Chain Employs Tom Jessop as President
SAN FRANCISCO, April 17: Chain Inc. revealed that Tom Jessop
has been chosen as President, with immediate effect.
Mr. Jessop previously served at Chain from Goldman Sachs,
where he functioned as Managing Director, Technology Business Development and
Chief Financial Officer of the Technology Division. He will report to Adam
Ludwin, CEO at Chain, and be in charge of steering all aspects of Chain's business-related
endeavors.
"Blockchain technology is market technology,
re-imagined," revealed Mr. Ludwin, adding, "Commercializing this
breakthrough model requires forging deep partnerships across a market and
driving change that benefits every participant. Tom has done exactly that,
repeatedly, over his tenure leading business development and strategic
investments at Goldman Sachs. He is an accomplished leader who brings an
impressive combination of operational expertise coupled with widespread
recognition as a strategic thinker in the financial technology, capital
markets, and blockchain industries. We are thrilled to have him join our
management team."
"I am honored to join Chain at an incredible time in
this dynamic industry," stated Mr. Jessop, adding, "Chain has
established itself as the leading enterprise blockchain platform by delivering
an array of high profile, high impact projects that are poised to transform the
rails of the financial industry. I am excited to collaborate with Chain's team,
customers, and strategic partners to accelerate the adoption of blockchain
technology in financial services and other industries."
Tom's complete 17-year job at Goldman Sachs was concentrated
on generating and financing in expertise platforms for capital markets. In his
Technology Business Development position, Tom guided several positive
investments and combined projects. Before this position, he was a senior frontrunner
in the Principal Strategic Investments group where he controlled a worldwide group
concentrated on investments in exchanges, e-trading platforms, post-trade systems,
and additional fintech solutions throughout the scheduled earnings, currency, product,
and equity markets. In 2015 he found a place in Institutional Investor's
inaugural "Fintech Finance 35" list.
Before joining Goldman Sachs, Mr. Jessop was a Managing
Director at Standard & Poor's where he was in charge of commencing and administering
numerous trades, controlling cross-functional groups, and presenting tactical proposing
and marketing guidance.
Mr. Jessop possesses an MBA from New York University and a
BA, Economics, from The College of the Holy Cross. He is a director of
Tuesday's Children, which gives support to 9/11 families and other preys of worldwide
extremism, and is Co-Chair of the Holy Cross Leadership Council of New York.
Chain, Inc. is an expertise business that associates with top
organizations to create, utilize as well as run blockchain systems that allow sophisticated
fiscal products and facilities. Chain is the author of the Chain Protocol,
which drives the prize-attaining Chain Core blockchain platform. Chain was started
in 2014 and has raised above $40 million in subsidy from Khosla Ventures, RRE
Ventures and tactical associates comprising Capital One, Citigroup, Fiserv, NASDAQ,
Orange and Visa.
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