Mariana Bontempo is a project manager at Applied Blockchain, a blockchain solutions development and consulting company, focused on distributed ledger technology (DLT) and smart contracts. She is also one of the participants on the Code First: Girls summer intensive course, an initiative of Entrepreneurs First to empower women working in tech by teaching them the principles of coding. She is also the Head of Fintech and VP of Women in Business at Hult Business School London.