Welcome to the Second in Command Podcast, produced by the C.O. Alliance and brought to

its founder Cameron Herald.

In the second-in-command podcast,

we talked to top COs who share the insights, strategies,

and tactics that made them the chief behind the chief.

And now here's your host, Cameron Harold.

Our guest today is the chief operating officer at the

crypto giant known as blockchain.com lane lane castleman lane is more than two

decades of experience in public policy crisis strategy and

communications at blockchain.com.

Previously he headed communications in public affairs for Uber and

AT&T where he played a crucial role in creating a national and international

regulatory campaigns and frameworks. Lane co-founded crisis management

firm Greenbrier in 2017, which solved complex reputational issues for clients ranging

from Silicon Valley Unicorns to heads of state to celebrities and was acquired by the Messina group a year later.

Since 2009 he served as a founder of Castleman LLC, a boutique nonpartisan public affairs firm

which has worked with various notable campaigns

officials companies and nonprofits in the countries including the Newsom for

Governor campaign. Earlier in his career Castleman was recruited by the Markham Group, a leading visual communications messaging firm to manage advancements with the then Senator Hillary Clinton's 2008 exploratory committee for president.

So Lane, welcome to the Second

of Command Podcast. Thanks, Cameron. You got a super fun, crazy bio. We could

actually sit and have drinks for hours. I've got some funny stories. I always love when anybody, were you with

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