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Jon Matonis

Conference Speaker Jon Matonis - By Promotivate Speaker Agency

Jon Matonis

Expert in Digital Money who advises companies about the Cryptocurrency space


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Jon Matonis is the Director and Chief Economist for Cypherpunk Holdings. Listed in Canada, the company focuses on non-political digital currencies and private technology. His vast career has included influential senior positions at VISA, Sumitomo Bank, Hushmail, and VeriSign.

The period from 2012 to 2015 saw Jon Matonis serve as Executive Director and Founding Board Member for the Bitcoin Foundation. He was also an Editorial Board Member for CoinDesk before its acquisition by Digital Currency Group in 2016.

A global e-Money specialist and editor of The Monetary Future, he regularly advises companies on the emerging cryptocurrency space. Jon Matonis focuses on Bitcoin, Blockchain applications, mobile payments, and gaming. His earlier work on digital cash and financial cryptography has been published by the London School of Economics and Dow Jones.

His career has seen Jon Matonis work with a wide audience range. These include the Federal Reserve Bank, The Bank of England, the European Central Bank, retail payment networks, SWIFT, regulatory bodies, hedge funds, iGaming operators, and many others.

His earlier work history includes that of CEO and Board Director of Network Inference (2002 – 2004). This is a Nokia Ventures company focused on business intelligence software. Jon Matonis took the company from a small Manchester, UK startup, to a large entity operating throughout Europe and North America. The company’s vast customer list includes the likes of IBM, Sun Microsystems, HP, and Qinetig.

Before this, Jon Matonis was CEO and Board Director of Hush Communications (2000 – 2002). His tenure there saw the company recruit Phill Zimmerman as Chief Cryptography. With the world-renowned PGP inventor, the company set the standard for end-to-end encrypted messaging.

Before joining Hush, John Matonis was, from 1995 – 1998, the Director of Financial Platform Sales at VeriSign. He was the company’s tenth employee and led the domestic and international sales efforts of the company’s security solutions to the financial services industry. Clients included Bank of America, MasterCard, Merrill Lynch, Royal Bank of Canada, Reuters, SWIFT, VISA, and EuroPay, among others.

Jon Matonis, before VeriSign, was the Chief Foreign Exchange Dealer for VISA International. He directed the Card Issuer Profitability Program from 1990 – 1995. His position saw him manage the company’s foreign exchange trading division. His responsibilities included developing profitability models for member banks and leading VISA regional offices on international cost studies for restructuring bank-to-bank exchange rates.

Jon Matonis – Speaker

As a conference speaker, Jon Matonis speaks on various aspects of digital currency, its future use and expansion, and its effect on business as we know it. He lives in Canada and speaks English.

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  • “Jon has the ability to synthesize and analyze at a high level. He’s an expert in finance, monetary policy, virtual currencies, and e-money services. He has a calm, focused, and upbeat personality. I look forward to continuing our relationship as a business partner and friend.Jon has the ability to synthesize and analyze at a high level. He’s an expert in finance, monetary policy, virtual currencies, and e-money services. He has a calm, focused, and upbeat personality. I look forward to continuing our relationship as a business partner and friend.”

    Adam Stradling, Cryptastic

  • Jon Matonis “Jon has the ability to synthesize and analyze at a high level. He’s an expert in finance, monetary policy, virtual currencies, and e-money services. He has a calm, focused, and upbeat personality. I look forward to continuing our relationship as a business partner and friend.Jon has the ability to synthesize and analyze at a high level. He’s an expert in finance, monetary policy, virtual currencies, and e-money services. He has a calm, focused, and upbeat personality. I look forward to continuing our relationship as a business partner and friend.”
    5 / 5
  • “Jon Matonis is the foremost authority on virtual currencies, private currencies, and burgeoning e-money instruments such as Bitcoin, Gridcoin, social game credits, and stored value. His expertise literally spans the ages -- not just at the global monetary present and future landscape but at the historical roots that give rise to future trends and opportunities still emerging. Jon has been a key contributor to more than one of my ventures. Time and time again, I've found his command of the subject-matter and piercing insights have truly elevated the discussion. I highly recommend him for anyone seeking expert guidance in the complex and ever-changing frontier of electronic money and monetization strategy.Jon Matonis is the foremost authority on virtual currencies, private currencies, and burgeoning e-money instruments such as Bitcoin, Gridcoin, social game credits, and stored value. His expertise literally spans the ages -- not just at the global monetary present and future landscape but at the historical roots that give rise to future trends and opportunities still emerging. Jon has been a key contributor to more than one of my ventures. Time and time again, I've found his command of the subject-matter and piercing insights have truly elevated the discussion. I highly recommend him for anyone seeking expert guidance in the complex and ever-changing frontier of electronic money and monetization strategy.”

    Robert Holtz, Executive - Entrepreneur - Technologist - Corporate Strategist

  • Jon Matonis “Jon Matonis is the foremost authority on virtual currencies, private currencies, and burgeoning e-money instruments such as Bitcoin, Gridcoin, social game credits, and stored value. His expertise literally spans the ages -- not just at the global monetary present and future landscape but at the historical roots that give rise to future trends and opportunities still emerging. Jon has been a key contributor to more than one of my ventures. Time and time again, I've found his command of the subject-matter and piercing insights have truly elevated the discussion. I highly recommend him for anyone seeking expert guidance in the complex and ever-changing frontier of electronic money and monetization strategy.Jon Matonis is the foremost authority on virtual currencies, private currencies, and burgeoning e-money instruments such as Bitcoin, Gridcoin, social game credits, and stored value. His expertise literally spans the ages -- not just at the global monetary present and future landscape but at the historical roots that give rise to future trends and opportunities still emerging. Jon has been a key contributor to more than one of my ventures. Time and time again, I've found his command of the subject-matter and piercing insights have truly elevated the discussion. I highly recommend him for anyone seeking expert guidance in the complex and ever-changing frontier of electronic money and monetization strategy.”
    5 / 5
  • “Jon is a great CEO, team leader, motivator, and empowered his employees to do their jobs. I enjoyed working with Jon and would work for him again if given the opportunity.”

    Mark Woods, Account Management • Project Management • Author • Speaker • Learning & Development • SaaS Customer Success & Experience

  • Jon Matonis “Jon is a great CEO, team leader, motivator, and empowered his employees to do their jobs. I enjoyed working with Jon and would work for him again if given the opportunity.”
    5 / 5