Tara Merk

Strategy Analyst at IOTA Foundation

Tara Merk

Strategy Analyst at IOTA Foundation

Biography

As a Blockchain specialist and DEC certified digital assets analyst, Tara is convinced that permissionless DLT, and IOTA in particular, will deliver sustainable impact to the economy and society at large. She has in-depth expertise in the use of blockchain technology across different industries including global trade and supply chains, mobility and eHealth.

Tara has been active in the Blockchain space since 2016 after studying in Maastricht, Hong Kong, and Dublin where she completed her MSc in the field of information systems management. Here, she wrote a thesis about institutional entrepreneurship in Bitcoin and devised eLearning modules for the IEEE’s blockchain initiative. Before joining IOTA, Tara spent time working in the German public sector, a social start-up, lobbyism and co-founding political campaigns.

 

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