{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"EP#6: Sending Money Freely -- Sara Drakeley","description":"Sending Money Freely with Sara Drakeley, CEO of MobileCoin   Episode 6: Show Notes   Welcome back to another episode of the Allison Taylor LIFT Podcast. In our sixth episode, Allison discusses leadership in technology, specifically the nascent cryptocurrency market, with Sara Drakeley, CEO of MobileCoin, a cryptocurrency payment application that runs on the blockchain. The discussion centers on Sara\u2019s mission to reimagine payments from the ground up and her vision of sending money as easily as sending a text, anywhere in the world, instantly, securely \u2013 and at a minimum of cost. Sara also shares her unconventional leadership journey from technical director at Disney Animation Studios in Los Angeles to New York as a Wall Street hedge fund software engineer, and then back to California where she landed as third engineer at MobileCoin. After becoming CEO in five years, Sara shares her leadership style and also unveils life as a female millennial CEO in a predominantly male-dominated technology environment, and how trust with her team has enabled her to take time off for maternity leave. Thank you for listening in.   Key Points From This Episode:   \u2022    Insight into Sara\u2019s new role as CEO of MobileCoin. \u2022    What MobileCoin does and what its mission is. \u2022    Sara tells us all about her studies, vast experience, and non-linear career. \u2022    How she carried the robustness she learned working on Wall Street throughout her career. \u2022    Ways that authenticity has brought Sara joy and success in her career. \u2022    How the concept of \u201clearning how to catch up\u201d relates to AI. \u2022    Sara's leadership style (and how she incorporates math!) \u2022    Why MobileCoin\u2019s payment landscape is different from any other. \u2022    The criminal challenge in this industry and how MobileCoin is addressing it. \u2022    A look at MobileCoin\u2019s business model and their mobile app, Moby. \u2022    Sara\u2019s advice for inspiring engineers and CEOs: expand your focus!   Tweetables:   \u201cThere's something about diving into the way in which money moves and the way in which value moves at a systems level that [is] really impactful.\u201d \u2014 @SaraDrakeley [0:06:04]   \u201cIf you can back something up with math, then that's the best mitigation you can have.\u201d \u2014 @SaraDrakeley [0:09:00]   \u201cEntertainment matters, finance matters, it all matters. It's just [about] the degree of risk tolerance that can be acceptable within that space.\u201d \u2014 @allisonthought [0:09:52]   \u201cUltimately, it's my job to empower my team to help realize the vision that we all share.\u201d \u2014 @SaraDrakeley [0:23:47]   \u201cAt the end of the day, we need to build a product, get it out there, and make the world a better place.\u201d \u2014 @allisonthought [0:44:47]   Links Mentioned in Today\u2019s Episode:   Sara Drakeley on LinkedIn Sara Drakeley on X MobileCoin Robopocalypse Discerna Web Site (https:\/\/www.discerna.ai) Email Listener feedback to info@thoughtmarketing.com Allison J. Taylor on LinkedIn Allison J. Taylor on X ","author_name":"LIFT","author_url":"https:\/\/www.thoughtmarketing.com\/podcasts\/","html":"