State of blockchain adoption for Supply Chain applications

Jeff Stollman and Tom Klein from the Hyperledger Supply Chain Special Interest Group will share their insights from the group and the state of blockchain adoption for Supply Chain applications. Topics will include current industry challenges, success stories, and organizations active in applying blockchain to supply chain use cases.

The Supply Chain Special Interest Group is open to everyone and you can find out more at: https://wiki.hyperledger.org/display/SCSIG/

Tom Klein bio
Tom Klein is the new Chair of the Hyperledger Supply Chain Special Interest Group. He is also the Managing Director of BusinessBlock which provides advice on applying blockchain within and between organizations for financial, social and environmental benefit. Tom has over 35 years of industry experience in building teams, developing creative solutions, and driving operational excellence. Over his career he has led the adoption of many different technologies across the spectrum of industries. He can be reached at tkklein@businessblock.co.

Jeff Stollman bio
Jeff Stollman is a polymath developing solutions to difficult problems across a wide range of disciplines including blockchain, sensors, robotics, financial services, force protection, weapons demilitarization, supply-chain integrity, non-lethal weapons, information technology, information security, and privacy. He currently holds patents in artificial intelligence, information security, privacy, and financial services and has patents pending in blockchain, supply chain integrity, medication adherence, and non-lethal weapons.

He has been effective developing "out-of-the-box" solutions by using novel technology from one discipline to cross-fertilize another. In this way, he has developed novel solutions that were invisible to the same way of looking at problems.

In addition to his technical expertise, Mr. Stollman has managed both businesses and programs valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars with full P&L responsibility.

In work over the last three years, Mr. Stollman has been deeply involved in developing blockchain-based solutions and currently has four blockchain patents pending in areas that include supply-chain integrity and platforms for monetizing intellectual property and helping innovators fund bringing their products to market.

Mr. Stollman holds a Master’s degree from Tufts University and has supported prestigious clients including IBM, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, US Bank, Merrill Lynch, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Ford, and a wide array of federal agencies, including the DoD and Intelligence communities. He is deeply involved in global standards organizations, having served as chairman of the Privacy and Public Policy working group of the Kantara Initiative. He currently serves as a technical expert to the International Telecommunications Union – Technology (ITU-T) organization and supports the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).

Mr. Stollman has presented at such conferences as Global Indexing and ETFs, the European Identity and Cloud Conference, the RSA security conference, the Healthcare Distributors Association Traceability Seminar, the Internet Identity Workshop, and the Computer Security Institute. He has also appeared as an expert witness on behalf of the US EPA in public hearings on the economic impact of proposed noise abatement regulations, and has testified at numerous hearings on protests of federal procurements.