ACS WA February Branch Forum 2018

<br><img alt="forum" src="https://acsau--c.ap1.content.force.com/servlet/servlet.ImageServer?id=0159000000EkCFz&amp;oid=00D90000000o5NE&amp;lastMod=1513835086000"></img><br><br>Our first Branch Forum for 2018 will see feature panel of local experts discussing <b>Cryptocurrency</b> and the impact it will have on business and society in the future.<br><br><b>Panelists include: </b><br><br><b>Phil George - Vision, Founder</b><br><br>As Head of Vision and Founder of Bamboo, Phil is responsible for strategy and product innovation .<br><br>In 2008, Phil founded NURV, a successful cloud-based telephony company which delivers custom solutions to small &amp; medium-sized businesses. <br>Phil also acts as CTO of a leading Australian Digital Marketing Agency. He sits on the board of ASX listed Department 13 (ASX:D13), which specializes in counter-drone solutions for military and commercial clients globally and WhiteHawk (ASX:WHK), which specialises in cyber-security solutions via a machine learning online cyber-security marketplace. He is a mentor for the Plus 8 Early Stage Technology Accelerator.<br><br>Phil was Operations &amp; Logistics Manager for Uber Australia during its formative period.<br><br>Phil holds a Bachelor of Computer Science from Murdoch University in Internetworking and Security.<br><br><b>Nesh Sooriyan - Growth &amp; Velocity, Founder</b><br><br>As Head of Growth and Founder of Bamboo, Nesh is responsible for demand generation and community development.<br><br>Nesh is an experienced founder and entrepreneur in China and Australia with successful trade sale exits in Organic N’ Easy, PaleoMealsDirect and Freeway Group. Nesh is an early cryptocurrency adopter, having mined Bitcoin and Litecoin prior to early-stage investment in NXT in 2013.<br><br>He is a Director of the Founder Institute which is the world’s premier idea-stage accelerator and startup launch program. He established and launched Telstra Ventures Muru-D Plus 8 Accelerator and the Digital Health Hackathon at Fiona Stanley Hospital in conjunction with WA Health Department.<br><br><b>John Nguyen, CTO at NinjaDojo Software Development Pty Ltd</b> <p><br>John is the Chief Technology Officer of NinjaDojo, and one of Perth’s leading experts on blockchain solutions.</p> <p>John graduated with a Bachelor’s in Mechatronic Engineering in 2008. Starting out in mechanical engineering, he moved a few years later moving into industrial networks and process controls engineering. John has always been focused on the technical side of large scale projects.</p> <p>He has been deep in blockchain-related applications for the past five years. In the jungles of Akyem, Ghana, he created his first Bitcoin transaction in exchange for malaria medication for the locals. This original transaction was made just after the first Mt Gox bubble on 28 May 2013.</p> <p>John has since become obsessed in the latest and greatest innovations coming out of the blockchain world. From Bitcoin to Ethereum to Hyperledger, he has been heavily involved in the blockchain community since the early days.</p> <b>Alex Dunmow, Managing Director at NinjaDojo Software Development Pty Ltd</b> <p><br>Alex brings with him two decades of software development and infrastructure experience. From his glory days of Quake-modding as a child, to building distributed cloud solutions for his clients, Alex uses his experience to select the correct tools for the job - whether large or small.</p> <p>While being excited about the technical merits of blockchain technology, he remains a skeptic when it comes to its commercial application, being weary of the hype surrounding the technology. He takes great care to help people see the true innovation that can be realised by the Nakamoto consensus approach.</p> <p>He and John sit on opposite sides of the (bit)coin, bringing healthy and constant debate, discussion and analysis of trends and possibilities. Alex is always willing to engage in conversations that explores potential commercial applications of bitcoin technology. As always, he will try to steer people in the right direction, rather than the most exciting.</p> <b>We look forward to seeing you then!</b>