STEVE BEAUREGARD
Steve Beauregard
Partner / Chief Revenue Officer at Bloq, Inc. (bloq.com)
Founder & Chairman at GoCoin (GoCoin.com)
steve@bloq.com or sbeau@regard.com
www.linkedin.com/in/sbeau
TWITTER: @GoBloqSteve
Company Twitter: @bloqinc @GoCoin
www.bloq.com
www.GoCoin.com
Slideshare: www.slideshare.net/stevebeauregard
Phone: +1-424-234-1640
Speaker References (2013 – present)
International Blockchain Speaker, Disrupter & Strategist
** Keynote Speeches – Boston, Singapore, NYC, UK, Slovenia, San Diego, Bogota **
1. FBI National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force (NCIJTF) Virtual Currency Symposium – (Phoenix 2018)
2. Global Big Data Conference (Santa Clara, CA 2018)
3. World Crypto Con (Las Vegas 2018)
4. Ascendant Decrypting Regulations Conference (San Diego 2018)
5. Nexus Earth Conference (Scottsdale, AZ)
6. Latin America Bitcoin Conference – Bogota, Colombia (2017, 2018)
7. MIT Enterprise Forum – Santa Barbara (Oct 2017)
8. Strategic Coin TGE Summit (Dec 2017)
9. Inside Bitcoins – San Diego (2016)
10. Virtual Currency Summit – Boston (2015)
11. Alix Partners Digital Currency Summit – NYC (2015)
12. Inside Bitcoins – Singapore (2015)
13. Crypto Valley Summit – Isle of Man UK (2014)
14. Bitcoin Central & Eastern European Conference – Ljubljana (2014)
15. Bitcoin Singapore (2013)
* Featured Speaker / Moderator / Panelist / Guest Lecturer *
– World Blockchain Forum (London 2018)
– North American Bitcoin Conference (Miami 2016, 2017, 2018)
– Crypto Invest Summit (LA 2018)
– Future of Bitcoin (Palo Alto, CA 2017, 2018)
– CEC Capital Summit (Beverly Hills, CA 2017)
– Vistage International CEO’s Conference (LA 2017)
– State of Digital Money (LA 2015, 2017,2018)
– NACHA Payments (Phoenix 2016)
– Inside Bitcoins (Seoul, San Diego, Vegas, Berlin, Chicago, NYC, London 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
– CLSA – Analyst’s Call Guest Lecturer (Online Jan 2016) https://www.clsa.com/about-clsa.php
– WGES – World Gaming Executive Summit (Barcelona 2014)
– AFC- Asian Financial Congress (Singapore 2014)
– APEX – All Payments Expo (Las Vegas 2015)
– IGaming Super Show (Amsterdam 2014)
– DEW – Digital Entertainment World (Los Angeles 2014)
– ICE Totally Gaming (London 2014, 2015)
– Casual Connect (SF, Amsterdam 2014 2015)
– IAGR – International Association of Gaming Regulators (Philadelphia 2014)
– WSAA – Western States Acquirers Assoc. (San Diego 2015)
– Coin Congress (Singapore, San Francisco, Amsterdam 2014, 2015)
– Bitcoin Foundation (Amsterdam 2014)
– Bitcoin in the Beltway (D.C. 2014)
– BayPay (Los Angeles 2014, 2015)
– Social Media Week (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
– Silicon Beach Fest (2013, 2014)
* Professional Continuing Education (CLE, CPE) and Academia *
– National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force Virtual Currency Symposium – (2018)
– Ascendant Decrypting Regulations Conference (San Diego 2018)
– USC, Marshall School of Business (2016, 2018)
– MIT Enterprise Forum – Santa Barbara (Oct 2017)
– UCLA, Anderson School of Management, Cryptography, Blockchain, Smart Contracts (2017)
– University of Oxford, Saïd Business School, UK – Future of Finance (2016)
– Pepperdine University – MBA Guest Lecturer (2015)
– Chapman University – Undergrad Guest Lecturer (2016)
– CA State Bar Assoc. – IP Law Institute (Palm Springs 2015)
Speaker Bio – Cryptocurrency / Blockchain
Steve Beauregard – Steve is serial entrepreneur, disputer, advisor and investor with a keen eye for emerging technologies and the business instincts to position companies in the sweet spot of each new tech wave.
As partner and Chief Revenue Officer for Bloq, Steve aligns Bloq’s offerings with the Blockchain needs of Fortune 50 and Blockchain 50 organizations.
During his 4-year tenure with GoCoin as Founder and CEO, Steve brought the company from concept to profitability in under 2 years. GoCoin processed over $100M in cryptocurrency payments on four different Blockchains and emerged as the highest transaction volume processor in the world. Steve gained unparalleled insights into cryptocurrency spending behaviors, secure wallet management, global banking, coin trading & arbitrage, merchant acquisition and the worldwide cryptocurrency regulatory landscape.
As a founding member of the Chamber of Digital Commerce, Steve actively participates on their State Working Group and Token Alliance.
