Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Strategies for Business Leaders on Georgia Podcast
Zach Hoffmeister
Recent Robinson College of Business MBA graduate Zach Hoffmeister has enjoyed significant financial success buying and selling cryptocurrency. In 2018 he co-authored a book with John Granofsky and Tim Suggs called The Millionaire Millennials, a beginner’s guide to investing in cryptocurrency. This book highlights two Georgia State grads’ oft-suspenseful stories of their pitfalls and glory in cryptocurrency investment. Zach’s story has been featured in several Georgia State University publications, and he has been a guest on numerous podcasts and panels discussing the future of cryptocurrency.
Topics to Discuss:
Bitcoin
Blockchain technology
Cryptocurrency markets
Web Site / Social Media Links:
https://www.millionairemillennial.life
https://twitter.com/MMsCrypto
https://www.instagram.com/mmscrypto
https://www.linkedin.com/in/johngranofsky
John Granofsky
John Granofsky obtained his MBA degree from Robinson College of Business in 2017, and began trading cryptocurrencies that same year. John worked alongside Zach Hoffmeister in developing investment strategies that they would later outline in The Millionaire Millennials, a book they co-authored and published with mutual friend Tim Suggs. John has been a guest on several cryptocurrency-related podcasts and has attended numerous cryptocurrency conferences around the country over the past year.
Topics to Discuss:
Bitcoin
Blockchain technology
Cryptocurrency markets
Web Site / Social Media Links:
https://www.millionairemillennial.life
https://twitter.com/MMsCrypto
https://www.instagram.com/mmscrypto
https://www.linkedin.com/in/johngranofsky
Roop Singh
Intuit Factory
Technology Strategist | Blockchain Educator | TEDx Speaker | Turban Collector
Roop is founder and principal at Intuit Factory, a Blockchain business strategy consulting firm. Hes also a co-founder of a stealth product startup in the Blockchain identity space.
Roop gave a TEDx talk in March 2019 on Who owns your digital identity?
As a public speaker, Roop helps audiences understand the potential, impacts, pitfalls, and risks, guiding the evolution of business and society into a Blockchain driven world. As a trainer and a coach, Roop designs and delivers seminars, workshops, and trainings for Fortune 100 and Global 2000 clients. He has also featured as a guest speaker and invited panelist at Harvard University, Emory University, and others.
Prior to delving into the Blockchain space, Roop was a business transformation leader with 14 years of experience driving change at the intersection of business and technology. As a techno-strategist, his expertise includes business process transformation, business architecture, customer experience management, and aligning strategy and operational process excellence. His professional experience spans leading corporations like IHG, AT&T, Home Depot, SecureWorks, Cox Enterprises as well as multilateral UN programs, non-profits, and startups.
Roop was elected to the Board of Directors of the Georgia Indo-American Chamber of Commerce in 2008-2010 and also served as co-chair of its Trade committee. He was also invited to join the Executive Team of TiE Atlanta, the Top 5 chapter of a global entrepreneur development network, and was instrumental in establishing and leading its TMT (Telecom, Media and Technologies) Special Interest Group. He has also served on the Advisory Board of the Process Excellence Network (PEX), a community of process professionals and business leaders promoting process and operational excellence in the industry.
Roop is a Certified Process Professional (CPP)- Master with the BP Group, focusing on Outside-In Customer Experience Management. He has an Advanced Business Certificate in Business Process Management from the Objects Management Group. He also holds a certificate from Harvards HBX program.
Roop has a Bachelors in Computer Science and Engineering from Mysore University, India. He received a Master of Science in Computer Information Systems from the J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University. He has served as an adjunct in their top-ranked Computer Information Systems program. His research interests integrate Data Management, Artificial Intelligence, and Ontology Management and Semantics. He has published in industry journals and regularly presents at conferences.
Topics to Discuss:
-Did a recent TEDx Talk at TEDx Atlanta on ‘Who actually owns your digital identity?’
‘#Blockchain – unlocking the emerging identity revolution’
https://youtu.be/EgMEJ6D2_WY
Watch the talk for background context, as we explore questions around privacy, and blockchain as a technology for the identity of humans and things. What will the future with blockchain look like?
-Upcoming Executive education 3-day program “Blockchain Strategy for Business Leaders” in partnership with Robinson College of Business, GSU
https://robinson.gsu.edu/blockchainstrategy/
Web Site / Social Media Links:
https://intuitfactory.com
https://twitter.com/intuitfactory
https://www.instagram.com/singhadventures
https://www.linkedin.com/in/singhroop/
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