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Louth-based regtech player GECKO Governance is on a mission to change this. Led by Michelle McGuire, the business is part of a regional effort to develop a Fintech Corridor in the North East of Ireland. She talks about the changing fintech landscape in Ireland and addressing the gender divide in the industry.
This episode of The Tatiana Show, Tatiana has a one on one conversation with Rhonda Eldridge, founder of the non-profit Harness All Possibilities. A native of the Bahamas, Rhonda had over 25 years experience working in financial institutions before the economic crash of 2008. Seeing the disruption the recession had caused in many people’s lives led her to start her non-profit, Harness All Possibilities. HAP’s mission has been to educate and assist professionals in adapting to business in the 21st century and developing new skills. In 2015, Rhonda discovered blockchain technology and began immersing herself in the field. She has been active in the crypto space for the past 4 years. Rhonda gives us some details of her recent projects in her native Bahamas around blockchain and cryptocurrency. She helped organize the 1st Bahamas Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Conference in the summer of 2018. This past August, she held a hackathon for the youth of The Bahamas. The children had access to online courses on blockchain and AI technologies before participating in a 3 day event building solutions with the technology they had been learning from the courses. She provides insight into the challenges and opportunities surrounding blockchain in the Caribbean. About the Guests: Rhonda Eldridge is the Founder of Harness All Possibilities, Inc. (“HAP”). HAP is a non-profit corporation motivated to build a sense of connectedness between employers and employees undergoing a transformational shift with disruptive new technologies impacting the workplace. Rhonda is also a Strategy Consultant for Gecko Governance and has over 25 years of financial services experience at leading global firms including PricewaterhouseCoopers, ABN Amro (Fortis) and UBS. She previously held country and regional Managing Director positions at Fortis Prime Fund Solutions (ABN Amro) overseeing operations and business development roles, respectively. In her regional role in the Americas she was responsible for all client due diligence, AML/KYC, compliance, sales, relationship management and complex deals. Rhonda was a 9 year member of Young Presidents’ Organization and member of finance industry organizations such as AIMA, 100 Women in Finance, the CFA Institute, Help for Children/Hedge Funds Care and was part of several global re-engineering and thought leadership teams. Over the past 7 years she has worked with turnaround companies, asset manager, fintech and regtech startup firms. Rhonda holds a business degree from Queen’s University, Canada and is a Canadian qualified chartered accountant. If you like this content, please send a tip with BTC to: 1Q2QHoNowg8D2QzWhBQU1YrraG771aCpgS More Info: TatianaMoroz.com CryptoMediaHub.com https://bahamas.cryptochicks.ca/ https://www.harnessap.org/ Friends and Sponsors of the Show (confirm sponsors): Vaultoro.gold/tatiana www.Celsius.network www.etoro.com Proof of Love *You have been listening to the Tatiana Show. This show may contain adult content, language, and humor and is intended for mature audiences. If that’s not you, please stop listening. Nothing you hear on The Tatiana Show is intended as financial advice, legal advice, or really, anything other than entertainment. Take everything you hear with a grain of salt. Oh, and if you’re hearing to us on an affiliate network, the ideas and views expressed on this show, are not necessarily of the those of the network you are listening on, or of any sponsors or any affiliate products you may hear about on the show
On their return from SXSW, Sebastian and Emmett are back in Europe in their Dublin office to reflect on the first ‘Move Your Business to the United States Podcast' season. They marvel that it has been almost a year since they embarked on this podcasting venture, recapping some memorable moments and featuring some of the highlights of this chart-topping series, as well as discussing the next season. Among some of their past podcast interviewees featured are Dan Dilliard, a passionate Austinite who established Founding Austin; Andy Jones, partner at Marvelous Events, as well as Andris Macs from GECKO Governance. Sebastian Sauerborn: Website Kevin Turley: Website Emmett Glynn: Email Founding Austin Magazine Masters and founders podcast Dan Dillard: LinkedIn Andy Jones: LinkedIn Andris Macs: LinkedIn
It's day 4 at SXSW and the Mount Bonnell team visit the Enterprise Ireland Stand, which dwarfs its British neighbour in size. There Kevin encounters Andris Macs from Gecko Governance who talks about his 1st time at the event. Next up, Kevin chats to Paul from Enterprise Ireland who is an old hand now being there for the 7th year. Then Kevin meets Christine who represents Service Bot, specialising in conversational AI. Another company at the Krib aka Enterprise Ireland stand is System-Link, represented by Sophie Madigan. Then finally, Kevin talks to Mark Russell from HyperSciences. Episode Transcript Sebastian Sauerborn: Website Kevin Turley: Website Andris Macs: LinkedIn Sophie Madigan: LinkedIn Mark Russell: LinkedIn
Shane Brett, CEO and founder of Gecko Governance, joins us on the show this week to talk about using blockchain to put the 'fun' into funds management...and his love of death metal music!
