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Samantha Radocchia

Author
Bitcoin Pizza: The No Bullshit Guide to Blockchain
Country or state 
United States (New York)
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Global
City 
New York
Fee 
Languages 
English,
French
Volunteer
Yes

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Current position (3)

Author

Bitcoin Pizza: The No Bullshit Guide to Blockchain

Co-Founder

Chronicled

Emerging Technologies Speaker and Consultant

Radical Next

Achievements (2)
780 Jumps as a Competitive Skydiver
8+ Patents on Blockchain and IoT Related Technologies
Degrees (3)
MA - Interactive Telecommunications, HCI, Game Design, Anthropology of Technology
New York University
2011 to 2013
BA - Anthropology with Focus on Symbolic Systems
Colgate University
2007 to 2011
Certificate - Organizational Behavior
London School of Economics
2011 to 2012

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Biography

Entrepreneur, Author, Keynote Speaker, Futurist - Building, writing, and speaking at the intersection of emerging tech and cultural trends.

Samantha Radocchia, or "Sam Rad" for short, is an entrepreneur, keynote speaker, author, and emerging tech advocate who combines the mindsets of an anthropologist and a technologist.

Sam has delivered keynotes globally and led corporate trainings at Fortune 500 corporations, trade associations, conferences, national governments, NGOs, investment firms, and the United Nations, educating leaders on the technologies and cultural shifts that will shape their organizations—and daily lives—in the years to come.

A reformed gamer, she started studying virtual currencies in 2009 while writing her anthropology thesis on currency exchanges in the virtual world, “Second Life.” Since then, she has founded three companies, holds several patents, and was an early outspoken voice in blockchain as the co-founder of Chronicled, an enterprise blockchain company focused on supply chain. Samantha now consults executives, trade associations, governments, and investors on emerging technology trends and delivers keynotes at events worldwide as she works to build her next company.

In addition to emerging technology, Samantha is deeply passionate about Future of Work, Future of Production, Future of Community/Governance, Future of Cities, Future of Finance, as well as sustainability, not just in respect to environment, but in business. She has built experimental cities, leveraging blockchain, IoT, robotics, and AI; assisted in the creation of large scale RPG game design and virtual world architecture; deployed mesh sensor networks across small and medium sized cities; worked with governments to track temperatures of volatile substances and medicines across hostile environments; created globally distributed and decentralized organizations of 1000+ members and helped companies shift to embrace remote work; rolled out identity and cryptocurrency to disaster zones and refugee camps; architected a decentralized manufacturing network with connected 3D printers and 3D knitters; deployed a drone delivery and authentication service on blockchain; assisted in the creation of a smart charging station for autonomous vehicles; and more. She also is trained in and speaks on organizational culture and theory, particularly as we shift to globally distributed and remote workforces. Her lectures on risk, emotionally intelligence, and intuition have been featured by globally recognized universities such as MIT, Columbia, and UCL.

Sam writes in her blog on “Radical Next Ideas," and believes that the idea of Radical Evolution is paramount to the, now outdated, Digital Transformation mindset. She seeks to utilize technology to empower, not entrench.

She was named to the 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30 List for Enterprise Technology and has accumulated over 700 jumps as a competitive skydiver. Follow Sam on Twitter at @SamRadOfficial.

Testimonials

"Sam joined us to deliver a keynote address for Cisco Supply Chain’s 2018 Development Day, where she took the audience on a mesmerizing journey through the paradigms that have shaped distributed and decentralized computing. Her unique and engaging take on blockchain as a backbone technology for the future was a great addition to our programming and we look forward to welcoming her back again!”

- Maelen Haugen, Supply Chain, Cisco

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“Samantha joined us for our annual CRN Trade Association Conference for Keynote address on how blockchain and other emerging technologies will impact the Supplements and Functional Foods Industry. She also facilitated an interactive, audience engaging panel covering the specifics of how blockchain directly impact and enhance the industry. Sam is an energetic, engaging, and astute speaking and I would recommend her for any event where complex technologies need to be broken down into digestible, and often fun, communications.”

- Steven Mister, President and CEO, Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN)

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"Sam is one of those rare individuals who has the ability to catalyze — whether it be an audience, her team, or her company’s customers. As a keynote speaker and panelist, she has the unique ability not only to distill complex topics surrounding emerging technologies, but also to make sense of why technologies like blockchain will impact the lives of individuals and businesses alike. She had a tough job, speaking to a room of 500+ accounting professionals on blockchain, and she didn’t cease to impress and inspire.”

- Asael Meir, Partner, CohnReznickLLP

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“I’ve heard dozens of blockchain talks and yours was the best! It was so applicable, which is hard. Will you join our next event?

