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  • Elizabeth Mathew - Web3 Builder, Head of Growth at MetaMask Institutional, ConsenSys

    Today's guest is Elizabeth Mathew, an experienced Capital markets executive, Web3 builder, and an entrepreneur. She is the head of the Growth and Partnerships Division at MetaMask Institutional, building on business strategy for blockchain and Web 3.0.

    Elizabeth Mathew Interview Questions

    1. Could you please start by telling us a little bit about your background? 
    2. Could you share with us about your earlier career path and your motivations or inspiration? 
    3. How did you start working for MMI? What is the most memorable moment you have had with MMI since the first day?
    4. What is MMI’s vision and mission?
    5. As the Head of Growth and Partnerships of MMI, what is your opinion around partnership/ collaboration with other top crypto players? Can you name some partners that MMI is working with at the moment?
    6. What do you think are the critical features for the sustainable development of MMI?
    7. What do you think about the importance of alternative custody solutions since many organizations are subject to rigorous requirements when participating in the DeFi ecosystem?
    8. We know that MMI has been partnering with Leading custodians like Bitgo and Cactus Custody since 2021, could you share more about this partnership?
    9. How do you see the future of digital transformation in the next 2-5 years? 
    10. As a women leader in Web3 and startup operator since 2013, do you have any advice for Startups and young people especially for strong ladies like you to step up and confidently pitch their ideas? 


    Elizabeth Mathew Biography

    Elizabeth Mathew holds a double Master of Business Administration: in Entrepreneurship from Columbia Business School, and in Finance, Economics, and General Management from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

    With an international exposure of working with brands like Deutsche Bank, Lehman Brothers and JP Morgan, she is experienced in Financial strategies like Fixed Income Sales, Trading and Structuring.

    Elizabeth established Vizzynow in March 2018, and also offered her consulting services for SmartVizX, an early stage VR/AR Solutions Provider for the GCC Region in the Architecture, Real Estate and Construction space, where she was responsible for Business Development and Market Research. She has also worked for Securitize and ConsenSys in executive positions.

    A certified Blockchain architect from Blockchain Council, she has focussed her acumen towards Decentralised Finance (DeFi) and Web 3.0. She has contributed for various publications including ALTCOIN Magazine, TabbForum, and Journal of Securities Operations and Custody.

    As an author, she was involved in creating “Tokenisation: Assembling the building blocks of an institutional digital assets marketplace” for the Journal of Securities Operations and Custody, where she shared her thoughts on the transformation in the way business-to-business (B2B) consensus is established in traditional capital markets, as well as to be a pivotal part of the buildout of the nascent decentralised capital markets infrastructure.

    Elizabeth volunteers to mentor the young women in the United Arab Emirates under the ‘A Promise of a Generation (POAG)’ initiative by E7: Daughters of the Emirates, an organisation that creates a networking and development experience for young women in the UAE by focusing on Inspiration, Training, Connection and Commitment.

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    56 min
  • Kareem Refaay, Managing Director MENA & GCC at The London Institute of Banking & Finance

    The guest today is Kareem Refaay, Managing Director MENA & GCC (The Middle East North Africa & Gulf Council Countries) at The London Institute of Banking & Finance, a registered charity incorporated by the Royal Charter and focused on financial education. He has over 18 years of experience as a financial educator and as an executive for top financial institutions such as GCC Financial Institutions including Standard Chartered, National Bank of Abu Dhabi, Gulf International Bank, and Al Hilal Bank.

    Kareem Refaay Interview Questions

    1. Academic and Early Professional Background
    2. Starting in Finance - Financial Education
    3. About The London Institute of Banking & Finance (LIBF)
    4. The Importance of Financial Education and Literacy
    5. Financial Education: The London Institute of Banking & Finance (LIBF)
    6. User Cases
    7. The future

    Kareem Refaay Biography

    After his Bachelor's degree in Management Sciences from Sadat Academy for Management Sciences in 2004, Kareem joined Standard Chartered Bank. He served the organisation in various banking and financial roles for the next four years. Meanwhile, he also did a Diploma in International Business from The University of Cambridge in 2005.

