Cyrus Taghehchian is a strategically-minded senior executive of 20 years with an accomplished entrepreneurial track record of top-notch technical and business execution. He is a Deloitte Consulting alum specializing in e-commerce and digital marketing. Previous clients Cyrus consulted include Intel, Paypal, Bank of America, and Cisco. Cyrus invests in early stage crypto-assets and is a serial entrepreneur with 2 successful exits generating over $300M in returns for investors.Cyrus has been vocal about how total marketplace dependency can cause inefficiencies and deadweight loss in the economy. He believes in free markets and that entrepreneurship can help break down systematic monopolies that have made some corporations more powerful than governments. Cyrus emphasizes that freedom of speech is the first line of defense against such monopolies. It supports critical thinking and empowers individuals to make informed choices, exercising their free will to live their lives as they see fit. For him, it's about liberty and the freedom to live authentically, without undue interference from powerful entities.He is a thought-leader in the Web3 space and an early innovator of NFT technology in 2017. Cyrus believes in giving back to the community. He mentors entrepreneurs looking to build in Web3 and advises enterprises on blockchain adoption. He is a previous speaker at World Blockchain Summit Dubai, ETH Denver, NFT NYC, DIFC Summit Dubai, and has contributed to ETH Magicians for Ethereum off-chain governance topics on UX, Agile in Web3, and Quality Assurance. Cyrus is a University of California, Irvine alum and holds a degree in Economics, a concentration in Informatics, and left his MBA to start building startups.During his off-time, Cyrus enjoys traveling the world and trying new cuisines. He likes to learn and reads several books a year. Cyrus stays active by playing tennis, golf, and hockey."NFTs and its immutable data nature will be the most coveted commodity in the future once we reach singularity. Blockchain preserves our reality." -me(2016)