Alison is the founder and CEO of Unblocked Future, a consultancy that helps executives to drive adoption at the forefront of emerging tech. They help companies communicate their vision, resonate with stakeholders, and activate communities for change. Before she fell down the blockchain rabbit hole, she focused on helping early stage teams in data science and analytics, IoT, and artificial intelligence. A social scientist by training, Alison has spent her career studying the intersection of human behavior and emerging technology, with 20 years of consulting to technology-first startups and Fortune-500 companies across industries including healthcare, education, telecommunications, energy, retail, finance, hospitality, and manufacturing.