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I didn't start as a CEO who sold my legal tech startup to LexisNexis (NYSE: RELX), a GC…
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Innovate Boldly, Learn Continuously, Progress Relentlessly
Innovate Boldly, Learn Continuously, Progress Relentlessly
By Olga V. Mack
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Focus on Now, Now. Worry about Later, Later.
Focus on Now, Now. Worry about Later, Later.
By Olga V. Mack
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I'm so excited to be speaking again at the Women, Influence & Power in Law conference! It is one of my favorite conferences to attend - so many…
I'm so excited to be speaking again at the Women, Influence & Power in Law conference! It is one of my favorite conferences to attend - so many…
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Experience
Education
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University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
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• Martin S. Depper and Estelle D. Depper Scholar
• Berkeley Technology Law Journal
• Samuelson Law and Technology Clinic
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• Political Science Department Valedictorian
• Highest Distinction in General Scholarship
• Robert and Colleen Haas Independent Research Fellow
• The San Francisco Foundation, Grace Scholar -
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The Bay Area National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (I-Corps) (http://bayicorps.com/) is a collaboration among the University of California Berkeley, University of California San Francisco and Stanford University.
Licenses & Certifications
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Certified Information Privacy Professional CIPP/US
IAPP - International Association of Privacy Professionals
Volunteer Experience
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Task Force on Responsible Use of Generative AI for Law
MIT Computational Law Report
- Present 2 years
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Faculty Lecturer
Practising Law Institute (PLI)
- Present 8 years
I teach the following courses:
The Road to Becoming a General Counsel
Negotiation Skills Essentials
The Future of Blockchain and Digital Assets: The View of Silicon Valley
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Education Advisory Council (EAC)
CLOC (Corporate Legal Operations Consortium)
- 3 years
The CLOC Education Advisory Council (EAC) is a strategic initiative to support the development of the most relevant, innovative, and valuable content in the legal operations space to both members and the entire legal community.
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Member of the Board of Advisors
Blockchain Law for Social Good Center
- 2 years
Science and Technology
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Founder
Women Serve On Boards
- 6 years
I am particularly proud to have founded the Women Serve on Boards movement, a pioneering initiative dedicated to promoting the inclusion of women on corporate boards. Our journey began with launching petitions aimed at encouraging 25 Fortune 500 companies to appoint their first female board member.
Our efforts bore fruit, persuading over half of these companies to appoint not just one, but in several cases, multiple women to their boards, including women of color.
Our advocacy played…I am particularly proud to have founded the Women Serve on Boards movement, a pioneering initiative dedicated to promoting the inclusion of women on corporate boards. Our journey began with launching petitions aimed at encouraging 25 Fortune 500 companies to appoint their first female board member.
Our efforts bore fruit, persuading over half of these companies to appoint not just one, but in several cases, multiple women to their boards, including women of color.
Our advocacy played a crucial role in supporting, testifying for, and rallying support behind the passage of California SB 826. This landmark legislation mandated that publicly traded companies headquartered in California have at least one woman on their board by the end of 2019. Although it was later deemed unconstitutional, the law ignited a nationwide conversation and spurred public discourse on gender diversity in corporate governance. This dialogue extended across various states, regulatory bodies such as the SEC, stock exchanges like the NYSE and NASDAQ, influential corporations including BlackRock, numerous business schools, and beyond, leading to significant policy, structural, and tactical reforms aimed at enhancing board diversity.
In our continued commitment to this cause, we published 'Get on Board: Earning Your Ticket to a Corporate Board Seat,' a comprehensive guide designed to empower professionals aspiring to embark on a corporate board career. This book is a testament to our dedication to breaking down barriers and creating more inclusive and diverse corporate boards. -
Organizer & Curator
TEDxEmeraldGlenPark
- 3 years
TEDxEmeraldGlenPark serves the Tri-Valley area— Danville, Dublin, Livermore, Pleasanton and San Ramon. We bring Tri-Valley leaders together and provide a forum for the Tri-Valley community to share ideas, embrace differences, get educated, and understand many views.
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Leadership Board of Directors & Chair of GC/CLO Initiative, San Francisco Bay Area
Association of Corporate Counsel
- 5 years
Education
Publications
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Author, Blockchain Value: Transforming Business Models, Society, and Communities
Business Expert Press
If you think that blockchain is everything you don’t understand about technology, finance, and law mixed together, then this book will help you appreciate its value more clearly. While it is a complex technology that is still largely experimental today, it will be transformative in the future.
This book focuses on the values of blockchain across industries. Among other things, it explores how blockchain technology adds value to data management, security, and sharing as well as ownership,…If you think that blockchain is everything you don’t understand about technology, finance, and law mixed together, then this book will help you appreciate its value more clearly. While it is a complex technology that is still largely experimental today, it will be transformative in the future.
