How Building a Data-Driven Health-Focused Organization During the Coronavirus Pandemic Won the Admiration and Support of the National Science Foundation and the Blockchain Industry, with Susan Joseph

Susan Joseph, Founder and CEO of Healthtrends.ai and Founder and Principal, SusanJosephLLC

Susan,  a JD/MBA and former General Counsel, is Founder and CEO of HealthTrends.AI, a healthcare data and analytics company that earlier this month was awarded a $256K National Science Foundation grant for our blockchain and smart contract solutions.

She is Founder and Principal at SusanJosephLLC, a consulting firm and has been consulting and advising in legal and business applications for blockchain and fintech for the past five years in the areas of digital assets, cryptocurrencies, data integrity, distributed ledgers, smart contracts, nfts (non-fungible tokens) insurance, regulatory matters, identity and privacy, banking, and other issues across the financial services, insurance, and supply chain sectors.

Susan is the Project Leader and Consortium Advisor for MMBI (Global Mining and Minerals Blockchain Consortium with the World Economic Forum), and co-founded and is the Executive Director of Diversity in Blockchain, a 501(c)(3) entity that provides education and resources to support diversity and inclusion in the blockchain space.  Susan was formerly the B3i North America Representative (Insurance Consortium) and advised RiskStream (Insurance Consortium) on their Civics Program. She created and ran Blockchain Working Groups for Global Insurers on both the asset and risk sides of the business, and was the first Executive Director of ID2020.

Susan is an Advisor to Evertas (dedicated digital asset insurer) and One World Identity (identity and privacy). She is also a contributor to the World Economic Forum projects including the Blockchain Supply Chain Toolkit, the recently published Bridging the Governance Gap-Dispute Resolution for blockchain-based transactions, and a member of their Expert Network.  Susan publishes and speaks regularly on digital assets, defi, data, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, insurance, and insurtech regarding both business and legal issues to industry and legal groups.

Jamil Hasan is a Generation X Author and experienced data intelligence technology builder with two decades of experience leading data-based teams at Fortune 100 companies, including AIG, Prudential Financial, and Ingersoll Rand. Jamil believes that skill and experience, not just age, is the most important factor required to build and lead corporate organizations. His unique story, as someone on the ground floor of the 2008 financial crisis and his role to help repay the $180 billion AIG bailout, enabled him to come face-to-face with many of the societal ills facing Generation X today and their causes. As the result of his experience, Jamil has developed a path forward for his fellow Gen Xers to restore his generation’s financial standing in society today and to rebuild the American Dream for Generation X.