Blueprint 2024 Official Program Guide - Flipbook - Page 154
2024 Speakers
CEO & Founder,
5thWorld
Marc Ziade
Marc currently leads 5th World whose mission is to accelerate the world9s
transition to regenerative and distributed energy, water and food systems. With
a diverse background in ûntech, web 3, and distributed energy systems, Marc
has been at the forefront of bridging the self-custody of bits and atoms to
build autonomous regenerative communities. Marc holds a degree in electrical
and computer engineering complemented by an MBA from Columbia Business
School. His career trajectory has seen him in leadership roles across both
corporate and startup environments in various sectors. Notably, at Mastercard
in New York City, he directed web 3.0 product initiatives and
commercialization efforts. Additionally, at Zoomo, a venture-backed light
electric vehicles startup, he led the company's entry and growth within the
North American consumer and enterprise markets. Prior to that, Marc was an
early employee at ConsenSys and a founding member of ConsenSys Labs, the
venture studio that incubated products such as Metamask and Infura. Early in
his career, while working at Strategy& and Booz Allen Hamilton, Marc provided
strategic advisory services to numerous ûntech and cleantech ûrms. His work
spanned a wide array of multinational projects, with a focus on governance,
operating model design, sectoral and corporate strategy formulation, and the
development and launch of new products.
