AI, IoT and the Blockchain

Joseph Bambara, CIPP/US is an Attorney /Technologist. As an Attorney with a private practice, he has counselled large law firms like Withersworldwide.com as well as affiliate marketing, media and technology firms in software and data licensing agreements, intellectual property, privacy, data security, cybersecurity as well as analyzing the legal implications of new technologies like blockchain and smart contracts. As Technologist/ Founder of UCNY, Inc, his experience includes 25 years of implementing computing and communications architecture for Wall Street including mobile, enterprise, database, cyber security and most recently AI, IoT and blockchain. He is the author of over 12 internationally published books on the law and technology as well as software development covering topics including Java, SQL and related technologies like blockchain. See, including Blockchain: A Practical Guide to Developing Business, Law, and Technology Solutions (McGraw-Hill, 2018). As Lecturer and co-Chairman of New York County Lawyers Association, he writes and presents frequently on Law and Technology. For example, see the Book: Law and Technology: The Future is Now. Mr Bambara has Juris Doctorate in Law and a Masters Degree in Computer Science.Ron Espinosa is a Director of Intelligent Environments at SoftServe a digital consulting company that advises and provides at the cutting-edge of technology. He leads the strategic direction and business development for IoT, Smart City and Smart Mobility opportunities leveraging key partnerships (Google, Amazon, and others) and public private partnership participation and sponsorship. Ron Espinosa is a 25 year veteran of advanced technology solutions. Throughout his career he has delivered solutions that connect people to their environments through technology. Whether utilizing a "bag phone" to power a yacht-based PBX, tracking "hard braking" on a motor coach, or driving new sales through SMS retargeting, Mr. Espinosa has kept his clients at the very edge of technology delivering tangible results. These projects have involved the United States Department of Transportation and Department of Homeland Security, enterprise accounts like Coca Cola, Procter & Gamble, Diageo, L'Oreal and Viacom and covered the gamut of wireless technologies. As CEO, Ron guided Duane, David and Associates (DDA) through two acquisitions to create a wireless technology consulting firm which became the #1 Value Added Reseller for Brightpoint. DDA created vehicle tracking solutions for intercity bus security as well as an on/off grid communications solution for disaster mitigation (pandemic flu, hurricanes, flooding, etc). The latter resulting in several Capitol Hill presentations and projects. As founder and CEO of Griffin Resource Group, he was part of the leadership team which developed an award-winning peer to peer money transfer application & social branding platform and created a mobile first retention program for the Affiliate Marketing industry growing revenues 10x. Currently, Ron brings IoT solutions to organizations across the globe, working with public private partnerships to bridge the digital divide.Steven Wolff , see, https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-wolff-6563b774/, is a seasoned technologist with expertise in the blockchain especially HyperLedger Fabric as well as applied software engineering, advanced technology solutions implementation, and enterprise distributed systems programming. Steven has developed a core competency in the construction and delivery of scalable high-performance distributed processing systems for mainstream banking, brokerage and insurance businesses - primarily for many of Wall Streets acknowledged premier finance houses. Engineering work in other industry verticals include Telecommunications, Defense Electronics, Manufacturing, Healthcare, and Commercial Building Construction - having held the positions of Chief Architect, Development Team Lead, Business Analyst, Project Manager and Senior Software Applications Programmer.Steve is a polyglot programmer with experience coding on both Microsoft and UNIX platforms developing large-scale, enterprise, distributed processing systems with knowledge of established best practices spanning all system tiers. With mastery attained in business process re-engineering, distributed data, knowledge systems/rules engines and SOA, Steve also possesses specialty expertise that spans complex systems integrations, shrink wrapped product design and implementation, large-scale distributed data solutions, DW/BI, Big Data technologies for large-scale parallel processing and advanced analytics programming. Steven has been a technology partner with Forte, Documentum, ILOG, SAS, PwC, IBM Professional Services, Intuit and Salesforce.Paul R. Allen is the Vice President of Engineering at Ninth Wave, Inc. Paul is an innovative IT Executive with 25+-years' experience, enabling strategic goals and outcomes through shaping, designing and implementing technology and enterprise systems. He is a dynamic leader, who applies lean and agile thinking to navigate complex business and technical problems and supports rapid and sustainable software delivery. A collaborative communicator, skilled at building trust-based partnerships. Paul has broad IT knowledge and experience; functional architecture, DevSecOps, Test/Behavior Driven Development, full lifecycle, software development and engineering leadership, vendor and operational management, support, training, process and organizational improvement. Paul has co-authored over a dozen technology books, including Blockchain: A Practical Guide to Developing Business, Law, and Technology Solutions – 2018, and OCM Java EE 6 Enterprise Architect Exam Guide – 2015, and has been invited to speak at several conferences (Finovate Fall 2018, Sybase, Powersoft, EDB Gruppen/United Consultants Europe). Teaching computing courses at the Columbia University of New York.M Ridgway Barker, Esq. is a partner at Withersworldwide.com. Ridge is an Attorney specializing in technology including artificial intelligence, the internet of things, the blockchain and distributed ledger technology. He regularly presents on these topics especially around ethical considerations, business organization and entrepreneurship. See , Blockchain and IoT. He is also actively engaged in the full range of corporate and business legal and transactional matters, including debt financings, general corporate and securities matters, partnership transactions, public reporting, public and private securities offerings, regulatory and compliance, corporate governance, capital markets (ICOs, IPOs and other registered offerings. As a trusted advisor for small to medium-sized domestic and international public and private companies across a whole range of legal issues and business needs, he regularly represents clients on both highly complex, sensitive and confidential matters as well as routine day-to-day needs. He also has broad experience in a wide range of industries including telecommunications, technology, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, manufacturing, broker-dealer, investment advice and financial services and retail. Ridge is a graduate of Yale and Boston University Law School.