Atlanta processes ~70% of the world's payment transactions and is a leader in FinTech innovation. Yet, its material contributions in the blockchain industry remains relatively insubstantial.An initiative wholly funded and operated by Starter Labs, the Atlanta Blockchain Center is on a mission aptly called 10in5 - building Atlanta into a Top 10 blockchain innovation hub in 5 years. We focus on coworking spaces, free weekly education events, government lobbying, IRL incubation and funding to GA-based founders in blockchain, crypto, and web3.

We are a leading blockchain research and development company focused on building decentralized funding solutions, GameFi, and crypto-only in-person incubation and networking clubs. Starter Lab's core product, Starter.xyz, was crowned the #1 launchpad in the blockchain industry in Q4 2021 (CryptoRank.io), raising over $45M USD for more than 60 startups building on Ethereum, Avalanche, Fantom, Polygon and Binance Smart Chain, with expansion plans for PulseChain and Base.

Starter Capital is the venture arm of Starter Labs, where we discover and invest in disruptive technologies in the blockchain industry. We empower digital ledger technology innovators with resources and access to capital to help create a new future.

W3 Studio is a venture studio helping diverse founders in Atlanta build startups in web3.

The Telos Blockchain is a decentralized networked ecosystem enabling visionary leaders and communities to work together to build a new global economy. It empowers individuals to develop autonomous corporations and create tokenized digital assets to power digital economies of the future.

Blockchain technology will revolutionize the daily interactions of businesses and consumers world wide. Qubicles is a creator of decentralized tools and services powered by blockchain that helps transform the way customer service, sales, and support businesses operate. Transitioned single-focus operation into developing numerous products for blockchain via Starter Labs.

WAX is an all-in-one blockchain platform enabling developers to easily create, sell and trade digital goods, also known as non-fungible tokens (NFT), to empower businesses to profit from the next era of digital commerce.Evaluating and selecting block producers (called Guilds on the WAX Blockchain) is a crucial dependency of DPoS-based blockchains. WAX has created the Office of the Inspector General — a neutral third-party role designed to evaluate WAX Guild Candidates’ contribution to the ecosystem and provide ongoing transparency for the community. The inspector general (OIG) is designed as as committee with 3 members who will standardize WAX Guild evaluations, and properly recognize those WAX Guilds making valuable contributions to the WAX ecosystem.

The South Florida Digital Alliance is an unprecedented collaboration of diverse South Florida entities representing government, health care, education, non-profit organizations and the private sector. Our shared goal is to increase South Florida’s economic competitiveness through the support of digital literacy programs and the elimination of the “digital divide”, especially in the underserved areas of our community.

Founded cloud-based B2B contact center as a service (CCaaS) platform, offering dialer, IVR, ACD, and related customer communications functionality to 1000+ call centers worldwide. Pivoted operations into Qubicles, completely focusing on blockchain-based innovation in enterprise.

Lead Inktel's Information Technology department, consisting of a mid-sized team of software engineers, telecom administrators, system admins, and tech support. Spearheaded all contact center information services and innovation initiatives for the organization's multi-location presence.

Over a span of 4 years, developed 100's of client-server and web-based customer service, support and financial software for Inktel's Fortune 1000 clients. Expert use of traditional ASP, ASP.NET/VB/C#, SQL Server 2000/SQL Server 2005 (created extensive SQL, SSRS, DTS, SSIS routines and packages). Quickly promoted to lead the software development team from an ability to develop efficient software from initial requirements to MVP at breakneck speed.

Singlehandedly designed electronic medical records, medical billing, and practice management software from 0 lines of code to hundreds of thousands. Executed business development; customer acquisition and retention; technology strategies; forming strategic alliances; started company from ground up; eventually acquired by my previous employer SmartMD (formerly DeScribe Medical Services). Ran company while simultaneously working as a Sr. Software Developer @ Inktel.

First job in technology. Lead software development initially in a Jr. role into a Lead role for a medical software company. Primary duties involved migrating entire platform from traditional ASP to ASP.NET/C#/SQL Server 2000 in addition to DevOps activities.