As the Chief Blockchain Officer at Neon Machine, Marc Mercuri leads the blockchain vision, strategy, and execution for the AAA game Shrapnel, marketplace, creator tools, and the web3 platform Mercury. With over 20 years in cloud and platform leadership at Microsoft, ConsenSys, and Neon Machine, Marc has led and launched multiple blockchain networks, omnichain tokens (ERC-20, 721, and 1155), commercial node services, general purpose token services, web3 gaming platform Mercury, and developer tools for multiple audiences (low code/no code, procode, gaming). His work has been showcased in media outlets such as ABC, TechCrunch, the BBC, Forbes, and Wired. An author of four books and co-host of a video podcast. An author of four books and co-host of a video podcast, Marc holds numerous patents and awards in blockchain, cloud, mobile, social, advertising, and IoT technologies.