Cristina Dolan

About

Cristina Dolan is an engineer, computer scientist, problem solver and entrepreneur that has led the transformation of businesses and built revolutionary products utilizing advanced technologies across many industries including Cyber Security, FinTech, Telecom, Media, InsurTech and Retail. In addition to being a cofounder of several blockchain companies, including value-based healthcare company Additum.es, she currently heads up Global Alliances for RSA NetWitness, and has been an advisor to several cyber security, data, and next generation cloud computing companies. Cristina was a co-founder of OneMain.com, which grew to be the 10th largest ISP after a successful IPO (Acquired by Earthlink). Formerly, she held executive roles at Disney, Hearst, IBM, Oracle and Tradingscreen. The recently published book 'Transparency in ESG and the Circular Economy' which she co-authored has been the subject of keynote speeches and her World Economic Forum article. 'Cybersecurity is the most immediate financially material sustainability and ESG risk organizations face, and has been weaponized by nation states.' The global student coding competition she launched, “Dream it. Code it. Win it”, which is the subject of her TED talk, has been honored with numerous awards including: the Trader Magazine Charitable Contribution Award, a MIT Harold E. Lobdell Distinguished Service Award, and Stevie Awards for Best Organization, Best Female Innovator and Best Executive of the Year. Recognized as an industry thought leader, she has received numerous honors including: 100 Women in Finance; Women to Watch in Crypto and Blockchain; 100 Most Influential Blockchain Women; and Thought Leader in Crypto and Blockchain. Cristina earned a master’s degree from the MIT Media Lab and also holds a Master of Computer Science Engineering and Bachelor of Electrical Engineering. Born in New York City, she is a native English speaker and is also fluent in Spanish which was her first language. Cristina is the former Chair of the MIT Enterprise Forum and the former President of the MIT Club of New York and former member of the MIT Alumni Association Selection Committee. Cristina Dolan has built and grown successful technology startups and worked within Fortune 1000 company leading cross functional teams. Throughout her career she has worked in many industries and held roles leading strategic alliances, business development, sales, systems engineering, product management, product marketing, communications and marketing, operations, software development, technology and operations.

Country

United States

City

New York

Industry

Computer Software

Skill

Systems Engineering, Software Systems Engineering, Marketing Management, Service Awards, Recognition Awards, Athletics, Turnaround Experience, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Cross-Functional Team Building, Initial Public Offerings (IPO), IT & Business Strategy Alignment, Early-Stage Startups, Public Speaking, Machine Learning, Leadership, Board of Directors, Corporate Social Responsibility, Computational Linguistics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Software as a Service (SaaS)

Experience

NetWitness: LATAM Managing Director, Head of Americas Channel and Global Alliances

RSA Security

2022-10 - Present · 4 yrs

New York, New York, United States

Management of Channel throughout the Americas (North America, Canada, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean and South America). Leading, building and enabling global cloud partnerships and offerings. https://cyberwomenday-cefcys.com Initiated and launched AWS AppFabric partnership and Amazon Marketplace. Received several honors and awards for her work in Cybersecurity, Cyber Risk and Cyber Insurance.

NetWitness: Global Head of Alliances

RSA Security

2022-1 - 2022-10 · 10 mos

New York, New York, United States

Leading the growth of strategic partnerships with systems integrators, MSSPs, and insurance companies. Building out the cloud go-to-market and operating model for the AWS Marketplace launch. Netwitness is a subsidiary of RSA Technologies LLC. (Acquired by STG from Dell)

NetWitness: Head of Alliances, North America

RSA Security

2021-2 - 2022-1 · 1 yr

New York, New York, United States

Establishing strategic alliances with systems integrators, managed service providers, partners, and vendors. Building and enabling cloud partnership solutions.

Co-Founder

Additum - Creando Valor en Salud

2018-9 - Present · 8 yrs 1 mo

Madrid Area, Spain

Optimizing the 'Value Journey' to maximize the patient health value using data, IoT and edge computing technologies. Working with hospitals in Europe and developing countries to improve patient outcomes. Additum Mission: maximizing the value created in a patient with a specific clinical condition taking advantage of new digital technologies. The Additum Team played a critical role in helping 'Covid Warriors' architect, source, build, train and deploy COVID Testing Robots throughout Spain.

