Recently, I made a big life decision, one that was extremely stressful and exciting. The decision to leave BNYM Digital Assets and join Offchain Labs was one that left me feeling like I was the rope in a tug-of-war fight. Ultimately, I decided to join the extremely talented and innovative team at Offchain Labs.

First, I’d like to thank everybody at BNYM Digital Assets for taking me in and not only making NYC feel like home but creating a workplace environment that fostered curiosity and growth. The relationships and mentors I attained are invaluable and I look forward to continue using these individuals as resources throughout my career.

However, I’m extremely excited to be joining Offchain Labs in a Partnerships role with a vertical in Financial Institutions and Fintechs aiming to contribute to the growth of the leading Layer-2 Roll-up solution, Arbitrum One. I hope to help change the future of finance in a way that improves global access to financial systems and products that may have not been available to investors or individuals in the current financial system. A role that resonates closer to my core passions.

I also believe that Financial Institutions may not fully realize the capabilities that an open decentralized ledger system creates for their internal operations and risk management. Eliminating manual and redundant daily administrative actions is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to cost-cutting opportunities. The amount of data that is siloed between a banks internal platforms is not only hurting a bank’s revenue opportunities but it’s also a disservice to clients that they are not currently able to benefit from the data solutions that a public blockchain brings them.

Using a public blockchain will open platforms to abundant levels of data that will in result give generative Ai models new levels of data that will give investors, asset managers, institutions, etc the ability to create tailormade financial products that fit autonomously to the investors goals through supportive products like digital identity.

Advancements in computing, networks, encryption, and communication created the services economy, information economy, and platform economy. I look forward in playing a role in fostering new business models through the introduction of the protocol economy to financial services.

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