Los Angeles, California, United States
Passionate about building wide moat businesses and projects that solve real problems and needs. Currently working to grow use cases and long-term value in the crypto ecosystem. Get in touch to join the conversation! Specialities: product strategy, business development, operational efficiency, payments, fintech, GTM, product management, banking, credit and lending, capital markets, corporate finance, risk management
- Bringing DeFi to Stellar - Delivering humanitarian aid through Stellar Aid Assist
AYLF is on a mission to achieve universal literacy. - Built the alpha prototype of FUNetix, an adaptive learning mobile app that teaches children to read in 12 hours using a patented phonetic English code. - Project lead for 4 teams: graphics, UX, curriculum content and curriculum management
PayQwick is a financial technology company built for the cannabis industry. We were founded in 2014 to bridge the gap between cannabis operators and the limited banking and payment solutions available in the industry.
- Global and regional coverage responsibilities for the bank's relationship with corporate and institutional clients including professional services firms (Big 4 and consulting firms), pension funds, state-owned enterprises, and multinational companies - Initiated the bank's coverage of the Canadian pension funds in the US - Led cross-functional teams providing strategic direction, developing go-to-market strategies, driving growth opportunities, risk-weighted asset optimization and formulating credit and operational risk management practices
- Marketed and executed deals with product partners to deepen relationships with management teams - Specialized in debt financing for Hong Kong blue chip conglomerates covering both the public side (corporate entities) and private side (family office) across various sectors including technology, real estate, hotel, retail, infrastructure/transport and energy - Product areas: credit & lending, DCM, ECM, M&A, project finance, FX/rates, trade finance, RMB internationalization, cash management
- Proactively managed a portfolio of Chinese and Multinational clients across TMT, commodities, retail & consumer and industrial sectors - Responsible for the credit approval process, deal structuring (pricing, terms, collateral adequacy, covenants), documentation negotiation, due diligence, financial crime risk analysis, and ongoing monitoring