CoreChain is a B2B payments company leveraging blockchain to help streamline a process still dominated by checks. In the process, working capital needs can be met as well as creating benefits of a network effect where none exists.

Driving better educational outcomes through the efficient and flexible democratization of content.

ABXR Engine is a prompt-based spatial computing / augmented reality (AR) content generation platform. Powered by GenAI, the company offers a browser-based, no-code, easy to use, end-to-end toolkit to create very sophisticated AR content that can be published instantly on any major AR/VR device. ABXR Engine eliminates any reliance on scarce and costly engineers - empowering all non-technical creatives to turn their ideas into AR, at a fraction of the time and cost. ABXR was founded by pioneering AR artist Amir Baradaran who also taught spatial computing at Columbia School of Engineering for many years. We are advancing the no-code user-interface (UI) movement by transitioning from drag-and-drop to voice and text prompt-based interfaces. With a single sign-on, our toolkit condenses the entire creative process into one streamlined SaaS solution from ideation and development to testing, deployment, and publishing.Empowering Creators. ABXR Engine dismantles existing barriers to entry by empowering non-technical creators to leverage AI to generate sophisticated, seamless XR experiences. Our platform expands the creative XR horizon, mirroring the simplicity and impact of Wix and Shopify. Interoperability Matters. The current AI-XR landscape is plagued with compatibility issues hindering widespread adoption. ABXR Engine, as an all-encompassing solution, resolves this critical pain point for the process of content creation as well as its distribution and output. For example, we have integrated the best existing solutions to facilitate content creation, from established players like Apple, Google, Meta, Ready Player Me and Sketchfab, to emerging trailblazers such as Kinetix (generating animations from videos). We are device and system agnostic allowing for the content to be experienced across smartphones (iPhone and Android) and eyewear (Eg: Apple’s Vision Pro and Meta’s Oculus Quest), thus saving hundreds of hours of coding and reducing cost by orders of magnitude

Acquired by Climate First Bank!!!

We personify affordable luxury. Handmade shoes you design, made one-by-one. Quero Shoes brings the highest quality, handmade mens's and women's shoes you can customize and have made to your exact size. As a direct-to-factory concept, we cut out the middlemen and pass on the savings to you. The best looking, best-fitting shoes in your closet are about to be made by Spanish artisans with generations of shoemaking tradition!I am serving as CEO for this fast-growing concept that is the future of retail. We are currently with customers in over 13 countries and growing fast.

(Majority stake acquired by ACBJ in August with positive outcome for investors, employees and customers). BizEquity is a scale provider of business valuation insights to the SME community globally, empowering owners to fully leverage the equity in their business to their best advantage. BizEquity also connects key partners to small business owners, though the BizEquity Network, thereby allowing banks, insurers, wealth managers, vendors and others to optimally serve the owner's needs.

Independent Director for Aeropost, an innovative e-commerce marketplace, logistics and payments company sold to Pricesmart in 2018

Lead global efforts to acquire, manage and leverage data and analytics globally to drive revenues in the fast-growth Information Services business. Won 1st Global Innovation Challenge for best new business initiative with $500MM projected revenues (launched). Conceived Incubator/Labs model to foster low-cost, rapid development of new products and services (omni-channel) leveraging data and analytics. 25 initiatives tested with 8 new products brought to market, >$75MM projected revenues (first year).

Led strategy and growth initiatives post-IPO for executive management and the Board reporting to the CEO of a Fortune 100 company. Efforts resulted in breakthrough strategies that drove rapid growth and led to key acquisitions.

Developed, managed and marketed products representing over $300MM in revenues for Consumer and Corporate customers. Drove double digit revenue growth by leveraging new channels such as mobile and e-commerce including digital wallet/prepaid and other innovations.

Developed new payments solutions leveraging technology such as e-commerce/internet, mobile, chip, RFID and offers/deals and OG crypto (Mondex). Opened up new categories of payment acceptance in physical and virtual channels.

General Manager with P&L responsibility for several markets based in Santiago, Chile including Marketing, Sales and Operations. Turned around operating losses into 25% net margin by growing distribution and launching first in world new products and services.

Penetrated new markets and substantially widened distribution resulting in sales growth of over 40% annually and a 115% increase in market share, with revenues surpassing $50MM.

Led Strategy and Planning for Latin America Region; proposed new structure and obtained 200% funding and 500% staff increase. Managed and grew Canada market, justifying the establishment of a local office and financial resources.

Strategy consulting - boutique firm, spin-off of Booz Allen. Orchestrated successful valuation and spin-off of division, new distribution strategy resulting sales growth, and cultural transformation to improve management results.

Pioneered email and eB2B (aka EDI), initially with Silcone valley-based Network company (Tymshare), later acquired by McDonnell Douglas. Both efforts were internal start-up businesses that grew into scale industry players.