Announcement #015 | Block Tides Ventures | DICT Women in Blockchain
“When we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together,” is a famous quote by former United States President Barack Obama. It highlights the virtue of having the initiative in making the first step toward a goal. It also highlights the collective effect of individual initiative and how it resounds across society.
An individual may only accomplish so much, but as a collective, the world-changing effect by several folds. Today, we highlight the 10 Women Disruptors in Blockchain from the Philippines. We will highlight their journey to Blockchain and the accomplishments they made along the way. They are innovators and pioneers in their own right. Dispelling stereotypes, changing the norms, and inspiring other women to make their way into Blockchain and contribute to the technology’s innovation that has the potential to transform the country’s business, commerce, and governance as we make our way into the 2020s decade.
The 10 Women Disruptors in Blockchain from the Philippines
Myrtle Anne Ramos — Blocktides Founder / Co-CEO of Sinofy Studio
Myrtle is a rising superstar in Blockchain and Cryptocurrency as she has organized forums, expos, and showcase events globally, from Asia, to the Pacific and the Middle East. She credits hard work, patience, and hectic hours spent in leaving no stone unturned in coordinating with global partners in staging Asia’s largest Blockchain and cryptocurrency events. Myrtle’s accomplishments are as follows: Award-Winning PR Firm of 2020 by PitchDeck Asia, Official partnership with Draper Goren Holm, Membership on the Global Advisory Board at EC-Council Global Advisory Board, Myrtle being a Global Ambassador at WomenTech Network.
Ann Cuisia — Traxion CEO and Founder
Ann’s achievements include Traxion recognized in Asia-Pacific as a reputed systems integration of Blockchain. In 2019, Ann was named among the BitPinas 2019 Blockchain Women Influencers in the Philippines and named among the 2020 Empowered Women of Blockchain. Early in 2020, Ann and her company Traxion, alongside with key partners, launched Kadena Hub, a Blockchain accelerator hub for startups in the Philippines, which is a first of its kind. Kadena Hub was recognized by the government as a game changer when it comes to emerging technologies.
Gail Cruz-Macapagal — DynaQuest Country Director / Certified Blockchain Expert
Gail is the country director of an award-winning Blockchain solutions provider in DynaQuest. She attained recognition from Bacolod city for her efforts in helping the city improve its global index for business and IT readiness as a direct result of Bacolod’s first Blockchain seminar and workshop: Bacolod Blockchain Initiative (B2CI). Gail was instrumental in helping DynaQuest transition from a BPO solutions provider to an award-winning Blockchain solutions provider recognized by APAC CIO Outlook — Top 10 Blockchain Solutions Provider in Asia & Pacific of 2019 and Asia CEO Awards 2020 — Circle of Excellence Awards.
Emmy Lou V. Delfin — Director, Department of Information and Communications Technology — ICT Industry Development Bureau.
Emmy is currently working on introducing an information and learning campaign about Blockchain in a couple of upcoming webinars to fast-track the knowledge of local government personnel and local leaders about Blockchain. This initiative will help push the envelope in Blockchain initiatives in the Philippines.
Leah Callon-Butler — Emfarsis Director
Leah is recognized by BitPinas as among the 2019 Blockchain Women Influencers in the Philippines by BitPinas. Leah and her company, Emfarsis, were cited by the government in launching the project: Careers in STEM, where the program focuses on developing the next generation of technical skills in STEM and emerging technologies in preparation for the coming fourth industrial revolution. Leah is a featured columnist on CoinDesk and her works were cited by numerous Blockchain organizations and influential figures. Last year, Leah was also selected as a judge 2020 AFI Inclusive FinTech Showcase.
Marie Ramirez — DynaQuest Business & Marketing Development / Certified Blockchain Expert In working for DynaQuest
Marife “Faye” notes that the company’s culture makes it a point to get everyone involved in the marketing, business, and repositions of DynaQuest in emerging markets across frontier technologies. It includes new dynamic goals that Faye sets her sights on: taking DynaQuest to new markets where growth opportunities are plentiful. In organizing the company’s events, forums, and networking activities, Faye was a part of the company’s major milestones as it was recognized globally by Blockchain’s largest virtual enterprise awards: Enterprise Blockchain Leadership “2020 Blockchain Revolution Global Award Finalist”.
