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Blockchain Use Cases and IBM Blockchain Platform Presentation

Arshiya Lal is a Product Manager for IBM’s Blockchain Platform. She leads their developer experience portfolio, spearheads a program for blockchain start-ups, and informs strategy for IBM’s blockchain offerings. Additionally, she is involved in  pushing forward the definition of smart contracts legally in both national and international standards boards. She’s been featured on the Bad Crypto podcast, BLOCKTV, and spoken at various notable blockchain forums, including Consensus. Before joining IBM’s Blockchain group, she developed expertise in a variety of groundbreaking technologies including smart textiles, 3-D Printing, augmented reality, virtual reality, and gesture recognition.

Arshiya Lal / Product Manager, IBM