepreneurs to develop and commercialize their ideas via Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) services (engineering, financial, marketing, etc.) The 20 ICO’s the company has developed have raised over $200 million combined.

Wayne is the CEO of Tierion, which creates technology to reduce the cost and complexity of trust. He’s also the co-creator of Chainpoint, the first widely used technology to anchor data to the blockchain. Wayne is an investor and advisor to several startups, and serves as an Advisor to Blockchain Capital. In 2004, he sponsored and was a member of the first amateur team to launch a rocket into space. You’ll find Wayne on Twitter at @WayneVaughan.

Propy is a Silicon Valley company leading the charge for modernization of the real estate industry through the use of the Blockchain technology. We are an international real estate marketplace with a decentralized title registry and we aim to enable remote buyers and sellers to complete real estate transactions globally with very little friction, paperwork, and waiting.