Deep-tech entrepreneur, and techno-optimist.
I have 10,000+ hours in startups and 30,000+ hours in tech. I’ve been programming since he was six years old, and have developed several ventures that have successfully brought to market groundbreaking technological inventions. I typically work in infrastructure – I have 100+ patents in cryptography, networking, deep learning, distributed computing & statistics.
I immigrated from the third world to build the future of technology from the United States, and have worked globally across tech ecosystems. The future is bright and I work to make it happen.
Entrepreneurship
- Selfii
- building the knowledge graph of all of medicine
- Ideem
- automated 2FA as a service
- TripleBlind (acquired by Selfii & Ideem)
- invented several cryptographic and AI-based ways to protect individual privacy while using patient data.
- developed a software-defined secure element that serves as a device-factor 2FA that can be embedded in a native app or run in a browser (mobile or desktop)
- raised $40mm+ from tier-1 VCs and strategics (tier-1 medical research institutions and top-3 management consulting companies) at > $100mm valuation
- closed commercial deals (>$10mm) with top 2 healthcare providers and payors, and top 3 global banks, sourced $40mm+ pipeline globally
- ZOLOZ Identity at Alibaba and it’s global affiliates
- partnerships with Paytm/India, Dana/Indonesia, GCash/Philippines, BKash/Bangladesh, Touch ‘n go/Malaysia, KakaoPay/Korea, PayPay/Japan, EasyPaisa/Pakistan
- EyeVerify (sold to Alibaba)
- developed a software-only, biometric method for verifying the identity of mobile users called ‘Eyeprints’, based on the unique vein patterns in the whites of your eyes, and has fingerprint-level accuracy.
- went to market successfully with US & European banks, and Asian phone manufacturers
Venture Investing
- Venture Partner @ Flex Capital
- Venture Partner @ Purpose Built Ventures
- Corporate VC for Ant Financial, the financial services arm of Alibaba focused on enabling technology investments in Blockchain, AI, Cybersecurity, IoT, Cloud.
- active in Israel because of the ongoing US-China trade tensions. lived and worked in Tel Aviv
- bridged US, Israel & China startup ecosystems
- set up Ant’s blockchain research center in Tel Aviv
Selected Technical Inventions
- several cryptographic primitives leveraging secure computation for evaluation of cutting edge deep neural networks in practical time
- several deep learning breakthroughs that enable neural networks & AI to learn a concept without learning the training data
- statistical techniques to compute functions on data where you don’t have access to the underlying data
- networking optimization algorithms for digital health wearables to sync with mobile devices in an energy efficient manner
Selected Recognition
- White House Champion of Change by President Barack Obama - youngest person recognized as an outstanding “Immigrant Entrepreneur & Innovator”
- World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer
Where you can find me. X, LinkedIn, Email(lastname@lastname.gs)