LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CasperLabs, a leading enterprise blockchain software company, today announced that co-founder and CTO Medha Parlikar will be a featured speaker at the LA Blockchain Summit, North America’s leading Web3 conference and trade show taking place 1-3 November 2022. The keynote will come one day after CasperLabs’ four-year anniversary, amid a time of unprecedented growth for the company.
Parlikar will lead a keynote panel titled “How to Onboard the Next 1M Blockchain Users.” The discussion will focus on the emergence of the multi-billion dollar enterprise blockchain market, adoption challenges and opportunities and the role these organizations will play in making blockchain an increasingly mainstream technology. The session will take place on 1 November 2022 from 15.00-15.15. In addition, Olga Litvinenko from the Casper association will give a speech on the topic “To be seen through the noise” on 3 November at 15.00-15.40.
“As we’ve seen firsthand over the past four years, blockchain technology is evolving from a niche curiosity to a transformative technology that will increasingly impact the way we do business on a daily basis,” said Medha Parlikar, co-founder and chief technology officer of CasperLabs. “We are at a unique time when the industry is realizing increasingly mainstream adoption, and the LA Blockchain Summit marks a tremendous opportunity to bring together some of the brightest minds in this space for thought-provoking discussions and explorations of the enormous potential that still lies ahead.”
In addition to the keynote, CasperLabs will also host the LA Blockchain Summit 2022 Kickoff Party to celebrate the company’s four-year anniversary. The party, held in the legendary Conga Room at LA Live, will include a live musical performance from DJ Lushbunny and a post-show mix and mingle.
The LA Blockchain Summit is the marquee conference and trade show focused on blockchain investing, building and mainstream adoption in North America.
Medha Parlikar session details
WHAT: “How to Bring the Next 1M Blockchain Users”
WHOSE: Medha Parlikar, co-founder and CTO, CasperLabs
WHEN: Tuesday 1 November 2022 – 15.00-15.15
WHERE: Main Stage, Los Angeles Convention Center, 1201 S. Figueroa St. Los Angeles, CA, 90015
About Medha Parlikar
Medha Parlikar is co-founder and technology manager at CasperLabs. Medha has more than 30 years of technical experience and is considered one of the top women in blockchain. As CasperLab’s CTO, Medha is on a mission to make blockchain the platform for doing business in the future. “It’s not a scary technology,” says Medha. “We are reducing the risk of blockchain to the enterprise. The time is now for enterprises to adopt and not be left behind.” Medha started working with blockchain in 2017 as a program manager at Pyrofex, where she led the development of an open source blockchain platform. When she realized that the blockchain technology platform she needed didn’t actually exist, she decided to build it herself and CasperLabs was born. Beyond blockchain, Medha’s specialties include Ethereum, SaaS, Product Engineering and Cloud technologies. Medha started working with technology in the early 1980s, building computers in the basement. For the past two decades, she has delivered SaaS software for major companies, including Adobe, Omniture and Avalara. Medha excels at building and mentoring high-performing technical teams, inspiring them to deliver solutions that solve customer problems. She is a prolific speaker, having spoken at several global conferences, including Davos, the LA Blockchain Summit, and NFT.NYC, among others. Medha is a mentor and has worked with organizations including Strongurl to elevate and encourage women in blockchain/tech. In her personal life, Medha is a wife and mother of three children, and holds a black belt in karate. Medha graduated summa cum laude from Coleman College with a bachelor’s degree in computer information systems and programming.
About Olga Litvinenko
Olga Litvinenko is part of the Casper Association responsible for overseeing the ongoing development and decentralization of the Casper Network. She was born in Kyiv, Ukraine and raised in Greenwich, CT. Litvinenko graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Finance and Marketing from Syracuse University and currently consults through Olga and Company, specifically blockchain and cryptocurrency marketing with over 10 years of experience in digital, creative, branding, communications, growth and social in a range of industries.
About CasperLabs
CasperLabs, a leading blockchain software company for the enterprise market, re-imagines blockchain for the enterprise with a future-proof solution. The company also provides development, support and advisory services for organizations that build on the Casper network. Guided by open source principles, CasperLabs is committed to supporting the next wave of blockchain adoption among enterprises and providing developers with a reliable and secure framework to build private, public and hybrid blockchain applications. The team has deep enterprise technology experience with a cumulative 100 years of enterprise experience, coming from organizations including Google, Adobe, AWS, Dropbox and Microsoft. To learn more, visit www.casperlabs.io.
