Blockgenic Block Producer Candidate
Who we are - Focus on Enterprise / Dapp Block Producer
Hello everyone! I am Celu, the CEO of Blockgenic.
We are Blockgenic, a block producer candidate based in Seattle, US. We are a very diverse team spread across continents and cultures. We believe blockchain technology will fundamentally change our social and economic systems, and EOS.IO will be the one bringing it into the mainstream. From Boeing to Microsoft, Amazon to Starbucks, Seattle’s business innovation has shaped the world. Immersed in this creative and progressive culture, we are committed to contributing to the overall success of the EOS.IO ecosystem.
Core Team Strength
Our biggest strength is our network. We bring strong connections to big fortune 500 companies.We will be allocating a significant portion of our reward tokens to provide staking for network resources to support the fastest growing Dapps and work on educating/attracting enterprises and new Dapps into the EOS ecosystem.
Celu Ramasamy, co-founded Focus Investments in 2014, one of the earliest and most successful digital asset funds. He is an early backer of 40+ blockchain protocols and companies. Previously at Dreamworks Animation, Celu has made contributions to Oscar-nominated feature films that have cumulatively grossed over $2 Billion worldwide. He is a published author and regular speaker at various international new media conferences for his pioneering research into immersive media technologies.
JK is a 20-year technology veteran at Microsoft. He is the author of seven Internet (IETF) standards on authentication, identity, and cryptography. He also holds 7 granted patents focused on security. He has managed and built key consumer and enterprise security features into widely used products such as Windows and managed the security of critical cloud infrastructure including Bing and Azure. He was responsible for managing and planning the capacity of all of the Microsoft Cloud Data Centers, numbering several hundred thousand servers. At Microsoft, he is currently focused on evaluating and protecting all of Microsoft IP related to security.
Bruce has a combined 20 years of Research & Development experience at top companies spanning Wall Street and Hollywood. As son of one, Nunzio Tartaglia – Wall Street’s “first quant”, Bruce has been at the intersection of finance, technology, and research for most of his life. He has presented the ongoing current state of the blockchain research and ecosystems to NBCUniversal, Dreamwork R&D, and Riot Games. His graphics and visualization work led to his development of Academy Award-nominated rendering and graphics software at Dreamworks Animation. He has credits on over 30 films, oversaw the development of Dreamworks’ online educational games and has worked at Disney, Warner Brothers, and Sony to name a few. He has authored 5 patents and has been published by ACM SIGGRAPH. He is also the recipient of 6 DWA Tech Achievement Awards.
Jim is a proven enterprise sales leader with a 20-year track record. He is an advisor to Hotelscan, LodgIQ and a board member of Western Washington University Leadership Institute. As division Vice President at TravelClick, built new enterprise major accounts division and increased revenues $18M in one year, oversaw $25M budget with P&L responsibilities. Later as Vice President of Sales at Zumobi, built successful partnerships with MGM, Caesars, Ford, Microsoft, MSNBC, Fiat-Chrysler, Source Interlink, GM, and Toyota. As part of the executive team at RESAAS, lead revenue generation for three of the largest real estate sales organizations (Keller-Williams and HSF), the 20 largest local real estate associations, and the National Association of Realtors with P&L responsibility for $10M budget. He is part of the founding team of TedxSeattle and author of an award-winning book on Sales & Marketing.
Yannick is focused on our community relations. He is an early Ethereum investor and an avid cryptocurrency enthusiast. He is an expert at breaking down complex topics around cryptocurrencies and blockchain into relatable terms for cryptocurrency beginners. He has extensive experience as a community manager for several online and local communities. He is a regular speaker at several local cryptocurrency meetups and has been educating people about cryptocurrencies for many years.
Yang is focused on our community relations. He is a University of Washington graduate with professional software development experience at AWS. He has also worked as an assistant analyst at the Beijing based investment firm Kunwu Jiuding Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. Yang is an enthusiast of blockchain technology and is an early contributor to EOS communities in China. An entrepreneur at heart, he started a package delivery business and an online fruit vending business during his college days.
Q & A Part:
1.Why did you choose to become an EOS Block Producer Candidate?
We choose to become an EOS Block Producer Candidate because we have some very accomplished members in our team who have had very successful careers and are looking for a way to give back to the world in general and they see blockchain technology as one of the most promising ways to do so. EOS through the Block Producer candidacy provides a way to accomplish that.
2.What is our advantage / unique value proposition?
