Mark Waser has over 35 years of experience in software systems design & development and artificial intelligence. He has developed systems ranging from an expert system shell and builder for CitiCorp’s FastFinance lease evaluation and approval system to a neural network evaluating thallium cardiac images of Air Force pilots for Wright-Patterson AFB to several blockchain projects. Mr. Waser has an M.S.E. degree in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Pennsylvania and has performed doctoral studies in Machine Learning & Human Decision Making at George Mason University. Recently, he has been exploring the intersection of collective intelligence and blockchain with a large-scale liquid-democracy debate-mapping and governance system. He is particularly interested in codifying safe ethical architectures and motivational systems for intelligent machines (including humans).