- Bohdanna Kesala, Director International Summits, Singularity University

Presentations

Presentations (6)
Blockchain Operating System for the Future: How Emergent Technologies Become Exponential

This talk examines blockchain–and more broadly, decentralization–as the future backbone or “operating system” for emergent technologies in every industry, both new and old. It takes the audience on a journey from our past, present, and future operating systems, highlighting how in addition to a shift in technologies, we are experiencing a broader shift in mindset, which will change how we interact with each other, our businesses, our governments, our finances, our products, and our environment. Industry / Focus Areas this talk can be tailored to include but aren’t limited to:
**Finance
**Governance / Cooperatives
**Smart Cities
**Supply Chain
**Digital Manufacturing
**Food Production / Agriculture
**Internet of Things
**AI / ML / Robotics — i.e. Autonomous Vehicles, Robotics, Drones, Machine Economy
**Environmental Impact, Circularity, Waste Management
**Organizational Structure – Future Organizations
**Leadership
**Healthcare
**Natural Resource Management and Energy

Embracing Innovation with a Growth Mindset

Leaders today are plagued by fear-based decision-making, which leads to incremental innovation, not the radical evolution required to embrace the abundance of exponential growth. This talk investigates the psychology of risk taking, emotional intelligence, and intuition for leaders and organizations in order to innovate from a place of trust and abundance, versus fear and optimization.

Decentralizing Organizations: Future of Work in a Distributed World

This talk examines the exponential shift to distributed teams and workforces and the role of decentralizing technologies such as blockchain, AR/VR, cooperative communities, and gaming in shaping the future of work or elimination of the concept of “work” all together.

Future Civics: Governance, Cooperatives, and Decentralizing Urban Organization

This talk takes the audience on a journey through emerging decentralized and civic organizational models — models beyond multinational corporations and nation-states, models which will carry us into the future of urban niche organizations, space colonies, and virtual worlds.

Shifting Your Mindset from Digital Transformation to Radical Evolution

Organizations today embrace concepts such as innovation and digital transformation, but they are incremental. This talk explores the lessons learned through biomimicry and biological systems and their growing role in organizational evolution, or what I call, “radical evolution.”

Blockchain For Better

Blockchain’s proposition to the world is that of decentralized trust. That’s a big idea. When, in the history of humanity, have we been able to execute this proposition? Sure, perhaps in villages, but on a global scale? So let’s imagine a connected global village—networked, rather—operating concurrently on a blockchain system of global trust. For this to happen, this networked trusting village, we must totally rethink our current economic systems, socio-political structures, norms, and mores. That sort of disruption, or shall we say metamorphosis, is not only logistically complicated but also downright threatening to existing structures and systems. So what does that mean for blockchain technology?

Past talks (6)
Blockchain is the Operating System for the Future
Singularity University Colombia Summit 2019 - Keynote Speaker
Bogota, Colombia
November 27, 2019
Blockchain For Payments
#PAY Symposium 2019 - Keynote Speaker
Las Vegas, NV
August 19, 2019
TBD
Global Security Exchange (ASIS) 2019 - Keynote Speaker
Chicago, IL
September 12, 2019
TBD
Finance & Insurance Conference Professionals (FICP) Fall Symposium 2019 - Keynote Speaker
Savannah, GA
September 19, 2019
TBD
Singularity University Exponential Finance Johannesburg Summit 2019 - Keynote Speaker
Johannesburg, South Africa
October 15, 2019
Embracing Growth Mindset in Leadership
American Student Dental Association (ASDA) National Leadership Conference 2019 - Keynote Speaker
Chicago, IL
November 2, 2019
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Women Leading The Blockchain Revolution: “Let’s change our relationship our relationship to what we produce, to what we consume” With Samantha Radocchia, Co-Founder of Chronicled and Tyler Gallagher - Thrive Global

Books & Articles (13)

Bitcoin Pizza: The No Bullshit Guide to Blockchain
2019
Samantha Radocchia - Forbes Contributor on Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies
Thrive Global, “How Growing Up in a Spiritual Household Helped me Become a Better Programmer” 3/8/18, Intuitive Programming / Design
How The Crypto Community Is Paving The Way For Digital Nomads And Remote Work
Combating Illicit Markets With Blockchain: Smart Supply Chains Solutions
2018: A Year Of Historic Exchange Hacks
Blockchain For Brands: 3 Tips For Educating Customers And Building Your Brand
5 questions to ask before starting a new business partnership
This is the one simple act that helps me be more creative
Why Consumer Demand For Faster Shipping Will Force Supply Chains To Change Strategies
Altering The Apparel Industry: How The Blockchain Is Changing Fashion
3 Innovative Ways Blockchain Will Build Trust In The Food Industry
Blockchain And The Keto Diet: How Tech Is Changing The Definition Of 'Meathead'

Expertise (23)

Technology
Health & Well-being
Leadership
Social & Political
Business
Bitcoin and Open Blockchain for Social Impact Blockchain Remote Work Digital Transformation Global supply chain Logistics and Supply Chain Digital Manufacturing Additive Manufacturing 3D Printing Food Robotics Robotics Climate change and sustainability corporate sustainability Innovation Leadership Organizational Change Management Internet of Things Digital Agriculture

Clients

Cisco
Singularity University
Bank of New York Mellon
CohnReznik LLP
Unilever
United Nations
Ministry of Thai Industries
Council for Responsible Nutrition
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Awards & certifications (2)

Forbes 30 Under 30 2017 - Enterprise Tech
Forbes
2017
Newsweek's Blockchain Impact Award 2019
Newsweek
2019
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