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In this episode of the #PAY Podcast Bruce Burke speaks with Mirek Sopek, Founder & President, LEI.INFO   Dr. Sopek holds a PhD in Theoretical Chemistry. He initially started his career as an assistant professor and lecturer at Technical University of Lodz, Poland, teaching molecular modeling. Later, after redirecting his interest toward digital technologies, he taught e-commerce and cryptography. In 1989 he founded Makolab. This was his “fall of the Berlin Wall” moment. Later he spent many years at Hypercube Inc in Canada and in the US. After returning to Makolab, in 2007 he led the company through successful IPO on Warsaw Stock Exchange. Then, again in the US he formed Chemical Semantics, Inc. (2014) and MakoLab USA Inc. (2016). In 2018 he created LEI.INFO as a startup in the digital identity space. He is now a specialist of semantic technologies and sophisticated blockchain solutions (like GraphChain and Quantum Blockchains) and is now leading the applications of these novel technologies to the dig