This book focuses on the values of blockchain across industries. Among other things, it explores how blockchain technology adds value to data management, security, and sharing as well as ownership, property, collaboration, and trust. It also explores the possibilities of the Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS), digital goods or dGoods, and the transformative power of small acts and micropayments. -
Author, Get On Board: Earning Your Ticket To A Corporate Board Seat
Business Expert Press
Directors, chairpersons, executives, recruiters, and other professionals who assist corporate boards all agree that becoming a corporate director is a journey. The process may take one to five years and involves a lot of learning, networking, and strategic positioning. In other words, just like everything worth pursuing, it involves a lot of hard work! Yes, there are occasional glimpses of luck, but there are no magical moments, invisible hands, or other miracles.
Get on Board: Earning…Directors, chairpersons, executives, recruiters, and other professionals who assist corporate boards all agree that becoming a corporate director is a journey. The process may take one to five years and involves a lot of learning, networking, and strategic positioning. In other words, just like everything worth pursuing, it involves a lot of hard work! Yes, there are occasional glimpses of luck, but there are no magical moments, invisible hands, or other miracles.
Get on Board: Earning Your Ticket to a Corporate Board Seat is a practical beginner’s guide for anyone considering becoming a director, from young professionals seeking corporate board service in the distant future to seasoned professionals contemplating an imminent career change. This book demystifies the process, breaks down the steps, and answers the most common questions about corporate board service. It also provides examples of successful corporate director biographies and resumes. Finally, it shares actionable strategies and worksheets to help identify your unique value proposition, elevate your profile, and refine your networking strategy. You can use all of this information to start your corporate board journey today. After reading this book, you will be convinced that corporate board service is within your reach—and will be ready to pursue it actively! -
Author: Fundamentals of Smart Contract Security
Momentum Press
Fundamentals of Smart Contract Security, the world’s first book dedicated to the subject of the security of blockchain applications, has been released. The book is written by smart contract security experts at Quantstamp.
Security is Essential for Blockchain Applications
While blockchains themselves are often secured by large amounts of hashpower, applications running on top of them, in the form of smart contracts, can be subject to coding errors or security vulnerabilities just…Fundamentals of Smart Contract Security, the world’s first book dedicated to the subject of the security of blockchain applications, has been released. The book is written by smart contract security experts at Quantstamp.
Security is Essential for Blockchain Applications
While blockchains themselves are often secured by large amounts of hashpower, applications running on top of them, in the form of smart contracts, can be subject to coding errors or security vulnerabilities just like any other software. Unlike regular software though, smart contracts are often directly in charge of assets, and once they are written to a blockchain, they cannot be changed. In some cases, the smart contract code also is viewable by others accessing the blockchain. This makes secure smart contract development essential.
Written by Smart Contract Security Experts
Quantstamp is a Y Combinator-backed blockchain security company which has audited over $800 million worth of smart contracts. We are among the first to have built a decentralized automated smart contract security analyzer network deployed on the worldwide Ethereum blockchain and our team has 5 PhDs, including security and formal verification experts.
Actionable Advice
Fundamentals of Smart Contract Security provides actionable advice on blockchain security. It goes beyond theory, giving real practical advice, including common vulnerabilities detected in the wild, and best practices for secure smart contract development.
“Smart contracts and programmable money enable a wealth of new possibilities, but their immutable and public nature means security must be given top priority. This book will teach you how.” - Eric Ly, Co-founder, LinkedIn, and CEO of Hub Token -
Co-Author
#Networked Book
I co-authored this book with 19 amazing women lawyers who have been part of a larger group of 50 women lawyers that created a networking group on LinkedIn. During the days of the pandemic, we've laughed together, cried together, shared in losses and successes, cheered each other on while we juggled practicing law, parenting, relationships, launching new companies, building online courses, side-hustles, podcasts, writing a book (lol!), and so much more. We self-published this book to share our…
I co-authored this book with 19 amazing women lawyers who have been part of a larger group of 50 women lawyers that created a networking group on LinkedIn. During the days of the pandemic, we've laughed together, cried together, shared in losses and successes, cheered each other on while we juggled practicing law, parenting, relationships, launching new companies, building online courses, side-hustles, podcasts, writing a book (lol!), and so much more. We self-published this book to share our stories about handling the early days of the pandemic and we hope that it will show others that you can find a community of support even in the darkest of times. Thank you LinkedIn for this platform and thank you to Amazon for making self-publishing so feasible. And thank you to all of my co-authors for dreaming up this beautiful project and bringing it to life through sheer force of will and determination.
