Council

30,000 hours of Technology R&D.

Expertise in agile development, product architecture, virtualization, R&D, project management and technical leadership.

Web3, GameFi and DeFi advocate.

World Prize recipient for IT, from Chartered Institute for IT, UK.

Co-founder / Co CEO : StageYou, Inc, deploying a proprietary technology on Video on Demand in verticals such as, e-education, entertainment and v-commerce.

Led and delivered over 100+ full software life cycle projects (13+ years).

Advanced qualifications in Medicine & Healthcare (MBBS, FRSM), Business & Management (MBA, CSM, CSPO) and Computer Science & Software Engineering (MBCS, PGD-IT, MIEEE).

Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine (FRSM), UK.

Professional Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (MIEEE), USA.

Professional Member of the British Computer Society / Chartered Institute for IT (MBCS), UK.

Certified Scrum Master (CSM) and Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) from Scrum Alliance, USA

Recipient of the National Excellence Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

Alumni of University of Cambridge, University of London, London School of Economics and University of Nottingham.

Co-founder / Co CEO, StageYou, Inc, (10+ yrs) Expertise in Interactive Video on Demand implementations.

Expertise in high-value partnerships, brand development and strategic leadership.

Strong network in Silicon Fen, Cambridge UK and South Florida, USA.

10+ years of experience in leading and managing a multitude of cross-functional teams.

Ex-TV host, and BBC trained journalist. Received several scholarships and awards.

Lawyer and the Recipient of the Human Rights Law Center Award for Human Rights Law.

Worked at the United Nations Headquarters, NY.

Part of the Board of Directors of the Global Compact Network Ceylon, United Nations Global Compact.

Co-Founder/ Director, Aspirations Education, a global education consultancy firm: 5+ years - traveled to 20+ countries negotiating 200+ contracts with international universities.

Business Angel Investor, Silicon Fen UK.

Formerly Entrepreneur in Residence, Judge Business School, Cambridge.

Advisor to the Shanghai Government on Executive Education.

Recipient of The Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion, UK. QAEP.

Knight First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland as appointed by the President of Finland.

Former Chairman of the NHS Innovation Council East of England.

Chairman of Cambridge Worldwide Associates.

Significant years as Chairman and Chief Executive of large multinational companies.

Executive Chairman at Cambridge Learning Gateway.

6 years as Managing Partner: Cambridge Gateway Fund, a Venture Capital Company.

Professor of Practice: Hong Kong Management Association.

Member Advisory Board of MedCity London.

Member Advisory Board China Insight Foundation.

10+ years’ experience in technology R&D and project management.

Expertise in resource optimization, team building and talent development.

Professional track record with qualifications in Medicine & Healthcare (MBBS), Business & Management (MBA) and Computer Science & Software Engineering (MBCS, PGD-IT)

Professional Member of the Chartered Institute for IT, UK.

Head of Operations at StageYou, Inc. (7+ yrs). Expertise in aligning HR strategy to business goals, employee relations, empowering leaders and tech-related media communications.

Agile scrum practitioner co-leading teams to successfully execute more than 100 enterprise-scale technology implementations.

Blockchain Entrepreneur and Web3 subject-matter expert.

Certified Smart Contracts Developer, IBM Foundation Blockchain Developer, and Certified NFT Expert.

Crypto events speaker and panelist.

Producer and Host of podcast show “Crypto With English”.

Interviewed prominent leaders in blockchain, crypto currency, NFT and Metaverse segments.

Blockchain influencer and advocate, featured in numerous blockchain publications and media throughout the space.

Celebrity NFT blogger, fully immersed in the Metaverse by creating, buying and selling NFT’s as an artist.

Avid NFT collector and trader of crypto currencies.

Specializes in Metaverse onboarding and monetization for artists, directors, musicians and celebrities.

Resident NFT expert for FinTank's ‘NFT Speaker Series' bi-weekly webinar.

Featured on Irish Tech News, Amazon TV, Roku TV, Apple TV, Android TV, Not Another Bitcoin Podcast, HallyuBack, Spotify Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Rolling Pin Podcast, Zogul and YouTube.

Associate Partner at IBM iX.

Cited by Forrester as a leader driving industry best practices in the digital arena.

Worked at Vodafone, Barclaycard, Experian, Accenture, and Infosys.

Alumni of the University of Cambridge, the University of Oxford, and the University of Northampton.

Mentor, Oxford Foundry, University of Oxford: Guides the ventures through the design thinking process around venture building.

A Digital Transformation and Design Thinking Specialist helping large organizations along substantial change journeys.

15 + years of experience delivering major user research projects, product implementations and strategic customer improvement initiatives including focus on UI / UX.

Interviewer and journalist, featured on the Guardian, The Independent, .Net Magazine, Web User, Linux User, BBC News, Sky News, BBC Radio, CNN and Bloomberg interviewing world leaders about digital technologies.

