Richard Plotka is the CEO of Appatura, and has been a senior leader in the IT field for more than two decades. Richard also serves as a professor at RPI in New York and is the associate director of the ITWS program, which has been rated the number-one Information Technology and Web Science program in the United States. Prior to Appatura Richard worked as a top IT authority and innovator, developing and implementing solutions for the aerospace, retail, construction, property management, mortgage banking, and consumer industries. Always committed to keeping ahead of the curve with current technologies, Richard lectures lawyers about Blockchain technology and how it can be used for security beyond digital currency.