Purpose-driven product and strategy leader, passionate about building products where finance and technology intersect to create a more abundant, livable future for humanity.
Experience
2025 — Now
2025 — Now
Responsible for traditional Stocks & Options, and Tokenized Stocks for retail trading.
• Built and launched end-to-end stock trading experience in 6 months
2024 — 2025
2024 — 2025
New York, United States
Helped governments, buyers and companies access the $850B compliance carbon market, while achieving measurable economic and societal benefits.
• Product Leadership: Drive the development of the flagship Clean Water project—delivering free clean water to underserved communities, reducing emissions from boiling water, and generating a strong economic, social and environmental returns for investors.
• Global Engagement: Partner with Ministers of Finance, Environment, and senior officials worldwide advising on how to operationalize carbon markets through bilateral agreements and regulatory frameworks to ensure scalability and compliance.
• Strategic Partnerships & Financing: Secured financing commitments from institutional investors and built collaborations with carbon market participants, tech companies, and financial institutions.
• Financial & Risk Expertise: Develop robust financial models and risk management protocols to maximize investor confidence and support sustainable growth.
2023 — 2024
2023 — 2024
Mexico
Advising the Leadership of The Mexican National Banking and Securities Commission on economic development through the next generation of innovative digital finance.
2021 — 2024
2021 — 2024
New York City Metropolitan Area
I led the strategic vision and product development to make high quality debt investing as simple as buying digital currency, enabling institutional and retail investors to access compliant, high-yield private credit investments.
• Strategic Vision & Fundraising: Raised $3.3M in capital to build a platform for trading non-fungible private credit instruments, enhancing liquidity and democratizing access to digital finance.
• Product Leadership: Directed a team of 10 engineers, designers, and product managers to launch a proprietary NFT-AMM (Automated Market Maker) system, generating $140K in trading volume during a 45-day pilot.
• Financial Innovation: Developed a DeFi primitive blending ETF-like indexing with bond yield mechanics, delivering 5%+ APY through tokenized private credit and staking exposure.
• Regulatory Engagement: Advised Mexico’s National Banking and Securities Commission on digital finance regulations, shaping frameworks for on-chain credit markets.
• Investor & Custodian Partnerships: Collaborated with institutional investors and third-party custodians to structure and onboard high-quality private debt investments, ensuring compliance and investor confidence.
2018 — 2021
San Francisco Bay Area
• Product Vision & Execution: Managed the connected hardware roadmap to enhance product experience, safety, and quality by integrating advanced machine learning algorithms and consumer applications.
• Youth Usage Reduction: Developed and implemented core initiatives aimed at reducing underage usage. Leveraged advanced hardware and software features to detect and limit youth access, ensuring robust safety protocols.
• Regulatory Strategy & Global Compliance: Navigated complex, multi-country regulatory landscapes by developing comprehensive legal compliance frameworks, preparing detailed submission documentation, and achieving regulatory approvals across key markets.
• Cross-Functional Coordination: Collaborated closely with legal, marketing, and product teams to ensure that every product iteration met or exceeded regulatory requirements while maintaining a competitive edge.
• Team Leadership: Directed a multi-disciplinary team across hardware, firmware, and software, overseeing a $1B R&D portfolio with over 100 professionals, and driving innovations that enhanced product safety and compliance.
• Global Market Launches: Orchestrated international go-to-market strategies that balanced regulatory needs with consumer demands, ensuring consistent product performance and market trust worldwide.
Education
University of Utah
Corporate Finance
2009 — 2014