Alex Pruden discusses his path from the Army to his current role as a CEO of a tech startup in the blockchain currency space. Alex Pruden is the CEO of Aleo Systems Inc., a tech startup
building blockchain-based security and financial infrastructure
products. Prior to Aleo, Alex was an investment partner at
Andreessen-Horowitz, a Silicon Valley venture capital fund that
managed over $28B to invest in consumer & enterprise
software, biotech, fintech, and cryptocurrency/blockchain. Alex
holds a B.S. from the United States Military Academy in
International Relations/Arabic, and an MBA from Stanford
University. Prior to his tech career, he served for 9 years in the
U.S. Army from 2008-2017 in both the Infantry and Special
Forces. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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