VIRTUAL MONTHLY CHANCE MEETINGS
JUNE 7, 2021, 5 - 6 pm Via Zoom—Registration below
Sometimes all you need is the right connection and a little inspiration. Well, what are you waiting for? Find both at our free monthly virtual networking event. You never know...
Theme: Beyond Cryptocurrency—Blockchain Technology & Applications
Innovations in technology leave most of us trying to catch up. New products, platforms, and companies arise on a near-daily basis. Rarely, however, does an innovation come along with as much potential to alter and disrupt our current systems as blockchain. From healthcare to finance to social benefit, blockchain is changing the way we do business.
Join us for a panel discussion from experts in the field to understand the basics of blockchain and how it is being applied to businesses and systems for the better.
This event will be moderated by Stina Brock with presentations from Rob Torti and Stuart Corby of Authentag, 2019 Pitch Day finalists.
Stuart Corby is the CEO of Authentag and CEO of Databased.FINANCE. Stuart spends his time meeting clients from all verticals and helping them protect their consumers, product, brands and bringing best practice into their inventory and tracking capabilities. Stuart has worked in the US, Australia, the UK and Hong Kong and has had a broad ranging career as a systems architect, the founder of multiple successful companies and a senior manager and board member in a variety of multimillion dollar ventures. His experience includes IT, investment banking, secure printing, packaging and consulting.
He started his career working for Sales Trading at Warburg, an investment bank. 5 mergers later and SFC and SFA qualified, he had set up and run the Asian electronic and algorithmic business for UBS and was responsible for 80% by value of their Asian equity trading flow. Stuart left UBS in 2002 to co-found I&W Ltd; a medical waste processing technology company whose machines still process most of London’s medical waste at the GRUNDON site in West London. He sat on the board of SEP Sprint from 2004 to 2008; a secure printer that printed the postage stamps for multiple small countries around the globe. He founded Bio-Supplies Ltd in 2004 and sold it in 2008; bringing environmental packaging to markets in Asia and Europe for top F&B, retailers and cosmetic companies.
Since 2008 Stuart has executed turnarounds for APA Group, The Joyce Group (SEHK:647) and Lane Crawford in Hong Kong and worked with HDAC (backed by Hyundai) in South
Korea as a Technical Advisor during their $268M Token Generation Event in 2017. In the US he was advisor to the Chairman of Further Future.
In 2011 Stuart started looking at hash structures and brought his broad knowledge of logistics, IT, algorithmic architecture and big data together to design, build and apply for the Patent rights for the Authentag technology platform.
Stuart holds a MA in International Relations and Economics from St Andrews University and in 2009 he sat for his Chartered Public Accountancy Exams in Hong Kong. He was a Mountbatten Scholar at the UWC of the Atlantic (Atlantic College) and was supported by the Sir Vincent Fairfax scholarship while working for Outward Bound Australia.
As COO / CFO of Authentag and the COO of Databased.FINANCE, Rob Torti manages cross functional teams to facilitate a positive, equitable, open environment leading to higher quality discussions and interactions resulting in higher performance. Rob also gives investor and community presentations spreading the word about what is now possible in supply chain security and decentralized finance.
He started his career in New York City as an Equities Trader at Credit Suisse and then as a proprietary trader at First New York Securities. Rob moved into Mergers and Acquisitions in 2004 with Gridley & Company and then Warburg Pincus. Rob left the world of banking after taking his MBA at Columbia and moved into insolvency and restructuring with Alix Partners. After 7 years at the firm Rob had helped the likes of - General Motors, Kodak, General Growth Properties, AIG and BearingPoint in their time of greatest need.
In the Arts, Rob is a Treasurer of Robot Heart, a 501c3 organisation focused on the curation of world- class musicians and art, alongside inspiring leaders in the areas of science, entrepreneurship, innovation, and technology.
Rob holds a BA in History from Princeton and an MBA from Columbia University.
