Project Management for Blockchain - Online Event

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Blockchain is the technology behind BitCoin and Ethereum. It is also much more, both as a technology and as a philosophy. Some experts suggest that project management itself is essentially blockchain. Join us for an exciting discussion.

Background Reading/Video:

• A gentle introduction to blockchain (https://bitsonblocks.net/2015/09/09/a-gentle-introduction-to-blockchain-technology/) (whitepaper link)

• Blockchain Project Management (https://medium.com/@marc.minnee/project-management-blockchain-8f14abea49f8#.zicyo5nq0) (whitepaper link)

• Avoiding the pointless blockchain project (http://www.multichain.com/blog/2015/11/avoiding-pointless-blockchain-project/) (whitepaper link)

• How Blockchain will accelerate development (https://www.pentalog.com/videos/blockchain-innovation-webinar-replay.htm) (whitepaper link)

• Blockchain Primer (https://youtu.be/RplnSVTzvnU) (YouTube TED Talk)

Panelists/Moderator:

Timothy Ruff (https://www.meetup.com/project_management_world/pages/23309065/Tim_Ruff/) a 25-year veteran of communication technology, Timothy is the CEO and co-founder of Evernym and co-inventor of Sovrin, the most advanced identity network in the world.

Tim Christensen (https://www.meetup.com/project_management_world/pages/23308997/Tim_Christensen/) is a California-based tech entrepreneur and highly sought after management consultant PM, with over 20 years of experience managing complex business operations initiatives and corporate transformations with multi-million dollar budgets and cross functional teams for high tech companies, money center banks and Fortune 500 companies. Currently CEO, Blockchain development and integration company, Data Chain Solutions.

David Snyder (https://www.meetup.com/project_management_world/pages/23308937/David_Snyder) helps organizations develop and implement new technologies. His experience includes program management and product management at companies like Apple, Google, Kaiser, First Data, PayPal, Yahoo!, and various startups for healthcare systems, electronic payments, mobile applications, and data security.

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