Oscar Garcia is one of 18 hand-picked top Crypto and Blockchain business leaders from around the world each sharing their unique vision on how they are disrupting business using Blockchain technology. This Event and Experience at the prestigious NASDAQ in Times Square was held on March 26th, 2018 with VIP Investor mixer the evening of the event night, March 26th.
For the past 20 years as an entrepreneur, Mr. Garcia has built companies and accelerated the growth of small businesses. As the CEO of Uulala; a financial technology company focused on bringing millions of unbanked users into the formal economy, Oscar’s passion for social impact will be global.
Mr. Garcia started his journey with the US Olympic diving team when he was 18. During the Olympic trials, he had an unfortunate injury and transitioned from competitive athletics to business. At age 18, Mr. Garcia was mentored by the founder of the fastest growing company listed in Inc 500 for 1993, 1994 and 1995.
He started programming and creating a web application in 1997 and helped 100’s of startups launch their companies. He created state of the art presentation technology for Ford Motor dealerships that increased the dealer chains income by $1 million per month per dealership. In 2014, Mr. Garcia was the VP of global sales of merchant services technology company that produced $60 million in revenue in the first 9 months in business.
Mr. Garcia has over 20 years in technology and web development as well as a background in public speaking with AT&T as their corporate social media trainer. Mr. Garcia has shared the stage with high powered individuals like presidential hopeful Mitt Romney and the former president of Mexico Vicente Fox.
Over a dozen leaders and industry insiders in cryptocurrency gathered in New York on Monday, March 26, 2018, for the Crypto Business Forum New York. Roundtable discussions will uncover what lies ahead for the future of blockchain. Designed to collaborate and learn from visionaries and insiders to share best practices and governance.
The rise of ‘the ICO’ in 2017 has been astonishing to watch. ICOs have followed the innovator’s dilemma disruption path in much faster timeframes than technology has. The VC and Angel investor market, which maintains a chokehold on development projects, has now been uprooted by a decentralized, democratic model of global crowdfunding, that in some cases, is producing returns in the 1,000% range.
With the diversity of each leader’s background, including Key Sponsors Uulala, a blockchain company to empower the unbanked, and U.S. Olympic Medalist Apolo Ohno’s organization HybridBlock , the group will collectively merge their knowledge. Industries in attendance include social impact, marketing and media, finance, data security, blockchain development, agriculture, cryptocurrency trading, personal development, fitness, cannabis, and sports financing. Each has navigated the ever-changing business landscape in the lightning speed crypto market and looks to further the impact blockchain technology can have on their respective industries.
Ohno, a founder of the new cryptocurrency exchange HybridBlock, will take an active role in examining the ecosystem for global exchange. Another notable Key Sponsor Oscar Garcia of the financial technology company Uulala has a focused social impact outlook to share what it looks like to bring millions of unbanked users into the formal economy. Joshua Ashley Klayman Kuzar, is providing key insights to the global legal landscape around cryptocurrencies.
Not only will the event bring introspective from emerging platforms, but it will also focus on disruption to legacy industries.
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