I lead DeFi Partnerships @ Optimism, a global collective focused on scaling Ethereum and rewarding public goods. Previously, I led Product/BD at DELV (f.k.a. Element Finance), an R&D company focused on open-source DeFi infrastructure and protocols. I'm also a co-founder of the DeFi Toronto meetup (3,000+ members) and an advisor to several startups. 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: 🔹Author – Token Economies (chapter 8) in The Emerald Handbook of Blockchain for Business – March 2021 🔹Contributor – Building Canadian Consensus: Our Maturing Blockchain Ecosystem (ICTC Canada) – Nov. 2019 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: 🔹D3 Summit (Bahamas) – panelist: Decentralized Infrastructure – Oct. 2023 🔹Futurist / ETHToronto (Toronto) – panelist: DeFi Update on Decentralization, Scalability, Privacy – Aug. 2023 🔹Consensus (Austin) – panelist: DAOs and Network States – Apr. 2023 🔹International Tech Summit (Bermuda) – panelist: DeFi & Regulations – Apr. 2023 🔹Devcon (Bogotá) – speaker: A Playbook for Product Development in DeFi – Oct. 2022 🔹TechConnex – panelist: The Future of Fintech – June 2022 🔹FedEx Institute of Technology (U. Memphis) and Blockchain901 – speaker: DeFi – Aug. 2021 🔹ApplyBoard's Careers of Tomorrow Workshop – Blockchain: Decentralizing the Future – July 2021 🔹Hofstra University, Conference on Emerging Tech in Real Estate & Finance – speaker: DeFi – Apr. 2021 🔹General Assembly, Tech Week – panelist: Cryptocurrency and the Future of Consumer Adoption – Feb. 2021 🔹BitAngels Investor Event, hosted by Dentons (Toronto) – keynote speaker: Open Finance & Canada's Blockchain Ecosystem – Feb. 2020 🔹Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (Toronto) – opening speaker: DLT & Blockchain – Feb. 2020 🔹Diffusion DevCon (Berlin) – speaker: Decentralized Liquidity / Hackathon Mentor & Judge – Oct. 2019 🔹Blockchain Futurist Conference (Toronto) – panelist: The Future is Collaborative / Decentralized Systems – Aug. 2019 🔹Hofstra University, Blockchain Symposium (New York) – speaker: DeFi & Liquidity – Apr. 2019 🔹U. of Waterloo – presentation to MBET grad students on Blockchain Fundamentals and Careers – Jan. 2019 🔹CryptoCamp / Deloitte (Toronto) – speaker: Decentralized Applications (dApps) – Nov. 2018 🔹Luminari (Toronto) – podcast on my foray into crypto-mining – Nov. 2018 🔹StartWell (Toronto) – panelist: Economics of Crypto-Mining – July 2018 🔹CPPIB (Toronto) – Cryptocurrency Mining – May 2018 🔹Blockchain Ryerson (Toronto) – Crypto-Mining – April 2018