Dean Tribble co-designed the negotiation process and contract for the first smart contracting system, AMiX. As a Principal Architect at Microsoft, he co-designed the Midori distributed object-capability operating system. As founder and CTO for Agorics (acquired by Microsoft), he architected the brokerage information system for Schwabās active traders and the WebMart electronic contract system for SunLabs. As CTO of VerifyValid and VP of Deluxe, his echeck systems have carried billions of dollars.
Sonia Arrison is a best-selling author, analyst, entrepreneur, and investor. She is founder of 100 Plus Capital, co-founder of Unsugarcoat Media, and associate founder and advisor to Singularity University in Mountain View, California. Her research focuses on exponentially growing technologies and their impact on society. Her most recent book, 100 Plus: How the Coming Age of Longevity Will Change Everything, From Careers and Relationships to Family and Faith, addresses the social, economic, and cultural impacts of radical human longevity. It gained national best-seller status and keeps Sonia busy speaking all over the world. Sonia is a Board Member at the Thiel Foundation, Foresight Institute, and Woodland School. She is also a Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute in Vancouver, British Columbia, and author of two previous books (Western Visions and Digital Dialog).
James C. Bennett was co-founder of two pioneering commercial space launch companies, Arc/Starstruck and American Rocket Company, and serves as a consultant to clients in the space, communications, and other technology enterprises. He is currently Principal Investigator for space matters on the FAA Master Plan update for Las Cruces (NM) Airport as a consultant to Immortal Data, Inc. He is writing and speaking on technological developments and public policy and is author of The Anglosphere Challenge (Rowman & Littlefield, 2004), and America 3.0 (with Michael Lotus; ENcounter Books, 2013) and additionally a contributor to two books including 2020 Forecast and the best-selling The Re-Emerging Japanese Superstate in the Twenty-First Century . He is on the Board of Advisors for the National Space Society, a public interest group promoting the development of space. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Foresight Institute.
Brandon Goldman is an investor and optimistic futurist with a background in software engineering. He is currently focusing on AI safety to reduce existential risk as an investor, advisor, and in non-profit and advocacy contexts. He has made dozens of angel investments, advised more than a dozen companies, ran an investment group that deployed tens of millions of dollars, and has significant experience investing in cryptocurrencies and stock options. Previously, he was the Lead Software Architect at Blockfolio, formerly the largest mobile app for cryptocurrency, acquired by FTX for $150mm. He was also a co-founder at FreshPay, an early startup in the Bitcoin space. Earlier in his career, he was a Software Engineer and one of the first dozen employees at Box, now publicly-traded.
Chip Morningstar is an American software architect, mainly for online entertainment and communication. Morningstar held many jobs throughout his career in the research and development of technology and programs. Most notably was Morningstar’s role as project leader for Lucasfilm‘s Habitat, the first large-scale virtual multiuser environment. In March 2001, Morningstar and colleague Randy Farmer were awarded the inaugural “First Penguin Award” by the International Game Developers Association for their work on Habitat. He also participated in Project Xanadu, for which the word hypertext was first coined. Additionally, he is credited with coining the term avatar and pre-Internet work in online information marketplaces.
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Long Now Foundation
The X PRIZE Foundation
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Kurzweil Technologies, Inc.
Harvard University
University of Tennessee
Salesforce.com
Zyvex Labs
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