    Kareem joined the National bank of Abu Dhabi in 2009 as an Assistant Vice President of Learning and Development. He benchmarked his skills as Vice President of Learning Development at Gulf International Bank, Bahrain, which he joined in 2012.

    He did his Master’s in Business Administration, specialising in Strategic Management from the University of Atlanta in 2012. In September 2013, he joined National Bank of Abu Dhabi, UAE as Group Talent Manager.
    In 2017, Kareem joined al Hilal Bank as the Head of Talent and The London Institute of Banking & Finance as the Managing Director of MENA & GULF.

    Kareem is a global thought leader and has appeared in multiple talk shows. He has moderated various events, including a session on ‘Climate Finance in the MENA Region: Challenges and Opportunities’ at the WETEX and Dubai Solar Show.

    He was recently interviewed by global media outlets like Bloomberg News to discuss the current global interests and future of finance and investments in the GCC Markets.

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    46 min
  • Rajiv Sainani, MakerDAO Europe Growth Lead and Allan Pedersen, CEO of Monetalis

    Today's guests are Rajiv Sainani is a FinTech leader, specialising in trading systems and digital strategy, with more than 35 years of experience in international markets. He is currently the Europe Growth Lead of MakerDAO, an unbiased global financial system.

    AND

    Allan Pedersen is a FinTech private equity investor, global business strategist, and serial entrepreneur, who has been making significant impact in the fintech and insurtech markets with his innovative and out-of-the box approach. He is now the CEO of Motanelis Group.

    Interview Questions

    1. Could you please start by telling us a little bit about your professional and academic background?
    2. Could you share with us about your earlier career path and your motivation or inspiration?
    3. Could you share with us your stories behind MakerDAO and Monetalis?
    4. For Rajiv, what do you think are the main features of MakerDAO that make it stand out from the industry which already had so many similar ecosystems and products?
    5. For Allan, we see that you used to work with many Fintech companies and VC firms? What was the main motivation for you to establish Monetalis?
    6. Why does Monetalis focus on Green Economy Growth?
    7. Why did MakerDAO and Monetalis decide to collaborate with each other in the new strategic investment of $500M USD (converted from $500M DAI) into a combination of US Short Treasuries and Investment Grade Corporate Bonds?
    8. What are the strengths from the partner that you see as the core thing to make this investment successful?
    9. You said this allocation of DAI will promote the usability of digital assets in the traditional space. Could you explain more about this?
    10. MakerDAO is made up of all MKR token holders, vocal community members, and ecosystem stakeholders. MKR holders have the sole authority to enact changes to the system through on-chain voting. So what happens if the voters’ decisions are not matched or equivalent to the vision/ principles of the organisation?
    11. What do you think are the main challenges and opportunities with blockchain for the global economy, especially for Fintech?
    12. How do you see the development of cryptocurrency in the next 5 years?

    Rajiv Sainani Biography

    Rajiv is a Bachelor’s in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from University of Bath, and Master’s in Control System Engineering from National Higher School of Toulouse.

    Rajiv has worked extensively with global players like JPMorgan, Refinitiv, Wirex, and Luno with a track record of driving innovation, growth and market share.

    Allan Pedersen Biography

    Allan Pedersen is an M.Sc. in Economics and Finance from Aarhus University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He holds certifications in emergent technologies like blockchain technology, cloud management, decentralised finance, and distributed technology from AWS, IBM, UCL, Duke University, INSEAD, and University of Virginia.


    Allan has been the Chairman of the Board at Contemi Solutions, where he played a vital role in completing and integrating three FinTech acquisitions. He was also a board member of INTELLICARE - ASALUS CORPORATION, and Stonestep AG, .