Our strength lies in our team, which has 70 years of combined enterprise experience across top media and technology companies, managed a 20 million dollar blockchain investment fund, is responsible for generating over 35 million dollars in enterprise sales, holds 12 granted patents for enterprise solutions, 7 of which are security related, is responsible for evaluating and protecting all of Microsoft’s security related IP, built key consumer and enterprise security into Windows, managed security of critical cloud infrastructure, including Bing and Azure and managed the planning of all the Microsoft cloud data centers, numbering several hundred thousand servers.
3.If you win the vote, how will you contribute to the development of the EOS network?
We have strong enterprise ties at some of the top companies around the world. We will be able to educate and onboard big players onto the EOS ecosystem. We also have a strong team with a lot of enterprise experience that can add a lot of strength to the Eos ecosystem.
4.Some people think EOS is not completely decentralized, what is your opinion about this?
EOS is not completely decentralized, but that is exactly what makes EOS so good. EOS makes use of DPoS (Delegated Proof of Stake) which means that the top 21 Block Producers (based on the amount of votes they receive) will have all the power in the network. Thanks to DPoS big exploits and hacks can easily be reversed without having to fork. Besides, having all the power of the network evenly distributed over 21 Block Producers makes the EOS network more decentralized than Bitcoin, where more than 90% of the total hash power is in the hands of only 7 entities. In order for blockchain to go mainstream, it requires adaptation of companies and people, from our experience companies, seem to prefer a blockchain like EOS that has governance and arbitration built into it.And we're the organizers of the Seattle offline party.
https://www.meetup.com/Seattle-EOS/
5.What're the average people join your meetup?
We had a sold out meetup for our last one...it was 70 ppl...which was our max capacity.
6.Are you the only EOS meetup in Seattle?
Yes, we are the only EOS meetup in Seattle.
7.Can you guys introduce about UBI? What's that related to EOS?
As a team, we are super passionate about Universal Basic Income(UBI) and the concept of inclusive growth. Rapid technology growth is leaving behind a big portion of the world’s population that is not involved in technology or tech-related activities. This has lead to a widening knowledge and wealth gap in societies across the globe.
Universal Basic Income is an important concept that can make the current rapid technology progress become socially sustainable in the long run. We love working with a Blockchain network like EOS whose values are centered around a collaborative commons ideology. This ideology resembles a village that works together to preserve their common resources to be able to take care of each other. We think of the EOS community as a global village that needs to work together across continents and cultures to progress as a unified group, setting an example for the rest of the world.
There has been a tremendous amount of interest around Universal Basic Income in the EOS community. There is a lot of work going on behind the scenes. We wanted to do our part to help the conversation. We have reached out to some of the top experts in the field of UBI who are doing some very impactful work around the world, to get an understanding of the current state of UBI and the challenges facing them. We plan to summarize our findings in a white paper to the EOS community, to start some conversations around the topic. We plan to release a translated Mandarin version of the white paper to the Chinese community as well, to get you guys involved in the conversations as well. We think there is a tremendous opportunity for us to come together as a global community to do meaningful work in this area.
8.Based on your team member's background. You have a deep relationship with Media and Movie industry.
Do you think that's very related to Blockchain?
What could Blockchain help Movie and Media industry in your opinion？
Yes, All industry is going to get on blockchain...because blockchain is the next internet...
Movie Business has been getting a lot of competition from new online platforms like Netflix and other streaming platforms...
So they are looking for innovative ways to compete with platforms like Netflix...they are actively exploring innovative ways to do that...in fact behind ge scenes we are working with Dreamworks to help them understand the strengths of blockchain/EOS and how it can help them achieve long-term business goals...
But its a long process..we are just starting it now...I'm done now.
9.Do you have any plan for China? Any other EOS activities you guys will join in China?
Currently, Liu Yang is responsible for contacting Chinese community. We plan to have an Asia Tour after June EOS main net coming up. Have some face to face conversation with you all.
10.You have an outstanding team. They all very successful in their career. So most of you still have other full-time job right？Anyone doing blockchain/EOS for full-time?
Celu and Jk are involved full time in the team...
Our other team members are core part of ge team but they are involved with other projects as well.
