Blockchain Pro Podcast

Welcome to Episode 36! In this episode, Adriana talks to Mehdi Zerouali, cybersecurity expert and director at Sigma Prime, a Sydney-based blockchain security consultancy.

In this episode, we discussed blockchain and cyber, misconceptions about blockchain security, how to avoid getting hacked and what people can do to contribute.

Mehdi's Bio

Mehdi Zerouali is a co-founder and Director of Sigma Prime, a leading Sydney-based blockchain security company. Mehdi has been in the information security industry for 10 years and has performed hundreds of security assessments targeting critical infrastructure. With Sigma Prime, Mehdi applies his skills to the Blockchain space, helping prominent projects secure their decentralised protocols.

Connect with Mehdi

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/mzerouali/

Twitter https://twitter.com/ethzed

SigmaPrime https://sigmaprime.io/

SigmaPrime GitHub https://github.com/sigp

Connect with Adriana

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianabelotti/

Twitter https://twitter.com/abelotti

Our website https://blockchainpropodcast.com

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 - https://event.webinarjam.com/register/1/39l3pbl

Direct contact for the CCI team - https://m.me/CryptoConsultingInstitute?ref=w13170243

Connect with Joe

LInkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/joeshew-cci/

Twitter https://twitter.com/joseph_shew

Connect with Adriana

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianabelotti/

Twitter https://twitter.com/abelotti

Our website https://blockchainpropodcast.com

Welcome to Episode 34. In this episode, Adriana and Torsten talk about bitcoin as the inspiration to a new career direction: documentary filmmaking. Torsten also talks about how he went down the rabbit hole and ends with some great advice for those starting to explore this space.

Bio

Torsten Hoffmann is a German/Australian entrepreneur and filmmaker. His first documentary about Bitcoin became a viral hit in 2015 and his new film about the emerging blockchain industry was supported by Screen Australia and is being broadcasted all around the world this year.

The new award-winning cinema documentary Cryptopia is available on Amazon and here:

https://cryptopiafilm.com/

End of Money (2015) generated 1.5M views in the past 5 months on YouTube but here's a link without ads https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wwzyi8E2zQ

Torsten also teaches a 3 hour course for newcomers to the industry on Udemy here:

https://www.udemy.com/course/beginner_bitcoin_blockchain_cryptopia/

Connect with Torsten

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/torstenhoffmannprofile/

Twitter https://twitter.com/torstenHQ

Connect with Adriana

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianabelotti/

Twitter https://twitter.com/abelotti

Our website https://blockchainpropodcast.com

Welcome to Episode 33. In this episode, Adriana and Justin chat about playing soccer for the "Banking League" in the early days. Justin's experience working with top-tier financial services organisations, which ultimately brought him to Sydney. We talked about his new challenge heading up Lygon, a DLT-based platform that is looking to transform the Australian commercial retail space (at first) with digital bank guarantees. Lastly, we chatted about the difference between traditional databases and distributed ledger technology, their use cases and what are good resources to help newbies down the rabbit hole.

Connect with Justin

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinamos/

Lygon's Website https://www.lygon.io

Connect with Adriana

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianabelotti/

Twitter https://twitter.com/abelotti

Our website https://blockchainpropodcast.com

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

Welcome to Episode 31. In this episode Adriana and Ryan chat about working with technology, getting started with bitcoin, keeping your digital assets safe and much more.

Ryan's Bio

Ryan Kris is an Associate Director in BDO Sydney's Technology Advisory practice. He is a bitcoin and crypto enthusiast and is BDO's technical lead for Blockchain and Digital Assets.

Ryan helps clients design, build and deliver digital and technology projects. Through his career, Ryan has managed projects for major banks, telecommunication companies and the Government - with a key focus on data, digital infrastructure and agile management to deliver value and outcomes for clients.

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Get in touch with Ryan

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryankris/

Twitter https://twitter.com/RyanJKris

Get in touch with Adriana

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianabelotti/

Twitter https://twitter.com/abelotti

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 https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonipirovich/

Twitter https://twitter.com/jonipirovich

Connect with Adriana

Twitter https://twitter.com/abelotti

LinkedIn https://linkedin.com/in/adrianabelotti

Connect with us too!

Twitter https://twitter.com/BlockchainPro_

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/BlockchainProChannel/

For guest suggestions, drop us a line at https://blockchainpropodcast.com

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 https://twitter.com/developersteve

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/developersteve/

Connect with Adriana

Twitter https://twitter.com/abelotti

LinkedIn https://linkedin.com/in/adrianabelotti

Follow our podcast too!

Twitter https://twitter.com/BlockchainPro_

For guest suggestions, drop us a line at https://blockchainpropodcast.com

Welcome to Episode 28 with Chloe White. In this episode, Chloe and Adriana discuss how interesting working in public service can be, as well as token economics and incentive mechanisms, bitcoin vs. blockchain and how to navigate the space.

Chloe's bio:

Chloe White is a blockchain and bitcoin enthusiast and has worked in various public sector roles since 2012, advising on policy issues related to economics and finance. Chloe has a Masters in Public Policy from the United Nations University and is based in Sydney.

Connect with Chloe

Twitter https://twitter.com/ChloeWhiteAus

LInkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/policyeconomist/

Connect with Adriana

Twitter https://twitter.com/abelotti

LinkedIn https://linkedin.com/in/adrianabelotti

Follow our podcast too!

Twitter https://twitter.com/BlockchainPro_

For guest suggestions, drop us a line at https://blockchainpropodcast.com

Welcome to episode 26 with Steve Vallas. In this episode Adriana and Stevie chat about how to "accidentaly" go to law school. The decision early adopters of technology need to make. His new role (s) as CEO of Blockchain Australia and co-chair of the National Blockchain Roadmap Steering Committee, which Adriana is also a member. Steve is keen on facilitating the conversation around adoption and how that looks like in a broad context.

Steve's Bio

Steve Vallas is a qualified lawyer, blockchain technology and digital strategist.

His early-adoption of social channels combined with lifelong study of economics and new tech evolved into a deep and unique understanding of emerging blockchain technology and its impact across industries.

Steve is focused on building value adding relationships with those who seek to advance the development of the Australian Blockchain sector.

Connect with Steve

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevevallas/

Twitter https://twitter.com/stevevallas

Web https://blockchainaustralia.org

Connect with Adriana

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrianabe...

Twitter https://twitter.com/abelotti