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    55 min
  • Kåre Kjelstrøm, CTO and CPO of Concordium’s Group - Privacy, Accountability & Blockchain

    Today's guest is Kåre Kjelstrøm, Concordium’s Group CTO and CPO. He is a senior engineering leader with extensive hands-on experience in companies like Uber or Silverbullet and in building systems at scale. He has a proven track record of designing and delivering large distributed systems and infrastructure components in heterogeneous environments across multi-cloud and on-prem. Acting in the roles of leader, software architect, engineer, manager, mentor, and teacher, he enjoys defining, implementing, and running large scale IT-systems.

    Kåre Kjelstrøm Interview Questions

    1. Could you please start by telling us a little bit about your professional and academic background?
    2. From coding to writing, what are the nuances?
    3. From a software engineering perspective, what is the cutting edge base of UBER?
    4. How did you come to blockchain?
    5. What blockchain solutions is Concordium involved in? How do you aim to move forward?
    6. About Concordium’s vision and mission now, what are the most significant things you aim to achieve to fulfill this mission as CTO and CPO of Concordium?
    7. We know that Concordium aims to embed encrypted ID into on-chain transactions in order to make ID credentials available to smart contracts and decentralized applications (dApps) while maintaining privacy. Could you share more about the benefits this would bring to our community?
    8. What role does Concordium play within the digital currency space?
    9. Your views on Blockchain development these years? Do you think that Blockchain will play a crucial role in all aspects of our life in the coming years?
    10. About maintaining security in the digital world.

    About Concordium

    Concordium is a public-layer 1, science-backed blockchain, designed to balance privacy with accountability through its ID layer. The protocol level ID, ensures that every wallet is associated with a real-world identity that has been verified through a third party ID provider, so that people and companies can trust one another, while remaining private, with zero-knowledge-proof. With safe transactions, Concordium can unlock a global, multi-trillion-dollar economy, so bankers to regulators actually want to use blockchain.

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    52 min
  • Aurélien Onimus, CEO of Seein-apps.com, author of A ‘Practical Guide To Blockchain In Business’

    The new guest is Aurélien Ominus, an innovator, blockchain author of 'A Practical Guide To Blockchain In Business’ and others, at Eyrolles Business, serial entrepreneur & Blockchain Deeptech teacher at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of Seein-apps.com, a SaaS platform that makes crypto investments sociable and engaging for users.

    Aurélien Onimus Interview Questions

    1. Academic background
    2. Early career
    3. The state of blockchain
    4. Blockchain impact in France
    5. Blockchain and Real Estate
    6. As a blockchain author
    7. About 'A Practical Guide To Blockchain In Business’

    Aurélien Onimus Biography

    Aurelien Ominus is an innovator, blockchain author at Eyrolles Business, serial entrepreneur & Blockchain Deeptech teacher at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, and active enthusiast sport athlete. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of Seein-apps.com, a SaaS platform that makes crypto investments sociable and engaging for users.

    He is certified in an Executive Program in Design Thinking from MIT Sloan School of Management. He also did a Master's programme from INSEEC San Francisco focused on start-up development.

    He regularly contributes as an expert columnist on an innovation Subject linked to Start-up and Tech, including Blockchain, Web 3, Metaverse, Crypto, start-up, and fundraising at France 3 Corse Via Stella Via Nova.
    He is also the former founder of Manager l'innovation, an innovation firm that helps create and manage ambitious start-ups, project and product management, Blockchain, Design Thinking, Lean Start-up.

    As an author, Aurelien has published four books on blockchain: A Practical Guide To Blockchain In Business (his latest book, in October 2022, published with Eyrolles Business), Blockchain: A Revolution In Real Estate (2020, published with Eyrolles Business), The world after the Blockchain: what is behind Bitcoin (2020, self published), and Blockchain and ICOs (2018, self published).

    He is also a Blockchain Deeptech teacher in Entrepreneurship & Innovation management programme at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.

    As a Coach and Manager of the INSEEC basketball team, he managed a team of 12 members, winning a majority of games in the French Championship.

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    43 min
  • Hirander Misra - Chairman & CEO of GMEX Group, Top 10 influential business leaders of blockchain

    Hirander Misra is Chairman & CEO of GMEX Group, a company that offers innovative solutions for the creation & operation of electronic exchanges and post trade infrastructure in securities, FX, derivatives, commodities, crypto & digital tokenized assets.