Stina Brock is currently VP of business development at Proterra, where she is focused on building out Proterra's software capabilities to support customers with charging and grid integration for their electric vehicle fleets. Stina was formerly head of North America for Electron. Electron's blockchain-based platform digitizes asset identities and allows market operators to launch local flexibility markets for distributed energy resources. Previously, Stina was the Senior Director of Global Energy Solutions at Sunverge, where she led Sunverge’s efforts to improve how distributed energy resources can provide services and value to customers and grid operators.
Prior to Sunverge, Stina led product marketing activities at Primus Power, an energy storage startup based on advanced flow battery technology, and managed utility demand response operations at EnerNOC. She started her career at Accenture as a consultant in the technology sector.
Stina holds an MSEE degree in electrical power engineering from the University of Washington, and AB & BE degrees in engineering and economics from Dartmouth College.
NEWS AND NOTES
VISIONARY VENTURES NEWS & GUIDE COLUMN: ENTREPRENEURSHIP COULD ANCHOR YOU IN JH
Our most recent Visionary Ventures column published in the Jackson Hole News & Guide features Mikey Franco of Franco Snowshapes. Author Will Stabler describes Mikey's path from juggling multiple seasonal jobs to establishing a world-class custom snowboard business. Silicon Couloir has supported Mikey along the way with our TEAMS mentoring program and our annual Pitch Day event.
WATCH gBETA PITCH NIGHT TONIGHT
gBETA Cheyenne's Pitch Night takes place tonight and you are invited. Silicon Couloir is rooting for Beauty Scripts, Silicon Couloir's 2018 Pitch Day Finalist Choice Award winner!
"The gBETA Cheyenne startup accelerator is nearing completion of the Spring 2021 cohort, and I am so excited to show off the work that these incredible teams have done, says Baylie Evans, gBETA Cheyenne Director "The founders and I hope you will join us for our public Pitch Night -- to be held in person AND livestreamed -- starting at 5 p.m. MT on Tuesday, June 1, at the Array Coworking Space, 106 E. Lincolnway in downtown Cheyenne."
Pitch Night is a fun and casual reception during which participating companies have the opportunity to pitch to an audience of entrepreneurs, mentors, investors, and community members.
If you will join us, either in person or via the livestream, please RSVP by clicking here.
NOMINATE FOR 'WOMEN ENTREPRENEUR AWARD'
The Wyoming Council for Women (WCW) is seeking nominations for outstanding female entrepreneurs across the Cowboy State for recognition with the annual ‘Woman Entrepreneur Award.’
“Female entrepreneurs impact economies and families in every single community in Wyoming,” said Jennifer Wilmetti, Chair of the Wyoming Council for Women. “It requires tremendous courage and a belief in self that the Wyoming Council for Women celebrates. We encourage women entrepreneurs, as well as their families, friends, and colleagues, to submit an application so we can recognize and celebrate the amazing Wyoming women helping to drive our local economies. ”
The ‘Woman Entrepreneur Award’ recognizes woman-owned businesses in Wyoming and is designed to increase the attention to, and recognition of, the contribution female entrepreneurs make to Wyoming's economy. Applications are now available here.
Nominees must be women who own or operate a Wyoming-based business that has operated continuously for at least three years. Nominees may nominate themselves or be nominated by another individual. Along with recognition on the WCW website and social media and statewide media outlets, the award will be provided at a recognition ceremony in the recipient's business location city. The deadline for 2021 nominations is June 30, 2021.
PERFECTUS BIOMED IS HIRING
Local biomedical research company Perfectus Biomed, formally Extherid Biosciences, is hiring a research scientist! Extherid was one of our original TEAMS companies and we're excited to see them thriving and growing.
Perfectus Biomed, LLC is a fast-growing global company that provides innovative research and development services for medical and consumer health sectors. We have a unique full-time opportunity in Jackson! We are seeking creative individuals with a background in science for Research Scientist position. We offer training programs, international travel, innovative research teams, publishing opportunities along with competitive salary, health and retirement benefits, PTO and paid holidays.
Applicants must submit a CV, personal statement, and 2 recommendation letters to info.US@perfectusbiomed.com. For a full job description click here.
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