Oleksandr Baiev

PhD from Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India. Experienced in R&D in the areas of blockchains, consensus algorithms, formal methods, cryptography, interoperable blockchains. Passionate in leading teams and helping organizations translating advanced research to production.

Life-long creative with focus on branding has 20+ years in advertising and leading in-house creative teams. Former Director of Design at Razer and ACD at Ogilvy (NYC). Worked on leading global brands such as BP, Dupont, TD Ameritrade, Dove, Capital One, Sheraton, Mercedes, and more.

As RingCentral’s Chief Revenue Officer, Carson Hostetter leads global sales including all direct, channel, and strategic partners. Under his watch the team has continued to grow and thrive with a strong partner ecosystem, continued enterprise growth, accelerated momentum with small and medium business; and increased customer retention. He also plays a key role leading strategic partnerships.

Consultant turned entrepreneur, president of Government Blockchain Alliance Taiwan Chapter, founded Taiwan Entrepreneur Club with over 45+ global partners, early Ethereum advocate, Chinese Language studies from National Taiwan University, UC Berkeley alumni in Global Economics and Political Development.

Previously at Euronext Markets Singapore, four years in Digital Strategies private equity fund, four years in digital securities industry with Polymath, Tokeny Solutions, HydraX, and EuronextProofSuite. StockGenerated Exchange,over industry$28bn in tokenized assets. Industry key opinion leader having spoken at over 30 conferences. Mentor at Brinc, CV VC Labs, BFG, and BFF.