    A B.Sc in Economics and Economics History from The London School of Economics and Political Science, and M.Sc in Business Systems Analysis and Design from University of London, Hirander is one of the Top 10 influential business leaders of blockchain technology in the All Party Parliamentary Group 2018 report on the UK Blockchain industry. He is also In LATTICE80’s Top 100 influencer list for the UN Sustainable Developments Goal agenda for pioneering blockchain technology solutions. He is featured in the Financial Technologist 2019 list of the 50 most game changing founders of FinTech companies.

    Hirander Misra Interview Questions

    1. Could you please start by telling us a little bit about your professional and academic background?
    2. Could you share with us about your earlier career path and your motivations or inspiration?
    3. About your products at GMEX
    4. Can you tell us more about the financial institutions you work with and the solutions you provide
    5. Back to basics, what is an API?
    6. What are the market trends and numbers that make people afraid of crypto. What can you say to bring in confidence in the space?
    7. Can you tell us some case studies to see some light in the blockchain space?
    8. About ESG initiatives you are part of
    9. Key highlights of GMEX business: collaborations and messages
    10. Wrap up

    Hirander Misra Biography

    Hirander Misra is Chairman & CEO of GMEX Group, a company that offers innovative solutions for the creation & operation of electronic exchanges and post trade infrastructure in securities, FX, derivatives, commodities, crypto & digital tokenized assets.

    A B.Sc in Economics and Economics History from The London School of Economics and Political Science, and M.Sc in Business Systems Analysis and Design from University of London, Hirander brings an acumen that is backed by know-how and experience of more than 25 years.

    He is a partner of Digital Partners Network (DPN) offering new age digital professional services and the world's first regulated tokenised hybrid fund - Digital Investment Fund PCC (DIF) for which he is Managing Director. He is also Chairman of SECDEX, the Seychelles based Securities, Commodities and Derivatives Exchange. He is also Founder & Co-Chairman of FinComEco, a fully integrated Financial & Commodities Ecosystem providing services to help improve the livelihoods of Sub Saharan African farmers using blockchain.

    Formerly, he was the COO and Co-Founder of Chi-X Europe Limited, being instrumental in taking the company from concept in November 2005 to reality with the launch and ongoing development with a successful exit to Bats Global Markets for $365M.

    Hirander is one of the Top 10 influential business leaders of blockchain technology in the All Party Parliamentary Group 2018 report on the UK Blockchain industry. He is also In LATTICE80’s Top 100 influencer list for the UN Sustainable Developments Goal agenda for pioneering blockchain technology solutions. He is featured in the Financial Technologist 2019 list of the 50 most game changing founders of FinTech companies.

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    55 min
  • Gregory Griffiths, Founder and Chairman of IDEAX Ventures and UCROWDME on Web 3.0 and Innovation

    Gregory Griffiths is an entrepreneur, technology evangelist and huge advocate for the United Nations and the Sustainable Development Goals. Greg is the current chairman and founder of IDEAX Ventures, a global boutique consulting firm that specializes in Web3 (+Web2), Cryptocurrency, Technology and Innovation. He is also the founder of UCROWDME, a decentralised innovation and insights platform powered by web 3.0 technologies and professional investment deal portal.

    Gregory Griffiths Interview Questions

    1. How did you start your diverse journey of being an entrepreneur, advisor, and an enthusiast in technology and finance.
    2. Energy drives the business and productivity: energy is the key.
    3. Highlights of Greg’s work with IDEAX
    4. How do you manage your different ventures, and what is your take on governance and challenges with crypto
    5. How are you working to demystify the concepts about technologies and digital tools, and how do you build your ecosystems and networks?
    6.  Highlight the work of the organisations you are advising: The Block Space and CryptoNitro
    7. Moving forward with IDEAX and the roadmap
    8. Wrap up

    Gregory Griffiths Biography

    Greg has an honors Bachelor in Business Administration and Information Technology from RTE Business School, U.K., and Strategic Management and Innovation Specialisation from Copenhagen Business School. He also did an executive course in Corporate Strategy from UCL School of Management (UK).