Thank you for having us guys... we are looking forward to working with u guys :)
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简体中文版：
我们是谁--专注于企业/Dapp的区块生产者
大家好，我是Celu, Blockgenic的CEO。
Blockgenic，是美国西雅图的一个EOS节点候选人。我们有一个在不同国家和文化的非常多元化的团队。我们相信区块链技术将从根本上改变我们的社会和经济体系，EOS.IO将成为其主流。从波音到微软，亚马逊到星巴克，西雅图的商业创新曾经塑造了全球。沉浸在这种创新和进取的文化中，我们致力于为EOS.IO生态系统的整体成功做出贡献。
核心团队优势
我们最大的优势是我们的关系网络。我们与财富500强公司建立了牢固的关系。我们将分配相当一部分奖励代币，为网络资源提供支持，以支持增长最快的dapps，并致力于教育和吸引企业和新的dapps进入EOS的生态系统。我们会把很大一部分的区块奖励用作支持Dapps的开发，特别是那些增长迅速的Dapps,不管是中文，韩语还是英语社群的Dapps开发团队我们都会给予他们支持。我们也会利用我们与大企业的关系推动Dapps的发展。
接下来介绍一下我们的团队
Celu在2014年共同创立了Focus Investments，这是最早和最成功的数字资产基金之一。他是40多个区块链协议和公司的早期支持者。此前，在梦工厂动画公司，Celu已经为奥斯卡提名的专题电影做出了贡献，这些电影在全球范围内已累计收入超过20亿美元。他是一位出版作家，也是各种国际新媒体会议的定期发言人，因为他对沉浸式媒体技术进行了开创性的研究。
Celu希望把它在电影界与科技界的知识带入区块链领域里面来。
JK是微软公司20年的技术老手。他是关于认证，身份和密码学的seven Internet（IETF）标准的作者。他还拥有7项专利保护专利。他将重要的消费者和企业安全功能管理并构建到广泛使用的Windows产品中，并管理关键云基础设施（包括Bing和Azure）的安全性。他负责管理和规划所有微软云数据中心的能力，编号为数十万台服务器。在微软，他目前专注于评估和保护与安全有关的所有Microsoft IP。
Bruce 在跨越华尔街和好莱坞的顶级公司拥有20年的研发经验。作为Nunzio Tartaglia华尔街的“第一定量”的孩子，Bruce 一生中大部分时间都处于金融，技术和研究的交叉点。他向NBCUniversal，DreamworkR＆D和RiotGames展示了区块链研究和生态系统目前的状态。他的图形和可视化工作导致他在梦工厂动画公司获得奥斯卡奖提名和绘图软件提名。他为超过30部电影做出了很大的贡献，监督了Dreamworks在线教育游戏的发展，并曾在迪士尼，华纳兄弟和索尼等公司工作过。他撰写了5项专利，并由ACM SIGGRAPH发布。他还是6个DWA技术成就奖的获得者。
Jim是一位成功的企业销售负责人，拥有20年的业绩记录。他是Hotelscan，LodgIQ和西华盛顿大学领导学院董事会成员的顾问。作为TravelClick的部门副总裁，建立了新的企业大客户部门，并在一年内增加了收入1800万美元，通过P＆L责任监督了2500万美元的预算。后来担任Zumobi销售副总裁，与米高梅，凯撒，福特，微软，MSNBC，菲亚特 - 克莱斯勒，Source Interlink，通用汽车和丰田建立了成功的合作关系。作为RESAAS执行团队的一员，为最大的三家房地产销售组织（凯勒威廉姆斯和HSF），20个最大的当地房地产协会以及全美房地产经纪人协会带来1000万美元的预算损益。他是TedxSeattle创始团队的成员之一，也是一本屡获殊荣的销售与营销书籍的作者。
Yannick专注于我们的社区关系。他是一名早期的以太坊投资人和热心的加密货币爱好者。他是加密货币和区块链的专家，可以把难题简化，为加密货币初学者提供可以理解的术语。他作为多个在线和当地社区的社区经理拥有丰富的经验。他在几次地方加密货币聚会上经常发表演讲，并多年来一直在教育人们关于加密货币。
杨主要关注我们的社区关系。他是华盛顿大学毕业生，在AWS拥有专业软件开发经验。他还曾在北京昆吾九鼎投资控股有限公司担任助理分析师。杨先生是区块链技术的热心人，并且是中国EOS社区的早期贡献者。有想做企业家的心智，他在大学期间就开始了包裹递送业务和在线水果自动售货业务。
