Gene Hoffman has built and sold three companies to PGP, Inc., Vivendi-Universal, and Amdocs. From 2003 to 2016 he was co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Vindicia, a consumer subscription infrastructure company sold to Amdocs in 2016. From 2017 to 2019 he was an advisor to the board of Chia Network until he joined the Company full time in August of 2019. He has been a board member at eight technology and energy companies and serves on two non-profit boards. He has 23 years of working in high compliance security environments with 12 years of managing PCI and SSAE-16 compliance for the storage of 220,000,000 credit cards. Gene has built and scaled companies in enterprise software and SaaS, consumer subscriptions, cryptography, and software development and has served as chief executive of a public company. He has raised over $215,000,000 in public and private markets, acquired four companies and sold three. In 1997, he helped end US export controls on cryptography while at PGP, Inc. by personally exporting the PGP Source Code book.
Roundtable 3
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In a world that moves towards Web3 and decentralisation, the concept and applications of digital public infrastructure undergoes a profound transformation. Traditional implementations, which predominantly involved layering digital services atop centralised infrastructure, have effectively fulfilled their roles in catalysing GDP growth and fostering digital financial inclusion by extending access to underserved populations and creating efficiencies. To make a meaningful impact on today and tomorrow’s global landscape, it becomes imperative to reimagine digital public infrastructure. This reimagination must focus on scalability and investment, unlocking the full potential of a truly cross-border and inclusive model accessible to all.
This roundtable will focus on a series of pertinent questions that arise when looking at a next-generation digital public infrastructure:
- Has the pursuit of an equitable playing field inadvertently imposed limits on the potential for commerce, investment, and innovation?
- As the world moves towards a Web3 world, what are the implications for digital public infrastructure? Do the layers need to evolve and are additional layers or frameworks required? How can Web3 technologies be used to generate even more value?
- Lastly, how can interoperability between different countries be achieved to drive cross-border inclusion?
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