    Greg has held various executive levels at corporations including Spigit, Singtel Optus (where he achieved the largest corporate contract deal size value), Elcom and Nexon Asia Pacific.

    Since 2004, Greg has been an active technology enthusiast, especially for blockchain technology and Web 3.0, and acted as Executive Advisor to tech companies like NZTwork, The Block Space, Credit Metaverse, and CryptoNitro.

    He is also the Executive Board Member of AFEN Blockchain Network, a cutting edge NFT Project dedicated to the development of user-friendly blockchain solutions in real estate and education, arts & entertainment, and decentralised finance; and The Block Space, the largest Web 3.0 knowledge and talent space in the world.

    He also serves as the Business Consultant at The Private Office of H.H. Sheikh Ahmed Bin Faisal Al-Qassimi Group of Companies in Dubai, UAE.

    A Forbes Author and Technology Council Member at the Forbes Technology Council, he was awarded the 'Frontrunner Award' within Information Technology at the Go Global Awards 2021 (International Trade Council). He has also received the Noonies Award by Hackernoon, where the best writers, thinkers, hodlers, leaders, and makers of the tech industry are now recognised.

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    53 min
  • Tommaso Di Bartolo, Author of “Navigating the Metaverse: A Guide to Limitless Possibilities in a Web 3.0 World”

    Tommaso Di Bartolo is a serial entrepreneur, startup investor, author, and an advisor to some of Silicon Valley's most renowned startup accelerators such as Google Launchpad, Draper University, and The Alchemist.

    A Master’s in Electronic Marketing from Bavarian Academy for Advertising and Marketing, Tommaso has built four tech startups from scratch and has two exits under his belt.

    Tommaso is a frequent global keynote speaker at 10 default talks on topics including Future back innovation (his books), corporate innovation, and startup frameworks.

    He is also Metaverse Business Counselor at Forbes Business Council, and Founder chairman of AlmaMeta.

    He volunteers as mentor at BootstrapLabs, Mind The Bridge, the European Innovation Academy, The GSVlabs Pioneer Accelerator, and StartX.
    He is a faculty member at UC Berkeley running a class on entrepreneurship and serves the role of guest lecturer at Stanford University. His expertise in metaverse and NFTs led him to serve as a professor at Everyrealm Inc during 2022. He is also the Founding Board Member at SiliconVal.ly, an institute that helps "future-proof" traditional corporations, by applying transformative innovation systematically.

    Based in Silicon Valley, Tommaso speaks 7 languages, and is the author of "Navigating the Metaverse" and "Growth Hack Your Startup: How 'Creative Traction Methodology' Gets Innovators Traction”.
    In his role as philanthropist, Tommaso is the Chair of the ProteinX

    Foundation, a non-profit organization fostering next-gen proteins and sustainable packaging. He also hosts proteinX, a podcast series that is focused on next-gen protein.

    Tommaso Di Bartolo Interview Questions

    1. About professional and academic background
    2. From Cecille to Silicon Valley, what motivated you?
    3. How did you establish between the different layers of your personality: entrepreneur, author, teacher, and technology enthusiast?
    4. How did you transition and now coordinate your different roles?
    5. About ‘Navigating The Metaverse’: how did the book come and what is the message?
    6. What is and what is not metaverse? What are some of the myths and misconceptions about the metaverse?
    7. How are we going to attract adoption of metaverse?
    8. How are we going to achieve this vision of the metaverse economy?
    9. How can we guide businesses in the metaverse?
    10. You wrote “Growth Hack Your Startup: How 'Creative Traction Methodology' Gets Innovators Traction”. Give us a highlight/ sneak-peek into it.

    About the book “Navigating the metaverse”

    Like the early internet and social media before it, the metaverse represents the next great inflection point in technology that will declare new winners and new losers of online business.

