David Pinski
Chief Strategist for Financial Innovation, Hitachi
David Pinski is the Chief Strategist for Financial Innovation at Hitachi’s Global Center for Social Innovation. In this role, he heads research and development of new products and services with a particular focus on blockchain and data analytics technologies. He has worked for major banks such as Capital One, ING Direct, Bank of America and a number of startups. He has over a dozen patents filed (seven issued) in the area of fraud mitigation, payment networks and banking systems. Hitachi, based in Japan, is a leading global fintech vendor supporting one of the largest contributing teams to the Hyperledger Fabric project. Its research into blockchain technologies predates Bitcoin.