Sophia Lopez is President and Founder of Kaleido. Sophia began working with blockchain in 2015 helping shape the community and developing new commercial approaches for the enterprise market. Prior to Kaleido, Sophia led the IBM Blockchain Platform product portfolio developing high-value offerings to help clients achieve better business outcomes through the adoption of blockchain technology. Sophia has held various leadership positions in IBM as Profit and Loss (P&L) Leader with responsibility for multi-billion dollar lines of business. Sophia has an engineering degree from Harvard University and an MBA from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Sophia is a governing board member for Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust. She also contributes as a startup coach & mentor for initiatives such as Consensys Tachyon, Launch the Venture, and Carolina Challenge at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School.
