The Master Mind Behind Bitnation; Susanne Tarkowski Tempelhof
Personal Info
Susanne Tarkowski Tempelhof was born 1983 (35yrs) in Gothenburg, Sweden 🇸🇪 by parents of different origins, French and Polish (Poland 🇵🇱) currently living in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 🇧🇷. Susanne Tarkowski established Bitnation (a blockchain-based citizenship system AKA government alternative) and Pangea projects in 2014.
Susanne Tarkowski got the idea and was stimulated to develop Bitnation projects owing to her father as he could not get citizenship for 10 years. Within that time, she was thinking to interchange how the government system works.
Professional Experience and Achievements
Susanne Tarkowski is an international entrepreneur, tech investor, a creator, and a writer. She has worked in different countries namely; Afghanistan, Brazil, China, Egypt, France, Libya, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, and Pakistan in the past.
According to her LinkedIn Profile and other sources;
From 1998 - 2000, Susanne Tarkowski worked as a journalist in Magazine Groove.
From 2001 - 2003, she was the Founder and CEO of Loom Corporation Company, Montpellier, France.
A Cafe and Art Gallery branched out into design, advertising, media services.
From 2003 - 2006, she worked as a Marketing Teacher and Communications Consultant in Aniara Utbildning.
Taught two classes in Marketing for one year, as well as developed and organized the schools branding and marketing activities.
From 2004 - 2005, she was a Design Trainer in the University of Gothenburg.
She trained university students in related fields (Architecture, Textile Design etc) in complementary graphic design courses, including the development of all the materials including graphic design training manuals.)
From 2006 - 2006, she worked as an Art Director in Cetena Group, Kabul, Afghanistan.
Art Direction for nationwide PSYOP campaigns in Afghanistan.
From Feb 2008 - Feb 2011, She was the Founder and CEO of Wise Strategic Communication, Kabul, Afghanistan.
Providing governmental and military clients with strategic communication solutions including IO, PSYOP and PA -- mainly for U.S. Gov. clients.
She started the Wise Strategic Communication Company, the company became the first Afghan Strategic Communication Company which she later sold in February 2011 to a US contracting firm.
In 2011, she started Shabakat Corporation; Leveraging Grassroots Networks Across The World during the civil war in Libya to support local grassroots movements.
After the end of the civil war in Libya, she turned Shabakat into a broader technology company to enable agorist initiatives through, amongst other things, crowdfunding, cryptocurrencies, and other blockchain applications. source
The company has established field networks and offices in Egypt and Libya and carried out work with Ghana and Yemen for US Government and other clients.
In Jan 2013, she authored the book "The Googlement, All around the world" which was published in 2014.
"The Googlement - The DIY Guide To Starting Your Own Nation (And Changing The World) - Nortia Press 2015"
In Jul 2014, Susan founded Bitnation; The world's first Decentralized Borderless Virtual Nation (DBVN) -- a Blockchain Jurisdiction.
The Governance 2.0, a Borderless, a Decentralized and Voluntary blockchain based.
Bitnation is designed to disrupt the nation-state oligopoly through offering more convenient, secure and cost-efficient Do-It-Yourself Governance services including security and dispute resolution. source
Interests
Alternative governance solutions, Anarchism theory, Cryptocurrencies, Entrepreneurship, Globalization, Modern art, Philosophy, Real estate, Sociology, Technology, Transhumanism, and Vintage Champagne.
Skills
Advertising, Africa, Analysis, Business Planning, Community Development, Community Engagement, Corporate Communications, Corporate Social Responsibility, Crisis Communications, Crisis Management, Diplomacy, Editing, Entrepreneurship, Event Management, Event Planning, Executive Management, Foreign Policy, Fundraising, Government, Graphic Design, International Development, International Relations, Investments, Leadership, Leadership Development, Management, Management Consulting, Marketing, Marketing Communications, Marketing Strategy, Media Relations, New Business Development, NGOs, Organizational Development, Policy, Policy Analysis, Political Science, Politics, Public Affairs, Public Policy, Research, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Speech Writing, Start-ups, Strategic Communications, Strategy, Team Building and Training.
Susan Crypto's Journey
Susanne Tarkowski journey on cryptocurrencies and blockchains began in 2011.
In 2011, Susanne Tarkowski found out about Bitcoin technology for the first time, following that, she got her first Bitcoin from a friend in 2012.
After Susan Tarkowski explored the cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies for three years, she became optimistic, crypto activist and beliefs in the future of cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies which made her enforce her running ideas on it and founded Bitnation, even her marriage was registered on Bitnation blockchain in 2016.
Interview and Events
Susanne had been interviewed and featured on different occasions or events;
Susanne was interviewed by a member of Bitnovosti where she shared her prognoses on the future of national governments, virtual nations, and jurisdictions.
Susan Tarkowski was also featured as a keynote speaker at Decentralized 2018 conference held in Divani Caravel Hotel in Athens, Greece 🇬🇷.
About Bitnation; What Is It Really?
Bitnation is the world's first Decentralised Borderless Voluntary Nation (DBVN), a self-governance or do it yourself (DIY) governance with the goal to provide traditional governance services provided by the nation states through the blockchain such as identity, birth certificate and make it accessible globally.
Following the advent of Bitnation, distinct services along with identity, birth certificate, land registry, notary, world citizenship, DBVN constitution, blockchain marriage, as well as services for refugees, including Bitcoin Visa cards, identities and coordination of mutual help have been implemented. Bitnation offers their own services and it enables people to create their own through the platform.
The great Susanne Tarkowski Tempelhof!
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