Soulla Louca is a Professor in the Department of Management and MIS as well as Director of the Institute for the Future at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. Dr. Louca was nominated by LATTICE80 in partnership with Miss Kaya as one of the top 100 women in fintech for 2019. With a background in computer science, she is among the first academics to get involved in blockchain technologies. Previously, Dr. Louca headed the Domain Committee for ICT for European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) for the 36 COST member states. She earned a PhD in computer science from the Illinois Institute of Technology. She can be reached at louca.s@unic.ac.cy.