Globetrotting Executive's Startup Matches Blockchain With Mangos
Geneviève Léveillé left a decades-long corporate career to try to help farmers control their sales with distributed-ledger technology.
Geneviève Léveillé was born in Haiti and has spent more than 45 years living in the U.S. and U.K., advising on projects around the world for Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Hewlett-Packard, General Electric, and other companies. She was working for IdenTrust, which provides digital certificates, when she discovered blockchain and embarked on a new entrepreneurial path.
Cryptocurrencies make headlines, yet it’s the underlying technology that really intrigues banks, companies, and institutional investors. So-called blockchain networks provide a source of truth, ensuring every phase of a process can be verified on an accessible ledger.