Senior White House Staffer Jamie Elizabeth Smith joined the BitcoinCT r: 8 mining company Bitfury as Global Chief of Communications, and will work to promote the Blockchain technology through the use of various media .
Ms. Jamie Elizabeth Smith, former Senior White House Staffer, joined the largest Bitcoin mining company Bitfury in an effort to help mainstream adoption: “My BitFury colleagues and I will be working together to regularly comment and tell the story of the power of the Blockchain through speeches, blogs, social, earned and owned media, and technical white papers.” Leaving The White House For A Promising Technology
She explains that her choice to change her career orientation comes after a well thought period of time and research, and depends on the trust that she puts in this groundbreaking technology: “After a great deal of research, curiosity and examination, it has become very clear to me that in no uncertain terms this technology can — and will — positively change the world. And I am not alone. Senior officials from the Government, Finance, Technology, Law Enforcement and Civil Society sectors are also getting on board because they see the endless possibilities and doors this groundbreaking innovation will open for millions of people around the world. From my former White House colleague Brian Forde who now heads the Digital Currency Initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab, to the former Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) — BitFury board member Jim Newsome — to the former Deputy Assistant Attorney General in charge of cybercrime and organized crime at the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division Jason Weinstein, to the former CFO of JP Morgan Blythe Masters, to startup entrepreneur Wences Casares. More and more respected experts from a diverse set of fields are leaving their […]
