Global Leaders

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SmartCon brings together the world’s leading voices in finance, Web3, and government to share firsthand insights on how blockchain and onchain technologies are transforming industries, institutions, and the global economy—sparking critical conversations that chart the course of an onchain future.

Thomas Zschach
Chief Innovation Officer, Swift
Chris Perry
President, Broadridge Financial Solutions
Nelli Zaltsman
Head of Platform Settlement Solutions, Kinexys by JPMorgan
Bryan Steil
Congressman, House of Representatives
Jonathan Ehrenfeld Solé
Head of Strategy, Swift
Raj Dhamodharan
Executive Vice President, Blockchain and Digital Currencies, Mastercard
Mark Garabedian
Director of Digital Assets and Tokenization, Wellington
Stephanie Lheureux
Head of Digital Assets Competence Center, Euroclear
Stacy Rosenthal
Head of Payments Platforms, PayPal
Tom Menner
CTO, SBI Digital Markets
Sergey Nazarov
Co-founder, Chainlink
Stani Kulechov
Founder, Aave Labs
Aviad Stein
Global Head of Digital Asset Solutions, Broadridge Financial
Max Heinzle
Founder & CEO, 21X
Samuel Bisig
CTO, Seturion (designated) / BX Digital
Ankur Prasad
SVP, Head of Bank Product, Capital One
Ed Felten
Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, Offchain Labs
🎥Justin Sun
Founder, TRON
Lidia Kurt
CEO, Seturion (designated) / BX Digital
David Palmer
CPO, Pairpoint by Vodafone
Marius Ciubotariu
Co-Founder, Kamino Finance
Thomas Short
Co-Founder, Kamino Finance
Ben Jones
Co-Founder, Optimism
Ryan Rugg
Head of Digital Assets Citi's Treasury and Trade Solutions, Citi
Patrick Collins
CEO, Cyfrin
Ed Budd
Chief Product Officer, Partior
Nate Holiday
CEO, MakeInfinite Labs
Will Peck
Head of Digital Assets, WisdomTree
Summer Mersinger
CEO, Blockchain Association
David Carlucci
Managing Partner, Carlucci Consulting
Will Artingstall
Head of Digital Asset Payments and E-commerce Services, Citi
Jorgen Ouaknine
Global Head of Innovation and Digital Assets, Euroclear
Kim Hochfeld
Global Head of Cash and Digital , State Street Investment Management
Alex Gluchowski
CEO / Founder, Matter Labs
Kevin Liu
Co-Founder, Metis and GOAT Network
Charles Adkins
CEO, Hedera Foundation
Aaron Schnarch
Founder and Executive Director, Compound Foundation
Scott Dykstra
CTO and Co-Founder, Space and Time
Ophelia Snyder
CoFounder, 21.co
Hong Kim
CoFounder & CTO, Bitwise Asset Management
Laszlo Szabo
CEO & Co-Founder, Kiln
Johann Eid
CBO, Chainlink
Joe Sticco
Co-Founder, Cryptex Finance
Lamine Brahimi
Co-Founder, Taurus
Kristen Mierzwa Barrie
Head of Digital Assets, FTSE Russell, an LSEG business
Juan Carlos Reyes
President of CNAD, Government of El Salvador
Gerald Gallagher
Host, Crypto in America
Eleanor Terrett
Journalist, Host, Crypto In America
Sota Wantanabe
CEO, Startale Labs
Maredith Hannon
Head of Business Development, Digital Assets , WisdomTree
Paul-Adrien Hyppolite
CEO, Spiko
Cody Carbone
CEO, The Digital Chamber
Demian Brener
Founder & CEO, OpenZeppelin
Vivek Raman
CEO, Etherealize
Amar Kuchinad
CEO, Copper Technologies
Michaël van de Poppe
Founder & CIO, MN Capital & MN Fund
Martin Quensel
Co-founder of both, Centrifuge and Anemoy
Andy Bohutsky
Founder/CEO, Concero
Fernando Vazquez
President, Capital Markets, Chainlink
Jacquelyn Melinek
Founder, CEO, Token Relations
Luca Prosperi
CEO & Co-Founder, M0
Michael Bentley
Co-founder and CEO, Euler Finance
Rajeev Bamra
Head of Strategy, Digital Economy , Moody's Ratings
Mustafa Al Niama
Head of Capital Markets, Mysten Labs
Adam Lawrence
Co-Founder, CEO, RWA.xyz
Frances Edwards
Chief Operating Officer, Avantgarde Finance
Matthew Sigel
Head of Digital Assets Research, Vaneck
Markus Franke
Founder & CEO, Mento Labs
Joe Flanagan
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at Maple, Maple Finance
Nick Ducoff
Head of Institutional Growth, Solana Foundation
Vanessa Fernandes Da Silva
Advisor / Partner, Aeonic Digital
Philip Forte
Founder, Elixir
Sergio Mello
Head of Stablecoins, Anchorage Digital
Thomas Cowan
Head of Tokenization, Galaxy
Sandra Ro
CEO, GBBC
Alexander Höptner
CEO, AllUnity
Dror Gurevich
CEO, Velocity Career Labs
Ari Juels
Chief Scientist, Chainlink Labs
Michael del Castillo
Founder and CEO, Media Luna
Cynthia Wu
COO, Matrixport
Nic Roberts-Huntley
CEO & Co-Founder, Blueprint Finance
Wormhole Oracle
Founder, LlamaRisk
Andre Salem
Co-founder & CEO, Cryptum
Jeremy Ng
Founder & CEO, OpenEden
Shea Ketsdever
Product Lead, Flashbots
Ashish Khandelwal
Founder & CEO, Anq
Adam Levi
Co-Founder, Backed Finanace
DavideFi
General Manager, LFJ
Jonny Huxtable
CEO and Founder, LinkPool and stake.link (SDL)
Channi Greenwall
Founder & CEO, Olympix
Kubilay Ozcelik
CEO, Matrixed.Link
Peter Van Mourik
Co-founder, Chainlayer
Kate Laurence
CEO, Founder & General Partner, Bloccelerate VC
Matthew Felice Pace
CEO, Simply Staking
Andy C
Co-Founder, The Rollup
Lorenz Breidenbach
Head of Research, Chainlink Labs
Shyam Nagarajan
Chief Operating Officer, Hedera
Solomon Tesfaye
Chief Business Officer, Aptos
Yuga Cohler
Head of Wallets, Coinbase
Fiona Ma
Protocol Strategy Lead, Falcon Finance

