Alastair Caithness

Alastair Caithness

San Diego, California, United States
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Host of Boom! It’s on the Blockchain, a leading podcast that explores the intersection of…

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    BOOM! Its on the Blockchain

    San Diego, California, United States

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    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

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    Miami, Florida, United States

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    San Diego, California, United States

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    Wyoming, Michigan, United States

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    Nairn, Scotland, United Kingdom

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    Monterey, California, United States

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    Nairn, Scotland, United Kingdom

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    Aberdeen, United Kingdom

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    Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

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    Aberdeen, United Kingdom

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    Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

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    Chairman of San Diego Walk

    Autism Speaks

    - 1 year 1 month

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    Proud to be the Chairman of the 2018 San Diego Autism Speaks Walk. Duties include representing Autism Speaks at multiple events, TV appearances, radio interviews and led the committee for a successful walk in 2018.

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    San Diego Walk Committee

    Autism Speaks

    - 2 years

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    Participated as a key Committee Member for Autism Speaks. Organized several autism awareness events, including being Chairman of the Autism Speaks Walk San Diego in 2018.

    Autism Speaks Walk is powered by the love of parents, grandparents, siblings, friends, relatives and support providers for people with autism.

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    Magic the Bunny Rabbit

    Northsound Radio

    - 2 years 1 month

    Children

    I dressed up as Magic the Bunny Rabbit for the local Radio Station in Scotland raising money for the Cash for Kids Charity Events. I dressed up as Magic for the easter egg hunts, various local pageants, local school fairs and even took Magic out for fun and games over a two day period one hogmanay.

    Cash for Kids is an excellent charity, and all the money is raised locally and spent locally and goes to disabled and disadvantaged children and young people under 18 throughout the…

    I dressed up as Magic the Bunny Rabbit for the local Radio Station in Scotland raising money for the Cash for Kids Charity Events. I dressed up as Magic for the easter egg hunts, various local pageants, local school fairs and even took Magic out for fun and games over a two day period one hogmanay.

    Cash for Kids is an excellent charity, and all the money is raised locally and spent locally and goes to disabled and disadvantaged children and young people under 18 throughout the Grampian area, with mental, physical or sensory disabilities, behavioral or psychological disorders, living in poverty or situations of deprivation, or suffering through distress, abuse or neglect.

Publications

  • Finance Infrastructure Through Blockchain-Based Tokenization

    Frontiers of Engineering Management

    The infrastructure finance gap has long-standing implications for economic and social development. Owing to low efficiency, high transaction costs, and long transaction time, conventional infrastructure financing instruments are considered to be major contributors to the increasing mismatch between the need for infrastructure development and available financing. Implemented through smart contracts, blockchain tokenization has shown characteristics that are poised to change the capital stack of…

    The infrastructure finance gap has long-standing implications for economic and social development. Owing to low efficiency, high transaction costs, and long transaction time, conventional infrastructure financing instruments are considered to be major contributors to the increasing mismatch between the need for infrastructure development and available financing. Implemented through smart contracts, blockchain tokenization has shown characteristics that are poised to change the capital stack of infrastructure investment.

    This study analyzed the first SEC-compliant energy asset security token, Ziyen-Coin, from the perspective of the key participants, relevant regulations, and token offering procedures. Results show that tokenization can improve infrastructure assets liquidity, transaction efficiency, and transparency across intermediaries. Conventional infrastructure financing instruments were compared with blockchain tokenization by reviewing the literature on infrastructure finance.

    The benefits and barriers of tokenizing infrastructure assets were thoroughly discussed to devise ways of improving infrastructure financing. The study also found that the potential of tokenization has not yet been fully realized because of the limited technical infrastructures, regulation uncertainties, volatilities in the token market, and absence of the public sector.

    This study contributes to the present understanding of how blockchain technology can be implemented in infrastructure finance and the role of tokenization in the structure of public–private partnership and project finance.

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  • Ziyen Energy CEO Will Be the Keynote Speaker at the Leading Blockchain in Oil and Gas Event

    Digital Asset Live

    ZIYEN Energy CEO announced as keynote speaker at the leading Blockchain in Oil and Gas Event in Calgary Canada, February 11th-12th 2020

    Presentation Title: Tokenizing the financial asset of an oil producing well on the blockchain

    Alastair Caithness, Ziyen Inc. CEO has been invited to present at the annual Blockchain in Oil and Gas Canada Conference in Canada on February 11th & 12th 2020.

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  • Ziyen Inc. Announces CEO, Alastair Caithness Will Be a Guest Speaker at the 5th Annual IoT in Oil and Gas Canada Conference, taking place on 13th and 14th of February 2020 in Calgary

    Globe Newswire

    lastair Caithness, Ziyen Inc. CEO has been invited to present at the annual IoT or Internet of Things Oil and Gas Canada Conference in Canada on February 13th & 14th 2020.

    The Internet of Things (IoT) transformed the way the Oil and Gas industry uses, collects and transmits data. Energy companies that have implemented IoT technologies are now increasing profitability, reducing carbon footprint emissions, enjoying better-streamlined processes, saving cost and achieving more accurate…

    lastair Caithness, Ziyen Inc. CEO has been invited to present at the annual IoT or Internet of Things Oil and Gas Canada Conference in Canada on February 13th & 14th 2020.

    The Internet of Things (IoT) transformed the way the Oil and Gas industry uses, collects and transmits data. Energy companies that have implemented IoT technologies are now increasing profitability, reducing carbon footprint emissions, enjoying better-streamlined processes, saving cost and achieving more accurate forecasts for demands.

    Alastair Caithness Presentation Overview:

    Presentation Title: Understanding detailed well data analytics through IoT to increase production and asset value.

    Utilizing IOT and big data analytics in upstream oil and gas industry to increase production.

