Paul Brody
EY
Global Blockchain Leader
Paul Brody is the global blockchain leader at EY, responsible for directing work and investments across assurance, tax, consulting, and software development worldwide in blockchain. EY has been a major investor in building tools and solutions for the Ethereum ecosystem including financial statement audit, supply chain management, emissions and carbon tracking, public sector finance, and DeFi solutions.
Prior to joining EY, Paul was the Vice President for the Electronics Industry at IBM. He has also worked at numerous start-ups and started his career at McKinsey & Co. In Los Angeles and Seoul. Paul has a BA in Economics and a certificate in African studies from Princeton University. Paul lives in San Francisco with his husband and two sons.
Prior to joining EY, Paul was the Vice President for the Electronics Industry at IBM. He has also worked at numerous start-ups and started his career at McKinsey & Co. In Los Angeles and Seoul. Paul has a BA in Economics and a certificate in African studies from Princeton University. Paul lives in San Francisco with his husband and two sons.
7/26
11:35AM - 11:45AM
(10min)
Enterprise Use Cases, Not Enterprise Blockchains: Private Applications on Public Chains
EY's blockchain lead has been in the space long enough to remember the "blockchain, not bitcoin" era, when corporations were terrified to be associated with public blockchains like Bitcoin and Ethereum. Today, we see the enterprise building applications on the tech they were once so skeptical of. Paul Brody explains how that shift happened and what's next.
7/26
11:45AM - 12:15PM
(30min)
Enterprise Is Back: Corporations That Finally Get Web3
Enterprises have been exploring blockchain for years now. But finally, we're seeing a handful of companies that really get it. From the technology to the culture, these corporations are really vibing with Web3.
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