Chief Innovation Officer at DLA Piper
As Chief Innovation Officer for DLA Piper, one of Andrew Gastwirth’s primary responsibilities is to create new, alternative, and exciting revenue businesses for the firm outside the traditional legal services model. One of those innovations is TOKO, a digital asset creation platform. Gastwirth joined Zenobia Godschalk to provide details on this new territory DLA Piper, and the Hedera council have carved out.
VP, Vision & Innovation at ServiceNow
As a driven digital transformation leader, Tasker developed value added business and technology experiences that delivered measurable revenues as well as savings and ROI. He modernized IT and Enterprise infrastructures, optimized processes, maximized resources, and elevated service delivery in complex global environments. Tasker holds an MC in Project Management from George Washington University and a BA in Economics from the University of California San Diego.
Chief of Staff and Head of Global Policy at Hedera
Nilmini Rubin has over 20 years of experience in international technology, energy, and democracy policy and acts as both the Chief of Staff and Head of Global Policy of Hedera. Previously, she lobbied on cybersecurity for the Information Technology Industry Council and contributed to Meta’s policy programs team. Nilmini led Tetra Tech’s global division implementing energy and internet projects that resulted in millions of people gaining access to electricity for the first time.
Founder & Executive Director at University College London Centre for Blockchain Technologies
Dr. Tasca is a digital economist, specialising in distributed systems, and served as special advisor on blockchain technologies for the EU Parliament, the United Nations, and numerous Central Banks worldwide. He is a serial entrepreneur and is the Founder and Executive Director of the world’s largest research centre on blockchain technologies at the University College London. Before that, he was the Lead Economist on digital currencies and P2P financial systems at Deutsche Bundesbank.