Don Patterson

Dr. Donald J. Patterson is a Co-Founder and the Chief Technology Officer of Blockpliance. Blockpliance is a risk compliance and anti-money laundering fintech start-up that works with financial institutions to promote their responsible engagement with the cryptocurrency ecosystem. He is also a Professor of Computer Science in the Math and Computer Science Department at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California and a visiting professor at the University of California, Irvine. Professor Patterson’s research lies at the interface of crypto-currency, artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction. In this space he researches applications, algorithms and systems that use intelligent context to support situated sustainable computing. He is former U.S. Navy officer and has been a part of several technology start-ups, contributed to the bitcoin core client and received multiple impact awards for his research as well as for his support of teaching and research.