Member Board of Directors, Audit & Compensation Committees

WISeKey SA

2020-9 - Present · 6 yrs 1 mo

Geneva, Switzerland

(NASDAQ: WKEY; SIX Swiss Exchange: WIHN) Awarded Best IoT Semiconductor Innovation Award 2020. Digital identity of IoT devices, secure microcontrollers, AI and Blockchain in networked ecosystems.

Founder

insideCHAINS

2017-2 - Present · 9 yrs 8 mos

New York, New York

Cristina Dolan is a keynote speaker that has been engaged globally to educate executives on the leading transformative technologies. Her recently published best selling book on 'Transforming ESG and the Circular Economy, Capturing Opportunities through Data' brings together the transformational journey of technology, companies and society to create change. InsideCHAINS has worked with organizations to get beyond the hype through solution development and product management to drive new business models powered by data and networked layers for trust. The next generation marketplaces, supply-chains and eco-systems will utilize data on networked ecosystems which include blockchain trust layers along with an extensive palette of, ML, AI, IoT and edge computing technologies to engage partners, serve customers and build powerful solutions. https://insidechains.com

Advisory Board Member

Wall Street Blockchain Alliance

2019-2 - Present · 7 yrs 8 mos

New York, New York

The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA) is an industry leading non-profit trade association, with a mission to advocate, guide and promote comprehensive adoption of blockchain technology and cryptoassets across global markets. Cristina is focused primarily on supporting multiple initiatives at the WSBA, including the Product & Technology and Crypto Asset Working Groups. [Press Release: https://www.wsba.co/uploads/3/7/9/4/3794101/cristina_dolan_wsba_press_release_final.pdf ]

Member Of The Board Of Advisors

1843 Capital

2017-1 - Present · 9 yrs 9 mos

Greater New York City Area

1843 Capital is a venture capital firm based in Greenwich, Connecticut. The firm supports startups with diverse founding teams through an investment model and sourcing process. The firm seeks to invest in the technology, age-tech and consumer products sectors.

Official Member

Forbes Technology Council

2016-7 - Present · 10 yrs 3 mos

An invitation-only organization comprised of world-class CIOs, CTOs and technology executives.

Board Advisor

Crayonic

2020-1 - 2021-5 · 1 yr 5 mos

New York, New York, United States

Crayonic KeyVault™ is a Proof-of-Free-Will™ next-generation security for 'passwordless' FIDO2 authentication of users, for storing digital assets, accessing financial accounts and e-signing documents. It can securely authenticate to any FIDO2 compatible system without username and password. Together with TSPs, Crayonic can offer financial institutions a solution that meet FATF 'travel rule' regulations.

Advisor

Floating Point Group

2018-6 - 2020-2 · 1 yr 9 mos

New York, New York

Smart Order Crypto Execution created by award winning MIT Alumni (Participants in Prof Bill Aulet’s 2018 MIT Delta in NYC.)

Senior Advisor and Investor [Interim CEO]

Huddl

2019-9 - 2020-1 · 5 mos

New York, New York, United States

iHuddl goes beyond open banking by mobilizing our collective buying power to create a financial marketplace where the best banks and providers bring their products to you.

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Media Arts and Sciences

1992 - 1994 · 2 yrs

Research Areas: Information and Entertainment, News in the Future and Interactive Cinema. Entrepreneurial classes at Sloan Business School and an HBS Field Study. • Thesis, ‘Not That They Win or Lose, But How You Watch the Game: Personalized Sports Viewing’, developed the Synthetic Transition Shot to enhance viewer participation by bridging between events to synthesized interactive playing and viewing environments. • Team member on a Harvard Business School Field Study, performing a competitive analysis of the digital production value chain in the interactive entertainment, sponsored by Time Warner Interactive. (CD-Rom Business Unit and iTV Trial in Orlando.) • Wheel or Life team member, developed the ‘air’ section of the interactive space. Visitors traveled through the space in pairs, one as a guide the other as an explorer communicating through the game like software interfaces. The space was constructed with four sections representing fire, water, earth and air.