Sydney Lai, a technical strategist with an extensive background in sales and business development, has devoted her career to advancing society's access to emerging technology and entrepreneurship. She's a developer advocate and private equity investor, having worked across a range of industries, including accelerators, venture funds, financial services, SaaS, government, gaming, blockchain, cryptocurrency, virtual reality, and space & defense sectors.

Ms. Lai is an expert in strategy, market-design, network effects, public speaking, developer evangelist, token design/economics, fundraising, venture capital, growth hacking, creative marketing, community development, sales, business development, leadership, team building, public speaking, open-source projects, hackathons, relationship building, networking, design, data analytics, incentive creation, and more.

With a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley, she also holds a Professional Certificate in Foresight from the University of Houston and a Finance degree from the Cologne Business School. She has collaborated with multiple organizations, including the OutSystems, The Defiant, Practical Venture Capital, NextGen Venture Partners, Republic, Squad Ventures, Baruch College, Web3 Foundation, Coven, 21Cryptos Magazine, ConsenSys, CryptoNYC, Jump Gaming, Inc., StartingBloc, Startup Boost, Audacy Corporation, LaunchPad Central, Techstars, and F50, to name just a few.

Among her accomplishments, Sydney has been named an LGBT Technology Leader by The White House, Office of Science, and Technology Policy. She is consistently invited to speak at conferences and events, having delivered a TEDx talk on ecosystem design and appeared in TechCrunch.