Anthony Watson Drops Nike for Bitcoin Startup
Just Do It' might have been the last words that come to the mind of Anthony Watson when he decided to quit his job at Nike, eventually to join a Los Angeles-based Bitcoin startup four months later. Bolstering the Bitcoin, at BitReserve. The young management veteran, as Fortune reports, recently joined the CNET-man Halsey Minor to help him bolster his new Bitcoin-based money transfer company BitReserve. Watson was previously heading Nike's information technology department as its Chief Information Officer (CIO). Prior to this, the man also had brief successful tenure at Barclays while....
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Charleston-based Bitcoin startup Bitreserve has announced a management shake-up which will see Anthony Watson assume the role of Chief Executive Officer and as a member of The Board of Directors. Founder of Bitreserve Halsey Minor will be promoted as the Chairman of The Board of Directors and Chief Visionary of Bitreserve. Anthony Races to the Top Spot! Anthony's swift promotion should not surprise many. In early April, Anthony dropped the leading footwear brand Nike and joined Bitreserve as the Chief Operating Officer and the President. Commenting on the development Anthony said, "I want....
"Bitcoin and digital money are where finance is headed." Describing it as a process to "democratize money", Anthony Watson, the former Nike CIO who earlier this week was announced as Bitreserve's new president and COO, says he believes his company's platform will help spearhead a push to what he called "cloud-based money". "Technology and cloud-based money are pushing the boundaries of our financial industry and reinforcing technology's transformative impact. Finance is the one sector that hasn't really seen competition or disruption to date," he said in an email. According to a blog post....
Former Nike CIO and member of the exclusive Fortune 40 Under 40 list Anthony Watson has joined the Bitcoin bank Bitreserve as President and Chief Operating Officer. "I am thrilled to join Bitreserve at such a pivotal moment in the evolution of cloud money and financial technology," says Watson. "Money is a common language around the world, and Bitreserve democratizes how people access, hold and move value. We have the unique opportunity to craft a lasting legacy of delivering transparency, massive innovation and positive social impact to financial services and in peoples' everyday lives."....
The growth of Bitcoin industry, and its huge potential to change the economy has started affecting the traditional finance industry. It can't be more obvious than the brain drain happening from financial sector to the Bitcoin sector. In recent days, many top level executives from well-known financial institutions have switched jobs to join Bitcoin based companies. This brain drain is not just confined to the financial sector, but to other sectors as well, the best example being the Nike's Global Chief Information Officer quitting the company to join BitReserve. READ MORE: Anthony Watson....
Bitcoin startup Bitreserve, which earlier made great news for bringing on board Nike CIO Anthony Watson, has hired the sportswear giant's chief of security, William 'Bill' Dennings. In a statement released by the startup via its blog, the company said that, "Bill's leadership will be instrumental as we continue to drive, innovate and fortify world-leading 'Anti-Money Laundering' and 'Know Your Customer' programs. Mr. Dennings, who has now become the startup's first Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), is also the former MasterCard CISO. In a statement released, Mr. Dennings said,....