S6 Bonus: Dr. Gordon Jones, Thrivacy

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Noah Labhart - Startup Founder & CTO

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🗓️ 24 March 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Dr. Gordon Jones just turned 60 years old, but you wouldn't know it from his energetic, vibrant tone. He has his doctorate in Health Administration, but he got into Health Technology in 1997. He lives in South Carolina, with his wife and five adopted children. Dr. Jones and his wife adopted their first child 1 year after they were married, as they felt led by God before they were married to pursue this path. Their main family activity is watching movies together, but they love to throw the frisbee, travel, and ultimately being together doing new things. While teaching at the university, Dr. Jones came across a student's idea to provide security around her identify. In addition to that, he had recently gone through a lengthy background check process, which required the re-verification of several bits of information. He decided to solve both of the problems, by creating a solution using the blockchain. This is the creation story of Thrivacy. Our Sponsors: * Check out Kinsta: https://kinsta.com * Check out Red Hat: https://www.redhat.com * Check out Vanta: https://vanta.com/CODESTORY Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	We have to scale. In the United States, there's a company called Norton LifeLock, and they help with cybersecurity and protecting our identity and all that. Well, Avast is the same company, but in Europe. So they're merging. So they're getting ready to merge the two companies together, and they're going to have a base of 500 million individuals and families that they serve.
0:21.8	Well, they just confirmed our business model because they bought the pioneer of self-sovereign identity.
0:29.0	But they're only going to be serving 500 million. So there's still another 7 billion people out
0:35.3	there that need help. My name's Gordon Jones. I'm co-founder and CEO of
0:40.0	Validity Corporation, creators of the Privacy Wallet. This is Code Story, the podcast bringing
0:51.1	you interviews with tech visionaries who share in the critical moments of what it takes to change in industry and build and lead.
0:59.5	A team that has your back.
1:02.3	I'm your host, Noah Laphart.
1:04.0	And today how Dr. Gordon Jones took an idea and his experience and created the digital password for identity and security.
1:13.8	All this and more. OnCote Story.
1:21.7	Dr. Gordon Jones just turned 60 years old, but you wouldn't know it from his energetic,
1:27.2	vibrant tone. He has his doctorate in health old, but you wouldn't know it from his energetic, vibrant tone. He has
1:29.1	his doctorate in health administration, but he got into health technology in 1997. He lives in
1:34.9	South Carolina with his wife and five adopted children. Dr. Jones and his wife adopted their first
1:40.3	child one year after they were married, as they felt led by God to pursue this path.
1:45.3	Their main family activity is watching movies together, but they love to throw the frisbee,
1:49.1	travel, and ultimately be together doing new things. While teaching at the university, Dr. Jones
1:55.1	came across a student's idea to provide security around her identity. In addition to that, he had recently gone through a lengthy background check process,
2:04.6	which required the re-verification of several bits of information.
2:08.6	He decided to solve both of these problems by creating a solution using the blockchain.
2:14.6	This is the creation story of privacy.
2:23.4	So I teach blockchain, data privacy and self-sovereign identity in the college.
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