Philly New Tech Meetup #53 - August 2018 -- Supply Chain/Blockchain

Join us for an exciting presentation on the uses of blockchain technology in the business supply chain, tax liability and various enterprises. This is NOT your cryptocurreny’s Blockchain!

AGENDA:
5:45 Networking and food

6:15 Welcome

6:20 Niraj Patel, former CIO IBM Lending Platforms

TOPIC: Blockchain and mortgages/property tax records

Niraj Patel is a senior business executive with a successful track record of uncovering a corporation’s hidden value and opportunities to create long-term innovative solutions to increase market share profitability. His successful plans have included strategies to address organic growth, in-organic growth through acquisitions, investments, technology solutions and exit strategies.
Mr. Patel recently was the CIO of IBM’s Lending Platforms and an executive member of the innovative IBM Mortgage Team specializing in delivering Watson, cognitive machine learning solutions, the cloud, big data, blockchain and evidence-based decisioning to transform the mortgage industry.

6:40 Len Porcano, Vertex Solutions

Topic: Blockchain for Enterprise Tax Solutions

Len Porcano has extensive experience in entrepreneurship, innovation, and product development. Serving as the VP of Development at Primedia, then the second largest print publisher in the world, he led the development of open source products which revolutionized how print publishers handled the convergence of online media with their core business. Later as VP of Technology at Plus Three, he led development of online systems for non-profits and political campaigns that facilitated grassroots messaging and fundraising, and which have since been adopted as industry standard practices. In his current role he leads the recently formed Innovation Labs at Vertex, working with cutting edge technologies in order to bring new levels of efficiency and productivity to tax departments.

7:05 Bill Evans, CEO Liberty Fox Technologies

TOPIC: How Blockchain will revolutionize business supply chains

Liberty Fox is a fast-growing technology consulting firm conducting business nationally. They have been proudly servicing their clients' technology needs since 2010 and continue to strive for exceptional service. Ever since the founding of Liberty Fox, they have only ever had one mission: To not only be a technology service, but to be a true partner of their clients; servicing their every need and helping them to grow in this ever expanding technological world while maintaining only the highest quality of service.

Liberty Fox has won awards from the Philadelphia 100 for the last 4 consecutive years. The Philly 100 recognizes the fastest growing privately held businesses in the Philadelphia region. Liberty Fox was ranked 41st, 14th, 14th and 38th on the list of awardees.

7:30 Community Roundtable

7:45 Announcements

Sponsored by:
Duane Morris
Kopelman Foundation
Ben Franklin Technology Partners