Bill Barhydt
Bill Barhydt is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Abra, a cryptocurrency investing app. As a recognized expert in Internet and media technologies for over 15 years, he serves as an advisor and active investor in many companies in the payments, telecom, and consumer Internet sectors. Barhydt has also advised federal and international regulators on the impact of digital currencies and decentralized transaction systems. In addition, he has presented at several Internet and mobile technology conferences, including TED, the World Economic Forum, and the Mobile World Congress.
Bill Barhydt Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Founder and Chief Executive Officer
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Senior Analyst, Fixed Income Trading
Academic History
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BS in Computer Science
- Barhydt started his career working for the U.S. Government.
- He gave the first TED talk on Bitcoin in 2012.
- He serves as an advisor and mentor to Boost.VC, a Bitcoin-focused incubator fund.
- He won the Technology Pioneer Award from the World Economic Forum in 2000 for his work at WebSentric, the first online meeting service that required no software installation.
- He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.
PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS
- Research Engineer at CIA and NASA - bringing next-generation computer graphics and visualization techniques into use
- Fixed Income Trading at Goldman Sachs - designing trading and sales systems as well building back-office process for bank loan trading
- Senior Director, Product and Business Development at Netscape - designing hosted systems for telecom companies and retail banks