Lured Away? Wells Fargo Loses Blockchain Visionary to Rival IBM
Jesse Lund, senior vice president and head of Innovation Labs at Wells Fargo, is leaving the company by the end of this month for IBM, to focus on the development and commercialization of Blockchain technology. At IBM, Lund will operate as the vice president of Blockchain market development and global financial services departments, overseeing the technology giant’s Blockchain solutions and other financial services being offered to the public. In August of 2016, Cointelegraph reported that IBM was planning to launch one of the largest Blockchain implementations in the world. Jerry Cuomo,....
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