Sean Bennett

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Co-founder @ Stronghold
San Francisco, CA, US
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San Francisco, California, United States, United States
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About Sean Bennett

Sean is a co-founder of Stronghold, a San Francisco-based financial technology company creating virtual payment networks that enable instant settlement and interoperability between legacy and new payment networks. At Stronghold, Sean has focused on leading the development of retail and business payment products utilizing differing payment modes, from banking layer integrations to blockchain technology.Sean has been responsible for some of the first business cross-border transactions of sovereign currency over distributed ledger protocols, including founding the Stellar network’s first ‘stablecoin’ provider, moving USD, AUD and NZD on Ripple and Stellar in 2014 as well as partnering with IBM to launch USD settlement on IBM’s Blockchain World Wire network in 2018. Much of his work has dealt with the regulated movement of funds, and he has had experience as an AML/CFT compliance officer. With interests in healthcare and financial services, his continued focus on technology and compliance has led him from his native New Zealand, through Australia, to the cutting edge in Silicon Valley.

Sean Bennett's Current Company Details
Stronghold

Stronghold

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Co-founder
San Francisco, CA, US
Sean Bennett Work Experience Details
  • Stronghold
    Co-Founder
    Stronghold
    San Francisco, Ca, Us
  • Stronghold
    Co-Founder
    Stronghold 2017 - Present
    San Francisco, Ca, Us
    Stronghold provides financial technology infrastructure and payment capabilities to industries and markets with unique needs that require customized, comprehensive payments, and currency solutions. In addition to providing access to ACH payments, Stronghold also offers solutions for real-time payments and virtual payment networks for a broad range of markets and entities.Successes include leading the creation and integration of a US dollar digital token or 'stable coin' on the Stellar protocol into IBM Blockchain World Wire payment network, enabling realtime, global, messaging and settlement. This effort represented the first fiat currency movement on that network.
  • Surecomply
    Advisor
    Surecomply 2017 - Present
    Richmond, Victoria, Au
  • Surecomply
    Co-Founder, Cto
    Surecomply 2015 - 2017
    Richmond, Victoria, Au
    OnePassport is a patent-pending, cloud-based system for managing compliance and skills records that allows workers in highly regulated industries to manage their own information so that their employers don’t need to. I ensured the company led the way with an API strategy, something that was lacking in the space and which gave the business a distinct advantage over the slow and stubborn incumbents. To achieve this I investigated the feasibility and best approaches for technical integrations with partner and client data systems, then architected better data exchange capabilities via our APIs using event choreography.
  • Coinex Gateway
    Founder
    Coinex Gateway 2014 - 2015
    Seeing the interest of moving traditional currencies atop of blockchain technologies, I created a product to enable my customers to move fiat currency in and out of the Ripple and Stellar distributed ledger technology networks. Major milestones in running this business were my partnerships with Ripple and Stellar, major players in that industry. I was especially proud that, in spite of my remote and isolated location, I had formed strong relationships with Silicon Valley companies.In operating a financial services provider I attended to a wide range of needs, including the development of a cloud-based product to handle taking payment instructions in USD, AUD, NZD, and BTC from clients that interfaced with multiple blockchains and distributed ledger networks.Recognizing the importance of compliance when most in the industry at the time ignored it, I implemented AML/CFT procedures including a KYC/CIP programme and systems to monitor and detect fraud and other suspicious activity.
  • Leanstream
    Lead Developer (Analytics)
    Leanstream 2012 - 2014
    At leanStream, a Canadian company and a major contract during my time as an remote independent contractor, I led the development of a SaaS analytics platform. The online platform provides the company's clients with a business intelligence solution that empowers media executives to make more informed decisions for their radio and on-demand media streaming departments. leanStream works with some of the top media and broadcasting companies in North America, with customers across NA and APAC.The solution required a sophisticated data processing engine and metrics calculator to be built as it has to handle BI queries in real-time involving billions of events over years of user interaction. Constituent technologies include C# .NET, (T)SQL, HTML/CSS/JS/JQuery and charting frameworks with management of a Windows Server + IIS + SQL Server environment.
  • Contract
    Independent Software Developer
    Contract 2009 - 2014
    I worked remotely as an independent contractor on software projects across the world with clients in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia.Projects were in various industry verticals, including web data analytics, online music and book e-commerce, and accounting software. I maintained projects developed in C# and Java both on-premises and customer-hosted remotely, managing their infrastructure requirements with hosting on apache2/lighttpd on Linux servers and IIS on Windows servers as relevant.

Sean Bennett Skills

Entrepreneurship Blockchain Go Software Development Finance C# Distributed Ledger Technology Api Development Ripple Stellar Api Bitcoin Rust Javascript Typescript Solution Architecture Financial Technology Distributed Systems Java Fintech Cryptocurrency Ethereum Crypto Smart Contracts Devops Docker

Sean Bennett Education Details

  • Massey University
    Massey University
    Finance
  • University Of Otago
    University Of Otago
    Bachelor Of Health Sciences - Bhealsc
  • Trinity College London
    Trinity College London
    Music Performance Diploma
  • St Bede'S College
    St Bede'S College
    Secondary Education

Frequently Asked Questions about Sean Bennett

What company does Sean Bennett work for?

Sean Bennett works for Stronghold

What is Sean Bennett's role at the current company?

Sean Bennett's current role is Co-founder.

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What schools did Sean Bennett attend?

Sean Bennett attended Massey University, University Of Otago, Trinity College London, St Bede's College.

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Sean Bennett has skills like Entrepreneurship, Blockchain, Go, Software Development, Finance, C#, Distributed Ledger Technology, Api Development, Ripple, Stellar, Api, Bitcoin.

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