Chris Spanton

T-Mobile, Blockchain Principal Architect

As the Principal Architect for Blockchain at T-Mobile, Chris works to imagine, build, and deliver bleeding-edge solutions at enterprise scale.  He leads the confluence of the cloud with auditing/compliance, identity, and blockchain technologies. As the public face of T-Mobile’s blockchain efforts, Chris leads business development and technical evangelism through building partnerships with Fortune 500 organizations, delivering keynote presentations around the world, patenting innovative solutions, and leading development of open source software including the NEXT Identity project. (https://github.com/hyperledger/sawtooth-next-directory)