#Networked: How 20 Women Lawyers Overcame the Confines of COVID-19 Social Distancing to Create Connections, Cultivate Community, & Build Businesses in the Midst of a Global Pandemic -
Contributing Writer
Newsweek
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Contributing Writer
Bloomberg Law
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Technology Columnist
Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Docket
Helped to start the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Docket online and contributed since 2015.
Projects
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Fellow @ CodeX, The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics
The Value of Blockchain and Its Impact on Business Models, Law, and Society
Blockchain technology, which underpins all cryptocurrencies, has great potential beyond just a medium of exchange and storage of value. Numerous emerging business models, including token economies, P2P, micro values, new asset creation, blockchain-based software and blockchain as a service (BaaS), and numerous others, are using blockchain technology in innovative ways that raise important ethical, legal and societal…The Value of Blockchain and Its Impact on Business Models, Law, and Society
Blockchain technology, which underpins all cryptocurrencies, has great potential beyond just a medium of exchange and storage of value. Numerous emerging business models, including token economies, P2P, micro values, new asset creation, blockchain-based software and blockchain as a service (BaaS), and numerous others, are using blockchain technology in innovative ways that raise important ethical, legal and societal issues.
Olga V. Mack’s project focuses on emerging blockchain business models and their implications on commerce, society, and laws. As these business models develop, important questions are raised that need careful analysis with pragmatic solutions. Olga will interview CEOs, founders, and executives in 7-10 industries that will be affected by blockchain’s imminent arrival, and using real-life examples, she will share blockchain’s unique value propositions and develop a set of best practices for dealing with blockchain’s arrival in key industries. -
Lecturer @ University of California, Berkeley - School of Law
Introduction to Finance, Design Thinking, Leadership, and Blockchain/Smart Contracts (not all simultaneously!).
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The Future of Contracts community & webinar series, Creator & Host
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The Future of Contracts webinar series, which has now concluded, offered an in-depth exploration into the evolving world of contracts and negotiations. This comprehensive program delved into the nuances of contract management and the pivotal role of digital transformation in reshaping the landscape of legal agreements. Featuring a lineup of thought leaders and luminaries in the field, the series provided attendees with valuable insights into the latest trends, strategies, and technological…
The Future of Contracts webinar series, which has now concluded, offered an in-depth exploration into the evolving world of contracts and negotiations. This comprehensive program delved into the nuances of contract management and the pivotal role of digital transformation in reshaping the landscape of legal agreements. Featuring a lineup of thought leaders and luminaries in the field, the series provided attendees with valuable insights into the latest trends, strategies, and technological advancements driving change in how contracts are drafted, negotiated, managed, and enforced. Designed for professionals navigating the complexities of modern contract law, this series was an essential resource for staying informed and ahead in an increasingly digital and interconnected business environment.
Honors & Awards
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Women of Legal Tech 2022
American Bar Association (ABA)
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Community Award, Legal Design/Tech Influencer of 2021
Legal Creatives
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Elected Fellow, Class of 2021
College of Law Practice Management (COLPM)
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Women of Influence 2020
The Silicon Valley Business Journal
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2020 “Fastcase 50” Award Winner
Fastcase
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2019 Agents of Change
Diablo Magazine
2019 Agents of Change: innovators, movers and shakers, and groundbreakers who are blazing trails in the East Bay and beyond.
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Top 10 30-Somethings (ACC)
Association of Corporate Counsel
ACC's Top 10 30-Somethings program recognizes the world's best in-house counsel between the ages of 30 and 39.
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Watermark Make Your Mark Award: Advocacy
Watermark
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Corporate Counsel of the Year Award from the Silicon Valley Business Journal and San Francisco Business Times
Silicon Valley Business Journal and San Francisco Business Times
Silicon Valley Business Journal and San Francisco Business Times annually honor the dedicated lawyers who keep the business world running in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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CLUBbie Evangelist Award
The CLUB Silicon Valley
The CLUB Silicon Valley awards the CLUBbie Evangelist Award annually to someone who has given extraordinary contributions to growing the CLUB’s membership and reach.
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Women Leaders in Tech Law
The Recorder
The annual program celebrates the recent achievements of lawyers from all practice areas whose work is focused on tech companies and issues. Editors selected 65 lawyers who handle game-changing, law-shaping, market-moving work in and around the technology sector. They are firm leaders, trial lawyers, dealmakers, in-house counsel on the cutting-edge and thought leaders from government and academia.
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The White House Changemaker
The United States White House, United State of Women
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ACC Leadership Award
The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
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Justice Fellow at the San Francisco District Attorney's Office (Kamala Harris)
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Languages
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English
Native or bilingual proficiency
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Russian
Native or bilingual proficiency
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Ukranian
Native or bilingual proficiency
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