Tracy Li — BlockDevs Asia Co-Founder / Blockchain Developer
Tracy is the co-founder of BlockDevs Asia. She is a seasoned enterprise software developer in whose roles include engineering, information architecture, and strategic deployment. To date, Blockdevs Asia’s biggest achievement was winning the 2019 Klaytn Hackathon in Korea. Tracy and her team created a Blockchain-based educational platform and later presented to a larger audience, where the team’s use case was cited for its innovative capabilities.
Janice Ariño — Filipay / Filicoin CEO and Founder
Through dedication and diligence, one of Janice’s achievements in gathering in great detail the informational structure of a Blockchain, which is a piece of vital information in helping demystify the Blockchain infrastructure — for clarity and to be better understood by developers, customers (private and public sectors), and its users. Under the Transportation Industry, Janice and her team developed FILIPAY and FILIPCOIN, a proven and tested technology based on the Blockchain. They will soon launch the technology for public use to help systematize transaction and process flow of fleets for security and transparency.
Arshelene Lingao — Binance Angel for Binance Filipino Community / Celo Ambassadress
Arshelene is a certified Binance Angel. As a part of Binance Angel’s Program, her biggest contribution to the Binance community is her rapport in scaling the knowledgebase into the evolving customer experience. She cited community service to Binance where she goes the extra mile in delivering solutions to customer service, customer care, and client retention programs.
Jocelyn Ojinal — ACDX & Celo Ambassadress
Jocelyn is one of Celo’s PH Ambassadors. CELO has just listed at Coexstar, a regulated exchange in the Philippines. One of her celebrated milestones includes the Valora App, which has hit over 100K downloads (and counting). Jocelyn is also one of the moderators of ACDX, a derivative exchange that exclusively offers BBS tokens making it easier for traders to do leverage trading.
Blockchain, as an industry, is a transformative platform that will change how we do business and communicate with information. While consortia and their respective macro projects have pushed Blockchain to the mainstream, the industry is vast, wide-open, and has plenty of room to welcome the next generation of leaders, pioneers, and thought-stewards who will change the world across communities, lifestyles, and sustainable development framework.
The 10 Women Disruptors in Blockchain are all innovators and leaders in their own right as contributors enabling Blockchain locally and showcasing the Philippines’ capability to stage world-changing solutions across industry verticals. As the industry matures into the next big thing in frontier technologies that will redefine business and information processes in the 2020s decade, these innovative women in Blockchain are making their mark this early.
About Women In Blockchain (WIB)
Founded in 2017, Women in Blockchain (WiB) is one of the earliest and the most effective grassroots organizations dedicated to Diversity, equity, and inclusion in web3. It is a tax-exempt nonprofit with a mission to change the crypto diversity landscape.
Its core focus areas are education, career development, research, and community building. Since its inception, WiB has conducted 100+ educational sessions and introduced thousands of women to the crypto space.
WIB’s career development initiatives aim to support their journey from their first job to their first leadership role. WiB conducts research on DEI topics including financial independence and salary transparency.
Together we want to empower the next generation of women to lead and drive the web3 space forward.
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Block Tides is a leading top-notch Award-Winning PR & Marketing Firm with full service for Growth Hacking, Sales, Social Media Management, Branding, Content Advisory, Media Distribution Services, Investor Relations, Public Relations, Events, and Community Management) creating impactful results with conversions globally in Blockchain, Technology, DeFi, NFT, Metaverse, AI, IoT, GameFi, and emerging technologies.
The Block Tides team members have supervised 100,000+ Media Publications. They have connections with both traditional and Blockchain & Crypto media. They have worked with big brands in the area, including The Face magazine Vietnam, the #1 TV show in Vietnam Talk Show (Blockchain Innovation Tour).
Block Tides successfully launched over 100+ successful Fintech and Blockchain summits in Asia, serving 500+ Blockchain, Web3, Crypto companies, and local and international projects. The team successfully raised more than $50m for startups and companies.
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