Steve’s 25-years of pioneering technologies includes Internet, messaging, mobile, eCommerce and Fintech solutions for consumer, enterprise and government applications. With this vast experience, Steve has been honored with keynote speeches worldwide and is a frequently asked to speak at prominent universities including: USC Marshall School of Business, UCLA Anderson School of Management, Pepperdine, Chapman, Harvard, and the University of Oxford, Säid School of Business (UK).
Enterprise Blockchain Bio
Steve is serial entrepreneur, disputer and investor with a keen eye for emerging technologies and the business instincts to position companies in the sweet spot of each new tech wave. Founder and former CEO of leading blockchain payment processor GoCoin, Steve joined Bloq as Chief Revenue Officer in the spring of 2017 to bring distributed blockchain financial products to large enterprise customers, gov’t agencies and Blockchain companies worldwide. Prior to GoCoin, Steve ran an innovative enterprise software firm introducing new efficiencies through mobile and eCommerce applications. In recent years Steve has delivered keynote speeches at blockchain events worldwide and has spoken at top universities and corporations on cryptocurrencies and mobile solutions. Steve has participated in dozens of ICOs and brings the 360 degree perspective of purchaser, advisor and contributor.
Alternative Bio (background)
Steve is serial entrepreneur, disputer and investor with a keen eye for emerging technologies and the business instincts to position companies in the sweet spot of each new tech wave. In 2013, while running a mobile and eCommerce professional services firm, Steve founded GoCoin, now the world’s highest volume Blockchain payment and loyalty processing platform. GoCoin was featured in Entrepreneur Magazine as the “Hottest LA Startup” for 2014. Prior to GoCoin, Steve had a diverse 25-year career as a technology pioneer in Fintech, mobile apps and eCommerce landing multi-year contracts with industry giants DIRECTV, BlackBerry, AT&T, T-Mobile, TRW, Sony Pictures, Universal Studios, Honda, Microsoft, IBM, Wells Fargo Bank, LIONSGATE Films, Creative Artists Agency and myriad state & federal gov’t agencies. Steve has been COO of a publicly traded eCommerce business, conducted due diligence and made countless angel investments into startups, acted as strategic advisor to Fortune-50 C-level executive teams. Steve has delivered keynote speeches around the globe at mobile, eCommerce, Fintech and Blockchain events. He is often quoted in trade press and speaks at prominent universities (USC, UCLA, Pepperdine, Chapman, Oxford University Saïd Business School UK)
Other Media
Countless additional speaking panels and major news, radio & television interviews:
Bloomberg, WSJ, TechCrunch, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Coindesk, Cointelegraph, Yahoo! Finance, BBC, VentureBeat, Mobile Payments, Business Rockstars, KABC Radio, Money & Tech
Activities & Memberships
• Charter Member of Chamber of Digital Commerce – Washington, D.C.
o State Working Group
o Token Alliance Group
• Metronome.io – Head of Partnership for new foundational cryptocurrency to be release by BloqLabs May 2018
• Blockchain Capital – Founding fund LP
• Investor/Advisor in dozens of ICOs (MasterCoin, Ethereum, SALT, Tezos, BCAP, ACAD, etc)
• GoCoin.com – Chairman
o Co-founded with Brock Pierce in 2013
o CEO (2013 – 2017)
o 4 Years of operational expertise in cryptocurrency payments having processed over $125M in transaction volume
Board & Advisory Roles
1. GoCoin – Founder & Chairman of the Board – Over $125M processed
2. Reality Shares Blockchain ETF (NASDAQ: $BLCN $BCNA) – over $125M sold
3. Nexus Earth Embassy (nexus.io) – Market Cap $200M
4. Academy Token (Academytoken.com) – $45M ICO
5. ICOx Innovations, Inc. – Architects of KODAKcoin
6. AUX Token (AUXtoken.com) – October 2018
7. Metronome Token (metronome.io) – Live as of May 2018
8. UCLA Blockchain Labs (www.blockchaincalifornia.com)
9. Fox Family Foundation Board
Testimonials
“Thank you for an excellent presentation at the Vistage Executive Summit. You had a packed room and a captivated audience. Your presentation was clear and compelling and addressed our members’ questions quite well.”
– Phillip Glosserman, Vistage Chairman
“Your talk at the MIT Enterprise Forum was on point and inspiring. The story of your partners staying up all night and coming to work the next day with red eyes evangelizing crypto was both funny, and struck a nerve with me.”
-Raja Jinal, CEO Barkback
“When it comes to new economy token ecosystems and pioneering blockchain markets, few can capture the attention of an audience better than Steve Beauregard. Having invited Steve to keynote at multiple conferences over the years, I am continually impressed by his ability to spark meaningful discussion and shed new light on a wide variety of industry topics. Likewise, anyone looking to truly comprehend the implications of digital payment platforms and how they can transform your business would do well to enlist his advice. Steve has both the insight and patience to provide a real-world learning experience that resonates with both technical and business audiences alike.”
-Stewart Quealy, CEO Inside Bitcoin / Coin Agenda