Topic
The evolving landscape of crypto-assets and blockchain.
Abstract
The evolving landscape of crypto-assets and blockchain.
Profile
Hu was most recently the Senior Vice President of State Street Bank and founder of the bank’s Emerging Technologies Center focused on technologies that could have a long term impact on the banking industry, including cryptocurrencies, blockchain, AI/ML, AR and others. Prior, he spent 2011-2015 in Hong Kong overseeing State Street electronic trading platforms and data & analytics business.
A long time Silicon Valley veteran, Hu joined State Street as part of the Currenex acquisition in 2007, where he was one of the earliest members. He led numerous technology and business initiatives within Currenex including the design of its algorithmic trading engine as well as starting the margin FX business. Prior to Currenex, Hu founded the technology service provider Forion in 1999 that provided managed authentication and authorization services to the then newly emerging cloud-computing industry. Earlier still, he was a principal member of an e-Commerce management-consulting firm focused on online commerce and the financial service industry. Hu started his career performing software research for NEC C&C Lab in Princeton, New Jersey and IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California.
Hu holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University in New Jersey and received his MBA from the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley.
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