Producer of podcasts about NFTs, the Metaverse, blockchain, e-commerce, Fintech and digital culture. Currently hosts The NFT Factory Podcast, shows for the Deutsche Börse group, the SIX Group and Beam Suntory brands.

CEO/ Co-investor, Semetric, a music data mining company acquired by Apple, Inc., to be the artist dashboard for iTunes.

Founder/ Investor, Tweetminster & Tweetcongress the first UK Twitter-based politics news company and the first Twitter-based election monitor.

Founder, Thin Martian, the Digital Creative Agency working with clients including Xbox, Microsoft, British Airways, Vodafone, The Commonwealth and the U.K. government.

Worked at Google, Venture Glass, Intel, Vuzix, EPSON, Paramount Pictures, NASCAR, Coca-Cola, The New York Times Company, SKYNAV, MetaNAV.

Original evangelists for Google Glass. Designing a platform and ecosystem to "glasify" existing Apps. Lead in assembling vision partners for prescription lenses.

Cited by Huffington Post as a “A true visionary; it takes just seconds to know he is from the future.”.

Cited by Forbes an emerging thought leader in wearable technology.

Digital Solutions Strategist at The New York Times .

Awards: PR Newswire Earned Media Award, PR News Social Media Icon Award winner, CES Innovation Award Honoree•Certifications: Certified NFT Expert™ (CNE™), Certified Metaverse Expert™ (CME™) by the International Blockchain Council.

Global Speaker → CES, CES ASIA, SXSW, SMX, Google Groove, Milan Digital Vision, VM Global Leadership Summit, Berlin Wearable Conference, Internet Summit, Wearable Tech Expo LA, Social Crush, Hong Kong Digital Vision Week, Miami NFT week, NFTCON, NFT.NYC, Bali NFT Summit.

Singer, Composer, Songwriter, Producer and multi-instrumentalist having had her songs licensed to a series of commercials, documentaries, web series and feature films.

Music promo track featured on Fox’s hit TV show, The Gilmore Girls.

Musical Director for the FUNKYiPuppets aka the New Puppets, an audio and puppet troupe that comprises of award-winning writers, spoken poets and award-winning voice actors.

An NFT music artist, synergist and connector of people through music and art.

Co-Host of numerous shows and events in the NFT and Metaverse space.

Co-Founder of ARC Arinova Rhythm Collective, a music artist collective from Chicago.

CEO of Trugnalaya Music, Chicago.

An early collector of NFTs, selling his portfolio of over 4300 NFTs to a private collection.

Former CEO at Sheesha Finance with over 10 years of experience leading large-scale marketing efforts and business development programs across multi-year roadmaps.

Worked at some of the world’s top exchanges including his tenure as Global Ambassador at Liquid Exchange and Business Development Manager at Kraken Exchange.

An expert in cryptocurrency ecosystems and emerging technologies having collaborated with some of the biggest names and projects in the blockchain space.

Director of Communications for the Own Your Data Foundation.

Former Chief Business Development Officer for Blockchain Valley Virtual.

Chief Relationship Advisor and Global Ambassador for LOOT NFT.

Worked as Chief Operating Officer at Galileo Exchange.

Founder CEO at Leff Ventures.

Former Business Development Manager at IoTeX.

CEO and Principal Founder of AgriLedger, an award-winning blockchain solutions company.

Held executive management level roles at Fortune 500 companies including General Electric, JP Morgan Chase, Hewlett Packard and the Royal Bank of Scotland.

Named as ‘one of the Most Influential Women in UK Tech’ by Computer Weekly in 2021.

Nominated for the Financial Times’ Top BAME in Technology UK in 2019.

Included in the Innovate Finance 2016/17 Women in Fintech Power List and finalist in the Women in IT Awards 2016 (Security Champion).

An inaugural member of the Advisory Group for the Estonian Government’s eResidency initiative on digital identity.

Currently serves as Vice-Chair of techUK’s Distributed Ledger Technology Working group.

Non-Executive Director and Board member for FinTech for International Development (F4ID) and Resurgence.

Senior Advisor for Digital ID roll-out for the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ministry of Education.

Leading speaker on blockchain, distributed ledger technology, digital identity and social impact having addressed leading organizations including the Law Society and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Blockchain.

A Web 3.0 and NFT enthusiast and mentor to startups sponsored by the Founders Institute and Blockchain for Social Impact.

Head of Brand Strategy at Twitter Canada for 8+ years.

Digital marketing, social and traditional media expert, with 20+ years experience, driving business results and digital media innovation.

Developed and activated hundreds of brand strategies for Fortune 500 advertisers and agencies, with multiple award-winning campaigns.

Worked at Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Rogers Communications and ViacomCBS.

Managed national consumer marketing and merchandising for Toronto 2008 Olympic Bid.

Alumni of York University, Seneca College and inaugural Twitter-Wharton School Executive Education program.

Active marketing industry thought leader with a keen interest in Web3, advisor, speaker, volunteer, mentor and guest lecturer.