{"id":"rand-mchenry","version":1,"language":"en","title":"Rand McHenry","hidden":false,"content":"**Rand McHenry** is the Co-Founder in charge of live events production at [Rare Evo](https://iq.wiki/wiki/rare-evo), a collection of like-minded, highly active [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) advocates with the shared goal of hosting [Web3](https://iq.wiki/wiki/web3) events. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-rf99hpyl65)[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-ori5jyzlmyl)  \n$$widget0 [YOUTUBE@VID](jROvM499Z7c)$$  \n  \n# Career  \n  \nMcHenry has 15 years of experience creating live events and has been working in the [cryptocurrency](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency) space for 7 years. He was an award-winning pioneer in the cannabis industry. Additionally, he was a Sales Director for a $40M annual revenue logistics company. [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-ori5jyzlmyl)  \n  \n## Rare Evo  \n  \nRand McHenry co-founded [Rare Evo](https://iq.wiki/wiki/rare-evo) in June 2021 alongside [Wes Parkinson](https://iq.wiki/wiki/wes-parkinson), [Evan Fischer](https://iq.wiki/wiki/evan-fischer), and [Nathan Mantia](https://iq.wiki/wiki/nathan-mantia). The mission of Rare Evo is to curate a hybrid experience of blockchain events in the industry into a single unique, yet annual convention. [\\[3\\]](#cite-id-7guuj98bang)  \n  \n> \"Ultimately, our goal after two days of speakers, panels, exhibition, and entertainment, is that our attendees, exhibitors, and sponsors extract value from the experience to better their business.\"[\\[3\\]](#cite-id-7guuj98bang)  \n  \n$$widget0 [YOUTUBE@VID](QTJ_3HbcUXQ)$$  \nThe Rare Evo convention is set to take place from August 15th - Aug. 17th, 2024. Thursday the 15th will consist of exhibitor build-out in the expo hall during the afternoon while hosting a pre-event party (accessible to only VIP ticket holders, Special Guests, and Sponsors) in the evening. Friday (16th) and Saturday (17th) will be two full days of keynote speeches, panels, workshops, expos, and entertainment. [\\[3\\]](#cite-id-7guuj98bang)  \n  \nThe event will be hosted at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas featuring over nine restaurants, a spa, seven pools, and a Casino experience. It is located at 3570 S Las Vegas Blvd, Paradise, NV 89109. Expected speakers and guests include [Charles Hoskinson](https://iq.wiki/wiki/charles-hoskinson), [Navin Vethanayagam](https://iq.wiki/wiki/navin-vethanayagam), [Sam Kazemian](https://iq.wiki/wiki/sam-kazemian), Willayna Banner, Jullian Duran, Raquel Buscaino, Dr Navjit Dhaliwal, Daniela Barbosa, Marc Vanlerberghe, Micky Watkins, Margie Feng, Austin Arnold, Aaron Arnold, Dan Friedman, etc. [\\[3\\]](#cite-id-7guuj98bang)  \n  \n<br>  \n<br>  \n<br>  \n<br>  \n<br>  \n","summary":"Rand McHenry is a co-founder of Rare Network, specializing in live events production, with 15 years of experience across various industries including cryptocurr...","categories":[{"id":"people","title":"People in crypto"}],"promoted":0,"tags":[{"id":"Founders"},{"id":"PeopleInDeFi"}],"metadata":[{"id":"references","value":"[{\"id\":\"rf99hpyl65\",\"url\":\"https://x.com/RandCorp_eth\",\"description\":\"twitter profile\",\"timestamp\":1718276781097},{\"id\":\"ori5jyzlmyl\",\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/rand-mchenry-126b25145/\",\"description\":\"linkedin profile\",\"timestamp\":1718276790583},{\"id\":\"7guuj98bang\",\"url\":\"https://rareevo.io/\",\"description\":\"website\",\"timestamp\":1718276803384}]"},{"id":"website","value":"https://rareevo.io/"},{"id":"twitter_profile","value":"https://x.com/RandCorp_eth"},{"id":"linkedin_profile","value":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/rand-mchenry-126b25145/"},{"id":"previous_cid","value":"QmfQ3My5HcHH9ksnbsj2R7nBDbdhd3Pw2fK3KtS8TWmk9Z"}],"user":{"id":"0x6753061a4cffbc0A617e57E956A298D88702a94B"},"author":{"id":"0x212Cb3F4aE6611054637f9f78F18fB628AD258bb","profile":{"username":"zainab","avatar":"QmZzhTxNPnCKWpsPJtS1YeZUiZ5vFSNHCeStpigLs2pRNt"}},"media":[{"name":"jROvM499Z7c","id":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jROvM499Z7c","size":"0","type":null,"source":"YOUTUBE"},{"name":"QTJ_3HbcUXQ","id":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTJ_3HbcUXQ","size":"0","type":null,"source":"YOUTUBE"}],"views":20,"events":[],"linkedWikis":{"founders":[],"blockchains":[]},"ipfs":"QmfQ3My5HcHH9ksnbsj2R7nBDbdhd3Pw2fK3KtS8TWmk9Z","transactionHash":"0x3f7c344f17d204d8b06a72cdbfc578d71f782941ee579035d9d71f659c5699f3","created":"2024-06-13T11:29:57.781Z","updated":"2024-06-26T11:59:18.650Z","images":[{"id":"Qmb9ousmCmaEYxnhnUF27ewJmjGKH6aesiB3SVWdp87qCB","type":"image/jpeg, image/png"}]}