With over 10,000 different types of cryptocurrency in the market, Mark and Ed get together to discuss the impact of variety, smart contracts, the relationship between blockchain and bitcoin, and the value of digital assets.

 About Ed Featherston: Ed is an experienced senior-level enterprise systems application architect with expertise in systems integration, Internet/Intranet, client/server, middleware and cloud technologies. As a Distinguished Technologist at Cloud Technology Partners, he provides technology leadership on the design, construction and implementation of projects for a variety of industries, including financial services, government, pharmacy and retail. In his 39-year technology career, Ed has developed extensive knowledge across IT and vertical sectors. He contributes regularly to thought leadership initiatives, contributing articles on blockchain, big data, machine learning, IoT and cloud to CTP’s The Doppler publication, leading webinars and serving on industry panels. Ed has been named to Rise Global’s Cloud Global Power 100 Influencers and Onalytica’s Big Data 2017 Top 100 Influencers lists.

About the Host: Mark Thiele is the CEO and Founder of Edgevana. Mark has over 30 years of experience in IT executive roles at HP, Gilead, VMware, Brocade, Switch, Apcera, and Ericsson. Mark is an industry spokesperson on trends of modernization and efficiency for data centers. He is also an expert in virtualization, cloud technologies, IT adoption strategies and advises several technology startups.