因为我们的团队里很多成员和微软的Azure（微软云服务）都有联系，我们之后会和微软云有密切的合作。
问答环节：
1.你们为什么选择成为EOS 节点候选人？
我们选择成为优秀的候选人是因为，我们团队有十分杰出的成员，他们在自己的领域已经取得了一定成就，希望能回馈给社会，我们认为区块链是最有希望实现这一目的的方式，成为EOS节点候选人给了我们这个可能。
2.我们的优势/独特价值主张是什么？
我们的优势在于团队，团队成员任职于顶级的媒体和科技公司，给大家列几个数字，从业时间加起来达到了70年，管理着2000万美金的区块链投资资金，实现销售收入3500万美金，持有12项企业级专利，并负责评估和保护所有微软跟安全相关的IP地址。保障消费者和企业级windows系统的安全，管理着微软云基础设施的安全，包括Bing和Azure，管理着微软的云数据中心有数万台服务器。
3.如果你们赢得了投票，将如何为EOS网络的发展作出贡献？
首先我们会和世界上的优秀企业进行合作，教育和引领这些大的玩家进入到EOS生态里，我们团队成员从业经验也能为EOS生态系统，添砖加瓦。
4.有些人认为EOS不是完全去中心化的，你对此有何看法？
EOS虽然不是完全的去中心，但这也是造就EOS如此优秀的原因，EOS使用DPOS共识，当选的21个节点，共同拥有网络的权利，即使被攻击也可以流转，而无需分叉，由于EOS的21个节点的权利是均分的，而比特币，超过90%的算力却掌握在七个组织机构，因此EOS比比特币更去中心化。区块链想要走向主流，就需要公司和人们的使用，我从我们经验来看，公司都喜欢像EOS这样的技术，因为他有良好的治理和仲裁。同时我们又是西雅图线下聚会的组织者。
5.你们在西雅图的线下聚会一般多少人来参加？
我们上次线下聚会所有票都卖光了，有70个人来参加，是我们房间最大的承受量了。
6.你们是西雅图地区唯一的EOS线下社群吗？
我们是西雅图地区唯一的EOS线下社群。
7.可以介绍一下UBI吗？ 跟EOS有什么关系？
作为团队，我们对通用基本收入（UBI）和包容性增长的概念充满热情。快速的技术增长遗留下了世界上大部分不涉及技术或技术相关活动的人口。这导致全球社会的知识和贫富差距日益扩大。
通用基本收入是一个重要的概念，可以使当前的快速技术进步在长期内实现社会可持续发展。我们喜欢与EOS这样的区块链网络合作，这个区块链的价值观是以合作共同意识形态为中心。这种意识形态类似于一个共同努力能够相互照顾以便能保护共同资源的村庄。我们认为EOS社区是一个全球性的村庄，需要跨大洲和不同文化一起工作，共同发展，为世界其他地区树立榜样。
EOS社区对Universal Basic Income有很大的兴趣。幕后有很多工作要做。我们想尽我们的本分来帮助对话。我们与UBI领域的一些顶尖专家进行了接触，他们正在全球范围内进行一些非常有影响力的工作，以了解UBI的当前状态及其面临的挑战。我们计划在EOS社区的白皮书中总结我们的研究成果，围绕这个话题展开一些对话。我们计划将翻译的白皮书中文版也发布给华人社区，以便让你们参与到对话中来。我们认为，作为一个全球性社区，我们有很大的机会在这个领域做出有意义的工作。
8.看团队成员介绍，多少与影视行业有关，请问区块链技术和影视行业有没有什么可以结合的地方?
是的，所有行业都会受到区块链的影响，因为这是下一代的互联网。
电影商业受到了很多的竞争，比如像是Netfliex之后的平台。所以电影行业在积极的寻找解决方案来和Netflix竞争。我们幕后就在和梦工厂合作，帮助他们更多的了解区块链及EOS的优势，希望能帮助到他们解决商业上的问题。
但是这是一个漫长的过程，我们已经在做了。
9.你们在中国区有什么计划吗？在中国还有其他EOS相关活动吗？
目前由LiuYang主要负责和中国区联络，我们打算6月主网上线后进行一个Asia Tour，去和大家面对面聊聊。
10.你有一个优秀的团队。他们在事业上都很成功。是不是大部分人还有其他全职工作?有全职做区块链/ EOS的人吗？
我和JK都是团队的全职人员，
我们的其他团队成员是ge团队的核心成员，但是他们也参与了其他项目。
谢谢你们的邀请，期待与你们的合作。
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