About Othalia Doe-Bruce

Biography

Othalia Doe-Bruce is the Founder of InnovFin Consulting Inc., a consulting and advisory firm helping companies leverage Blockchain technologies, to cut costs, generate revenues and access financing.

In 2018, she founded The Innovative Financier (TIF), a not-for-profit and an information hub with a community strong of 600+ members. TIF raises awareness on emerging tech to help individuals identify opportunities in the new digital economy. TIF raised funds for charities such as: Salvation Army, PAWS and Film4Peace.

She is also an Executive at the BlockchainHub, an NGO within York University providing education, research and commercialization of Start-Ups. There, she has designed and managed successful commercialization and educational programs, allowing her to grow the community to 6,000+ members. In 2018, she launched the first Blockchain Recruitment Day in Canada with 250 selected applicants, and sponsors such as KPMG, IBM, Toda and Skrumble.

Author

In 2019, she was invited by professors at University of Ottawa to co-author the book: “ Crypto-Finance and Mechanisms of Exchange” published by Springer, which is now available in e-book and hard copy. This book is a must have for all Finance professionals looking to understand how Blockchain is changing the Finance landscape.

You can get it HERE

She is a strong proponent of education as a mean toward economic self-empowerment and often speaks at conferences and to the media to share her passion and advance Blockchain adoption.

Speaking Engagements & Media Appearances

She has appeared in the Globe & Mail and Coinsquare as one of the few Women in Blockchain disrupting the gender imbalance status quo in the industry.

Some of her notable English and French speaking engagements include:

-Invest in Canada as the Official MC at Collision

-Government of Canada Blockchain Hackathon

-Canadian Screen Awards-University of Ottawa

-University of California Irvine

-The Financial Management Institute

-The UNHCR

-Cascon by IBM & Evoke

and more...

In 2020, she became a contributor for Entrepreneur.com, a media platform with millions of readers and aspiring entrepreneurs.

Awards

An award winner, she is the recipient of the Community Activism Award by the Waterfront Magazine, and was nominated by ReleveON and WomeninTech for breaking barriers in the innovation space. Under her leadership, InnovFin is now building the Future of Ed Tech.

Background

Othalia Doe-Bruce is the holder of a Certificate in Ethereum Blockchain Development, the CIPM from the CFA Institute, an American MBA in Investment Finance and a European Master 1 in Management.
Having travelled in Africa, Europe, North America and Asia, she is fluent in French and English.

She also has basic understanding of Spanish and notions of Korean.

Past Experience

Before discovering a passion for Blockchain, Othalia Doe-Bruce worked internationally for Fortune 500 investment management firms such as UBS and Alliance Bernstein, developing an expertise in investment analytics and reporting.

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