A blockchain community FOR WOMEN

Elena Sinelnikova

Founder and CEO

Software development team lead turned entrepreneur. She founded CryptoChicks.ca in July 2017 with the vision to empower and inspire women interested in learning about blockchain and cryptocurrencies. “Women are underrepresented in technology, especially in blockchain technology. I wanted to create a friendly environment where women with non-developer and developer backgrounds met other women with similar interests. I managed to inspire and involve many women who become blockchain evangelists themselves”. Elena holds a Master of Computer Science and her specialties are in blockchain, cryptocurrencies, application architecture, design and development.

Natalia Ameline

Co-Founder

Natalia is a Senior Finance Executive with multi-industry experience. Her expertise is in strategic financial planning, decision support, operations management and change management. She holds Master’s degrees in Computer Science and Business Administration as well as CPA/CMA accounting designation. She is a co-founder of CryptoChicks and is inspired by its mission – to grow the industry and its adoption by engaging women. After attending multiple crypto events, she believes that “we have this incredible opportunity to gain further insight and innovation by tapping into the immense talent of women”. Natalia was introduced to Blockchain technology in 2014 and has been passionate about the industry since.

Liza Horowitz

Liza is a crypto and blockchain communicator. Liza communicates change, she helps break down complex topics into basic building blocks for individuals to learn and apply. Liza holds a Master of Science with a background in communication outreach, digital marketing and strategic implementation. “I attended my first bitcoin lecture at a conference in Las Vegas in 2015 and from there the learning never stopped”. My plan is to support the next generation of innovators by bringing blockchain to the 21st century classroom”. As a CryptoChick, we plan to write women back into the technology history books.

Nataliya Hearn

Nataliya Hearn (Ph.D. Materials Engineering University of Cambridge) Professor turned serial entrepreneur. Founder and CEO of Element 21 (ranked as the fastest growing company in Canada run by a woman W100 2009) that brought Scandium technology from the former Soviet Union to sports (baseball, golf, lacrosse), electronics, and aviation industries. Organized the launch of the golf drive from the International Space Station (2006).
Featured in Forbes (June 2010) for developing space age material for Mount Everest team with the warmest and thinnest jackets using ZeroLoft insulation material. Designed and marketed one of the most popular professional fishing rod lines — Carrot Stix.
Director of numerous public and private companies including ICOs: Chain of Points (loyalty program ICO 2017) and PNIK (asset – colour diamond – based crypto).

Olga Plokhuta

Olga is a communication and marketing specialist.
Olga holds the degree in economics and business and is passionate about the tech industry in terms of analytics and innovations.
Her addiction for the CryptoChicks has been developed from the first meeting with them :)

Konstantin Borovik

Konstantin spent past 2 decades building corporate IT infrastructure.
He is a Bitcoin early adopter and blockchain educator.
Konstantin is currently working on a blockchain project focusing on the private key security, crypt accents governance and blockchain end-user interaction experience.

Tracy Leparulo

Tracy is an early advocate for blockchain technology, and is committed to growing the crypto community through organizing game charger events. She’s the Founder of Untraceable, the first blockchain event management and marketing agency in Canada. Over the past 5 years, she has organized hundreds of iconic crypto events from the first Bitcoin Conference in Canada to the largest Ethereum hackathon in the world. As an early crypto investor Tracy has navigated through the blockchain ecosystems working on various projects from bitcoin wallets to ICOs to certified training. Tracy is committed to providing a platform for the greatest crypto minds to share knowledge, build technology, and create stronger connections within the blockchain community.

Minna Liang

Minna is a software engineer.

Cali Haan

Cali Haan is a Teacher, Writer, Editor, Crypto Investor and Bitcoin Fan in Toronto. "I like the early-stage investing opportunities that ICOs allow, though you have to be a very big boy, very careful and responsible, especially in 2018." She works with CryptoChicks because its fun.

Naba Sadia Siddiqui

Naba (M.Eng. Computer Engineering University of Toronto) is a Toronto-based engineer and software developer. Her day job involves drinking lots of Java. Apart from her day job, she spends a fair amount of her time learning and working on Blockchain-based projects. Naba is committed to increasing diversity in STEM industry, specially the Blockchain space. She is also very passionate about advocating the potential of Blockchain. If she is not behind a screen writing code or designing solutions, you will find her at the gym doing Yoga or swimming.

Karla Vilhelem

Karla is a Crypto PR & Marketing Specialist passioned by social innovation.

Dedicated to delivering business growth, my journey in this space began as a marketing manager alongside Ambisafe, a leading SF Blockchain Solutions Provider. In the last year, I contributed in efficiently leveraging the benefits of token sale campaigns and helped over 10 startups reach their goals.

I like to advise new projects on the best ways to integrate the blockchain ecosystem and positively impact the upcoming disruptive solutions in the global markets.

Alison Alexis

A CPA (CA) from Vancouver, with a further degree in Classical studies, Alison considers herself a Blockchain Community maximalist.

An unrelenting curiosity to understand the past, present, and future of humanity drives her interest in science and technology. In particular, she has a strong interest in cognitive/neuro sciences, blockchain technologies, and Artificial Intelligence and their inter-play. Alison believes that diversity, a multi-disciplinary approach, and the lessons and principles learned from the past, will be crucial to the advancement of these newer technologies and thus in creating the communities, social, and economic impact we all desire.

It was the promise of Blockchain that drew her in; creating a more open world, leveling the playing field, giving people more control and freedom over their information, assets, and livelihoods, and the opportunity to take part in something that has the potential to change the world.