    Increasing CAPEX efficiency through smart & automated work-over candidate selection.

    Creating a continuous opportunity life cycle measuring actual versus forecasted incremental production targets.

    Utilizing IOT to reduce down-time for production and maximize asset reliability.

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  • Ziyen Inc. CEO Alastair Caithness is Featured as the 50th Interview by leading Podcast in the Blockchain Space, World Token Market

    Globe Newswire

    Alastair Caithness, Ziyen Inc. CEO is interviewed by MapableUSA, a leading podcast that provides insight and commentary on the latest developments in the blockchain space . In this podcast Alastair Caithness explains how his company has gone from filing his own Regulation A+ offerings to tokenizing oil and energy assets on the Ethereum Blockchain and how the entire industry is evolving by embracing tokenization via “smart contracts” technology.

    Listen to the podcast by MapableUSA…

    Alastair Caithness, Ziyen Inc. CEO is interviewed by MapableUSA, a leading podcast that provides insight and commentary on the latest developments in the blockchain space . In this podcast Alastair Caithness explains how his company has gone from filing his own Regulation A+ offerings to tokenizing oil and energy assets on the Ethereum Blockchain and how the entire industry is evolving by embracing tokenization via “smart contracts” technology.

    Listen to the podcast by MapableUSA Here

    There’s no question that big companies are starting to look into smart contracts on the blockchain and how to be “first to market” in a variety of different market sectors. Oil and gas is no different. Smart Contracts are basically an autonomous set of directions that are programmed into a security token to perform any number of predefined tasks, thereby eliminating the need for human management which significantly reduces risk and saves time as a result.

    But the real takeaway from this podcast is the issue of liquidity. Tokenization allows for the liquidity (easily buying and selling) of previously illiquid assets, and this feature alone is one of the biggest reasons why there’s so much potential with Mr. Caithness’ vision of creating a permission-based tokenization platform trading stablecoins within the multi-billion dollar oil and gas industry. The World Token Market already has the solution – now it’s just up to companies like Ziyen to take advantage of its enormous potential – and why investors and issuers alike need to take a serious look at the opportunities presented within this entire industry.

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  • Ziyen Inc. First Stages of ZiyenCoin Mint Now Complete

    Globe Newswire

    Ziyen Inc. a leading oil and energy technology company today announced the first stages of minting its oil and energy digital token is now complete.

    Ziyen Inc. utilized the Polymath’s software for the creation of the ZiyenCoin Security Tokens.

    This is another significant milestone for Ziyen Inc. allowing it to create the ideal security token for the global oil and energy sector, and thereby opening a multi-billion-dollar market to energy investors across the…

    Ziyen Inc. a leading oil and energy technology company today announced the first stages of minting its oil and energy digital token is now complete.

    Ziyen Inc. utilized the Polymath’s software for the creation of the ZiyenCoin Security Tokens.

    This is another significant milestone for Ziyen Inc. allowing it to create the ideal security token for the global oil and energy sector, and thereby opening a multi-billion-dollar market to energy investors across the globe.

    Alastair Caithness, Ziyen Inc. CEO stated:

    “We have been working diligently to get to this stage and are proud to announce that ZiyenCoin is minted.

    We could not be happier with the excellent service Polymath has provided Ziyen. They have allowed us to capture all the rules related to tokenizing and democratizing a security while staying compliant.

    Investors will be pleased to know that ZiyenCoins can be held in any Ethereum wallet that supports custom ERC20 tokens. One example of a wallet that can hold ZiyenCoins is MetaMask. MetaMask is a free browser extension that allows you to access Ethereum and ERC20 cryptocurrency tokens securely and quickly. It’s available to download on Google Chrome, Firefox, Opera and Brave Browsers.

    The energy blockchain space is evolving so fast, and the company has followed a timeline that led to this key moment and the focus is now to tokenize our oil assets.”

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  • Oil and Energy Company Ziyen Taps New GC

    Corporate Counsel - Law.com

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  • Ziyen Inc. is Qualified by the SEC Under Regulation A+

    Yahoo Finance

    Ziyen Inc. announce that they have been qualified by the SEC on the 25th of October 2016 under Tier 1 of Regulation A+. Ziyen Inc. operates 3 divisions in the company, Ziyen Data, Ziyen Intelligence and Rebuilding Iraq.

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  • Millstream brings business value to the public sector

    Telegraph

    Value is a strong ingredient in any good business proposition, but when your business is connecting suppliers with public-sector buyers, practising what you preach is all the more important.

    Millstream Associates is a business connecting 7,500 public purchasing authorities to more than 200,000 suppliers through an online system which sends tenders to relevant businesses depending on their products and services and their ability to deliver

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  • Your Oil and Gas News successfully launch new Global Oil & Gas Project Tracker at the Premier Middle East Oil Show in Middle East

    Trading Marketing

    The launch of Your Oil and Gas News new global Oil and Gas Project Tracker, Projects OGP, proved to be the surprise hit at ADIPEC, the Middle East's largest Oil Show

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  • UK-based Online News Portal Develops New Technologies to Increase Corporate Business Intelligence and SEO

    Reuters

    In just under one year, 'Your Industry News', a leading group of global industry news and project-based websites, has experienced tremendous growth with more than 150,000 industry professionals visiting the siteeach month creating over 1,000,000 page views making it one of the fastest growing industry publications on the net.


    Article features the growth of the company and the new technologies developed

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Honors & Awards

  • Fellow Institute of Sales & Marketing

    Institute of Sales & Marketing Management

  • BA (Hons) Business Studies

    Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland.

    5 Year Business Studies Honours Degree - The BA Business Management programme provided me a thorough grounding in a range of business subjects including economics, accounting, entrepreneurship, management, operations and leadership

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