Paul Brody

Paul Brody

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I am responsible for driving EY’s initiatives and investments in blockchain technology…

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    San Francisco Bay Area

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    Worldwide

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    San Francisco Bay Area

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    San Francisco, CA

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    San Francisco, California

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    San Francisco, California

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    San Francisco, California

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    New York, NY

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    San Francisco, California

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    Greater Los Angeles Area & Seoul, South Korea

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    Lagos, Nigeria

Education

Publications

  • Device Democracy: Saving The Future of The Internet of Things

    IBM Institute for Business Value

    The Internet of Things represents a huge opportunity for productivity gains and economic growth, if we can manage the complexity, risk, and cost of managing so many connected devices. We look at what's going wrong with early efforts and how a new approach, one that distributes intelligence and power throughout the network of devices, almost democratically, could turn things around.

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  • Today’s complex global supply chains are poised to be dismantled

    GigaOm

    Thanks to the growth of 3D printing, intelligent robots, and open-source hardware, tomorrow’s supply chains will be faster, smaller, cheaper, and local.

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  • The Software Defined Supply Chain

    IBM Institute for Business Value

    The historical rules hardened by a century of experience are being overturned by three emerging technologies: 3D printing, intelligent robotics and open source electronics. Together, they are creating a manufacturing environment that can be defined and executed through managing software and data files – a transformation we describe as moving from a hardware-based supply chain to one that is “software-defined.”


    To understand how the competitive landscape of the Electronics industry…

    The historical rules hardened by a century of experience are being overturned by three emerging technologies: 3D printing, intelligent robotics and open source electronics. Together, they are creating a manufacturing environment that can be defined and executed through managing software and data files – a transformation we describe as moving from a hardware-based supply chain to one that is “software-defined.”


    To understand how the competitive landscape of the Electronics industry will change and how these technologies will impact real-world, financially driven enterprise investment decisions, we conducted the 2013 IBM Electronics Manufacturing Study. The study is comprised of two primary research components: a face-to-face survey of 55 executives in 10 countries and a quantitative model to measure the effects of ongoing industry changes.

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  • 12 Simple Ideas For Making Your Supply Chain Greener

    IBM Institute for Business Value

    There are many opportunities to make supply chains green. The trick is figuring out how to define a green strategy, integrate ideas, and balance tradeoffs. Here are 12 ideas that are especially relevant to managers of supply chains for elec- tronic and high-technology products.

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  • Collaborative Innovation: Forging a new path to profitability in the electronics industry

    IBM Institute for Business Value

    Electronics companies face short product lifecycles, commoditization, intense competition, fast-changing demand and brand erosion. Traditionally, the standard response has been to single-handedly rush innovations into the marketplace and hope they catch on. Producing profitable and sustainable growth, however, requires a radically different approach.

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  • Rebooting The Electronics Industry

    IBM Institute for Business Value

    The reeling financial markets are challenging global business leaders to aggressively rethink their strategies. Across the electronics industry, effects are likely to be quite different, reflecting the enormous diversity of the industry itself. From consumer electronics to medical devices, industry sub-segments will have to respond – each in its own way – to lower consumer spending and stricter access to capital.

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  • Enabling CPFR with SOA: A flexible, scalable solution for collaborative supply chains

    IBM Global Business Services

    Consumer electronics and office equipment companies must react quickly to volatile supply and demand conditions. Rapid changes in technology compress product lifecycles. Many products last less than a year, with production cycles of only three months. Consumers have their pick of a large variety of new and existing products that are being aggres- sively marketed. It’s difficult to predict what they will choose to buy. Frequent retailer and manufacturer promotions disrupt buying patterns and put…

    Consumer electronics and office equipment companies must react quickly to volatile supply and demand conditions. Rapid changes in technology compress product lifecycles. Many products last less than a year, with production cycles of only three months. Consumers have their pick of a large variety of new and existing products that are being aggres- sively marketed. It’s difficult to predict what they will choose to buy. Frequent retailer and manufacturer promotions disrupt buying patterns and put downward pressure on prices. Poor forecast accuracy can lead to excess inventory or write-offs. Or it can lead to stock-outs, resulting in lost sales and poor customer service. Adding to the uncertainty is accelerating growth in the Asia-Pacific region. This growth extends and strains supply chains, which can affect delivery reliability and increase risks.

    To achieve success in this kind of environment, all members of the supply chain need visibility into current and future events, along with the means to work together to solve problems and deal with delivery constraints as they arise. Therefore, it’s not surprising that retailers and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) have been cooperating for years on programs such as vendor-managed inventory (VMI) and Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR).

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  • Product Styling: The New Competitive Differentiator In Electronics

    IBM Business Consulting Services

    In the electronics industry, technology is largely at parity – offerings from electronics companies are similar in general, and every innovation in features or functions that is introduced can be copied quickly. In addition, model supply chains have become tightly linked and highly competitive. These factors have raised the stakes and eroded profit margins for electronics companies. How, then, can electronics companies gain a competitive edge in today’s marketplace?

