SVHealth (April 2018): Blockchain in Healthcare Panel
Channel: Silicon Valley Health 2.0
Date: 2018-04-26

Silicon Valley Health event April 2018

Tues. April 17th Health 2.0 hosted a panel discussion about blockchain technology and its various applications in healthcare with leading experts on the topic. This 

Q&A #1:
https://youtu.be/x2YygCzwUe4

Q&A #2:
https://youtu.be/_lZ3v-vDXRo

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Moderator (First on the Right) : Reese Jones
https://www.linkedin.com/in/reesejones1/

Reese Jones is a biophysicist with experience in innovation, patents, start-ups, entrepreneurship, venture finance, corporate and non-profit governance. As a venture strategist Reese has engaged in a dozen company’s innovation, start up, financing, development, IPO, boards, mergers, acquisitions and fundraising campaigns.

Panelists: (Left to Right): 

Paul Willard
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulwillard/

Paul Willard: Paul is currently a partner at Storm Ventures in SF Bay area. Paul has invested in a number of healthcare companies some of which (like PokitDok) were among the earliest blockchain innovators. Paul is focusing on enterprise software primarily in SaaS, Health Tech, and Robotics-as-a-Service. For 14 years, he was a product, design, marketing and analytics executive at tech startups including Coupons.com, Practice Fusion, Atlassian and NextCard.

Lisa Maki
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisammaki/

Lisa Maki: Lisa Maki is the co-founder of PokitDok, an API platform that powers healthcare interoperability to improve the business of health, and DokChain, blockchain for healthcare. Before starting PokitDok, Lisa co-founded BeliefNetworks, which applied semantic intelligence and predictive analytics for customers like Forbes.com. It was acquired by the health and employee benefits company, Benefitfocus in 2010. Lisa is currently at EIR at Storm Ventures.

Radhika Iyengar-Emens 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/radhikaemens/

Radhika Iyengar-Emens is Founding Partner at StarChain Ventures and Managing Partner of DoubleNova Group, a Silicon Valley-based blockchain consultancy and ICO advisory. She is a TEDx speaker, a Silicon Valley Woman of Influence, a serial entrepreneur, a crypto investor and an expert in blockchain, digital health and global entrepreneurship.

Sam De Brouwer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-de-brouwer-b0a34122/

Sam De Brouwer is cofounder and chief Operating Officer at doc.ai , a blockchain based AI platform that enables deep learning computations on quantified biology to develop personalized health insights and predictive models. 


Jorden Woods
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordenwoods/

Jorden Woods is a Founding Partner at StarChain Ventures and Managing Partner at DoubleNova Group, a blockchain consultancy and ICO advisory based in Silicon Valley. He is a successful 3-time serial entrepreneur with exits and a pioneer in globalization strategy and technology. He is also an investor in tech and blockchain companies and actively publishes blockchain articles on Medium.

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