About me

I'm a builder, contrarian, and game changer.

I grew up in Silicon Valley coding AI and was working at IBM's global software lab by 17.

My journey has traversed:

  • ex-CDO of Visa – beat Elon Musk @PayPal (San Francisco HQ)

  • ex-COO at EthSign.xyz (now Sign), invented and built TokenTable.xyz

  • Writing seminal book on asset tokenization – QUADRILLION: Mankind's Largest Market Opportunity: Asset Tokenization + AI

  • Architected Alipay’s payment system from the ground up & the ANT Financial strategic roadmap (Hangzhou)

  • Founder, FoodTrail – world's premier AI restaurant discovery & influencer app

  • Created Zinier, the first mobile workforce management platform (Palo Alto, $500M valuation)

  • Led American Express e-payments globally and directed their most successful card launch (NYC)

  • Turned a post office into the world’s 3rd largest e-commerce enabler (US$350M Alibaba investment)

  • Keynoted/spoke at 50+ digital conferences

  • 7 granted patents (authentication, e-commerce, payments)

  • UC Berkeley – earned only A+ given by my CS professor

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