With Shane Brett, CEOGECKO Governance is a new RegTech fund management regulatory solution that allows users to schedule, manage and monitor a large portfolio of investment fund’s regulatory & compliance requirements in real-time.GECKO Governance gives users the “Big Picture” by providing them with a live Birds Eye view across all their funds compliance requirements from one central dashboard.GECKO Governance has built the first solution for managing fund compliance. Clients uses our multi award winning technology to manage the full end-to-end fund compliance process ànd operational workflow.
With Shane Brett, CEOGECKO Governance is a new RegTech fund management regulatory solution that allows users to schedule, manage and monitor a large portfolio of investment fund’s regulatory & compliance requirements in real-time.GECKO Governance gives users the “Big Picture” by providing them with a live Birds Eye view across all their funds compliance requirements from one central dashboard.GECKO Governance has built the first solution for managing fund compliance. Clients uses our multi award winning technology to manage the full end-to-end fund compliance process ànd operational workflow.
Shane Brett, CEO of Gecko Governance is quoted as saying “They say 2018 is the year of subpoenas and 2019, well that will be the year of trials.” Unfortunately, this could be a reality in the investment crypto space, if companies don't adjust their compliance practices. Perhaps its time we all start paying attention to companies like Gecko Governance. Founded in 2015, Gecko Governance is a self-proclaimed collection of products allowing fund managers, regulators and investors to meet compliance and regulatory tasks on a single blockchain platform. The company also, more recently, has been working on a tool to provides managers and banks with a verifiable, independent audit trail that meets the requirements of global financial regulators. Brett believes 2018 is going to be a year where we will see huge leaps and bounds of regulation in this space and his company wanted to build a solution for management fund regulation and compliance that can be used and interpreted globally. He has noted that particularly in the crypto world, regulators are waking up and cracking down on the compliance framework. Every year millions of dollars are lost to scammers. In July of this year, at the G20 Summit Meeting, it is expected that key country official will be reporting and recommending some sort of global framework for managing the crypto investing space. Gecko Governance, with their arsenal of compliance tools, hopes to fill the gap and aid investors, regulators and fund managers in tightening up their crypto space protocols and reporting. For more information, visit: www.geckogovernance.com
Cosimo Ventures is a deep tech investment firm based in Boston, New York, and Ireland. Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, cyber security, AR, and IOT are just a few of the flavors they have invested in.They have just completed a few major investments which are growing into the US markets: Gecko Governance, which was built on the blockchain for hedge fund and mutual funds, allows fund managers to meet regulatory and compliance requirements.Cosimo has also recently invested $3M in Oneiro to commercialize a true form of currency for the long-term store of value they hope will solve the downside volatility of cryptocurrency seen today. Additionally, they have backed Nova Leah, an Irish start-up, focusing on cyber-security risk management systems for medical devices.
Episode 1: State of Play - Industry update, Key Trends, Blockchain & ICO's
This Podcast is powered by GECKO Governance - the future of Blockchain Compliance! This first episode covers:- - Recent RegTech Trends, - Key Industry Updates, - Latest Blockchain developments - The emerging market for ICO's