I love building and managing teams to tackle client, product, and operations needs. I also have a strong understanding of compliance, governance, and regulatory matters - both in the financial space, and in broad contexts related to extended reality (XR) and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. I currently oversee programs and help drive products for Markov Processes International, a leading quantitative software solutions provider serving the asset and wealth management areas. I've formerly worked in direct asset management and broker-dealer product development and operations. Experienced in managing engineers to build front- and back-end cloud-based SaaS solutions for financial services, including in Python, React, JavaScript, etc. AWS, etc. Overseeing a pilot program chatbot and other AI-project design and implementation, ChatGPT and other LLMs. Heavy involvement in AI governance, safety, and user application work across multiple industries. I am comfortable with regulatory regimes in the US, Canada, UK, BVI, and a number of other regions. Certified anti-money laundering specialist (CAMS); hold additional certifications in compliance, risk, and investment operations and risk in the US, UK, and Canada. Direct experience with the SEC, FINRA, FCA, BVI regulatory authorities.Co-founder of TowardXR/SeedBolt Studios, boutique firms at the forefront of AR, VR, digital twins video games, etc.. I retain a 10% stake.Passionate about the Effective Altruism movement/earning-to-give.Member: IEEE Global Initiative on Ethics of XR Working GroupVirtual Experience Research Accelerator (VERA) Committee on Ethics & PrivacyIEEE Metaverse Working GroupCFP FinTech Advisory BoardXR Safety Initiative - Guardians & Shield Framework (Research Team)Coursework includes the BlueDotImpact AI Safety Governance course, and Stanford University Ethics, Technology + Public Practitioners courses. Multiple publications in XR Ethics, privacy, open data, etc. Speaker at universities including: Harvard University - Princeton University - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Oxford University (UK) - Cambridge University (UK) - University of Pennsylvania Columbia University - Queens College (Northern Ireland) - Imperial College London (UK)Rutgers University - Villanova University - McGill UniversityCourant School of Mathematics @ NYU - Syracuse University - Trinity College (Ireland)University of Edinburgh (UK) - St. Andrews (UK)San Diego State - University of California at San Diego - Warwick University (UK)