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Chris Perry
President, Broadridge Financial Solutions
Chris Perry serves as President of Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE: BR). A global technology leader and part of the S&P 500® Index, Broadridge offers trusted expertise and transformative technology to help clients and the financial services industry operate, innovate, and grow. The company powers investing, governance, and communications – managing over 7 billion communications per year and underpinning the daily trading of more than $10 trillion in securities globally – driving operational resiliency, elevating business performance, and transforming investor experiences.

He is focused on driving Broadridge's overall growth strategy, including overseeing Broadridge International as well as helping lead M&A, DEI and ESG strategies. Chris also oversees all client and marketing activities globally and is responsible for delivering the company’s annual sales targets spanning all business units and product lines. He has been a driving force behind the transformation of the organization from a portfolio of companies to an enterprise cloud-based services provider. Broadridge has enjoyed eight years of consecutive record setting sales under Chris' leadership.

Prior to joining Broadridge, Chris has held numerous management and commercial roles at Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI), and its predecessor, Thomson Financial. There he served as Global Managing Director of Risk for the Financial and Risk Division, where he was responsible for overseeing Governance, Risk and Compliance, as well as Pricing and Reference services. Previously, he served as President of Global Sales and Account Management of the Financial and Risk Division responsible for US$6 billion in revenue and responsible for 4,000 professionals worldwide. Earlier in his career, Chris worked in several FinTech companies and institutional trading and retail brokerage for Kemper Financial Services', Blunt Ellis & Lowie unit as well as correspondent firms of both Prudential and Pershing.

In January 2019, Chris was elected to the Board of Directors of the Financial Services Institute (FSI) and is former Chairman and ongoing member of British American Business, a membership organization that enables transatlantic commerce. Chris serves on the Board of Directors on several non-profits including Make-A-Wish Foundation of New Jersey, NPower an organization that provides underprivileged youths and military veterans with the opportunity to build tech skills and achieve their potential, the United Way of NYC and the Community Food Bank of New Jersey. In addition, he is a sponsor of the Women on Wall Street Association, a New York-based business leadership organization that helps accelerate careers of women in financial services and unites business professionals in support of equality, executive leadership and breaking the glass ceiling.

Chris holds a B.S. in Finance and Economics from Northern Illinois University and an MBA in Marketing from Lewis University, where he serves on the Board of Trustees.