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  • All together now: Supply Chain Collaboration in the Electronics Industry

    IBM Institute for Business Value

    Intense competition, rapidly declining prices, unpredictable customer demand, and constrained material supplies are facts of life in the global electronics supply chain. The pursuit of higher prices and margins leads to a continuous stream of new products, each able to command a premium price for a short period of time before becoming commoditized. This challenging cycle is faced every day by IBM as well as hundreds of other companies operating in virtually every segment of the electronics…

    Intense competition, rapidly declining prices, unpredictable customer demand, and constrained material supplies are facts of life in the global electronics supply chain. The pursuit of higher prices and margins leads to a continuous stream of new products, each able to command a premium price for a short period of time before becoming commoditized. This challenging cycle is faced every day by IBM as well as hundreds of other companies operating in virtually every segment of the electronics industry.

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  • Can big companies become successful venture capitalists

    McKinsey Quarterly

    IT’S HARDLY SURPRISING that big companies are attracted to the venture capital (VC) model for new business development. Its track record is enviable: the industry as a whole outperformed the S&P 500 in five of the past six years, and US venture-backed companies have raised more than $40 billion in initial public oƒferings since 1990. Moreover, the model tempts management with the prospect of improved access to business innovation, better retention of entrepreneurial talent, and greater growth…

    IT’S HARDLY SURPRISING that big companies are attracted to the venture capital (VC) model for new business development. Its track record is enviable: the industry as a whole outperformed the S&P 500 in five of the past six years, and US venture-backed companies have raised more than $40 billion in initial public oƒferings since 1990. Moreover, the model tempts management with the prospect of improved access to business innovation, better retention of entrepreneurial talent, and greater growth in demand for core products.

    Yet more oƒten than not, big company attempts at applying the VC model produce disappointing results. Most find it diƒficult to establish the systems, capabilities, and cultures that make good VC firms successful. Even so, big companies can apply the VC model successfully with the right approach and expectations.

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Patents

  • Methods and systems for verifying token-based actions on distributed ledger-based networks through the use of zero-knowledge proofs

    Issued US10951409B2

    In an embodiment, a method comprises receiving a request that is configured to cause a transfer of a combined asset from a sender to a recipient, the combined asset including a first asset and a second asset. The method includes generating and sending to a self-executing code segment on a distributed ledger-based network (DLN) a zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) that a plurality of leaf nodes of a hierarchical tree structure representing the combined asset includes the plurality of leaf nodes of the…

    In an embodiment, a method comprises receiving a request that is configured to cause a transfer of a combined asset from a sender to a recipient, the combined asset including a first asset and a second asset. The method includes generating and sending to a self-executing code segment on a distributed ledger-based network (DLN) a zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) that a plurality of leaf nodes of a hierarchical tree structure representing the combined asset includes the plurality of leaf nodes of the hierarchical tree structure representing the first asset and the plurality of leaf nodes of the hierarchical tree structure representing the second asset. The method also includes receiving, in response to verification of the ZKP by the self-executing code segment, a confirmation confirming a representation of the combined asset on the DLN by a third token associated with the root node of the third hierarchical tree structure.

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  • Methods and systems for enhancing privacy and efficiency on distributed ledger-based networks

    Issued US10721069B2

    One or more embodiments described herein disclose methods and systems that are directed at providing enhanced privacy, efficiency and security to distributed ledger-based networks (DLNs) via the implementation of zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) in the DLNs. ZKPs allow participants of DLNs to make statements on the DLNs about some private information and to prove the truth of the information without having to necessarily reveal the private information publicly. As such, the disclosed methods and…

    One or more embodiments described herein disclose methods and systems that are directed at providing enhanced privacy, efficiency and security to distributed ledger-based networks (DLNs) via the implementation of zero-knowledge proofs (ZKPs) in the DLNs. ZKPs allow participants of DLNs to make statements on the DLNs about some private information and to prove the truth of the information without having to necessarily reveal the private information publicly. As such, the disclosed methods and systems directed at the ZKP-enabled DLNs provide privacy and efficiency to participants of the DLNs while still allowing the DLNs to remain as consensus-based networks.

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Honors & Awards

  • Member, IBM Industry Academy

    IBM

    Elected to the inaugural class of the IBM Industry Academy

  • Board Appreciation Award

    The New Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco

  • IBM 100% Club

    IBM

  • IBM Super Manager Award

    IBM

  • IBM 100% Club

    IBM

  • IBM Leadership Award

    IBM

  • i2 Paradise 100% Club

    i2 Technologies

Languages

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Organizations

  • BtiFury Group Ltd.

    Technical Adivosry Board Member

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    Acting as an advisor to BitFury, the world's leading institutional mining company in the BitCoin space. BitFury develops custom software and ASICs to help secure the blockchain and is developing other extensions of the blockchain for applications such as the Internet of Things.

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