    Navigating the Metaverse helps businesses and creators discover their "aha" moment by breaking down the metaverse by its parts, including NFTs, user trends, business models, and more. Readers will explore everything from the metaverse basics, its economy, to strategy, and advice on how to make a first or an existing metaverse project a success.

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    51 min
  • Poul V. Jensen, Managing Director of the European Businesses and Technology Centre (EBTC) - India Europe Trade Corridors

    Poul V. Jensen is the Managing Director of the European Businesses and Technology Centre (EBTC), currently based in their Delhi HQ. The EBTC is dedicated to generating new business opportunities and enabling transfer of technology between India-Europe, within the fields of climate change, sustainability, and biodiversity in the sectors of Energy, Environment, Mobility, and ICT.

    Mr Jensen’s current main task is to execute the mandate of bringing the EU and India closer together, both in their strategic and operational relations. This includes addressing challenges in transferring clean technologies, providing input for developing clusters, and for developing procedures to enhance collaboration on R&D and innovation.

    Poul V. Jensen Interview Questions

    1. Background in terms of cultures, academics, and profession
    2. How did you adapt to different culture on your journey to achievements?
    3. How is Europe positioning itself in today’s time?
    4. Maintaining the balance between Europe and India with EBTC and harnessing the potentials that lie within.
    5. If I’m a company in UK and want to do business in India, can I route through EBTC? (or how does EBTC create a channel of business and commerce between India and Europe/UK?)
    6. Some impactful breakthroughs under EBTC belt
    7. Challenges and nuances in business structure and strategies like Smart City development and CleanTech
    8. Case studies of a use case in sports (european side of innovation)
    9. Looking at innovation from EBTC from an Indian perspective

    Poul V. Jensen Biography

    Poul Jensen holds a Bachelors in International Trade from the Copenhagen Business School, Denmark, and Master’s in Business Administration from CASS Business School London, Poul has served various roles throughout his career, ranging from commercial manager to consultant, and now a Managing Director at European Business and Technology Centre, New Delhi, India.

    Taking on the role of senior strategic consultant at TransCare AG in 2002, a global consulting company with focus on transport and logistics, Poul took care of their International Business Development in diverse industries.

    Currently, he is the Managing Director of EBTC Delhi since Jan 2010, an establishment dedicated to generating new business opportunities and enabling transfer of technology, within the fields of climate change, sustainability, and biodiversity. The focus sectors of EBTC are Energy, Environment, Mobility, and ICT.

    As Managing Director, Poul is tasked to build a team and to create competency to bring European and Indian businesses and technologies together. The role encompasses strategic as well as operational responsibilities, all working in tandem with the ongoing EU-India Policy dialogues within these fields.

    About EBTC

    European Business and Technology Centre (EBTC) is a project advisory and facilitation organisation. As a trusted partner in the Europe-India Business Corridor, EBTC builds actionable intelligence through projects, clusters and programmes backed by its vast body of knowledge & innovative solutions.

    EBTC enables smart collaborations between the two regions through its expertise, network and know-how, with specific focus towards sustainability, innovation, green technology and internationalisation.

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    59 min
  • Zach Schleien, CEO of Filteroff App And Mental Health Advocate

    Zach Schleien is a serial entrepreneur, bestselling author, mental health advocate, and a digital marketer. With more than 10 years of experience as a digital marketeer, he is currently the CEO of Filteroff App,  a video speed dating app for brands, nonprofits and influencers to connect with their audiences.

    Interview Questions

    1. About your professional and academic background
    2. What brought you to digital marketing?
    3. Your experience in creating a dating app TopRomp
    4. What is Filteroff?
    5. How does this speed dating thing work?
    6. How do you build an audience around this app?
    7. As an influencer, for example, how would you guide your audience from theory to practical?
    8. A series of communities in your app, how is Filteroff different from other players in the market like TikTok?
    9. Your previous work with mental health and community building
    Commonality between Filteroff and 18 percent is to community and face-to-face interaction (For quotes)
    10. How does Filteroff deal with issues of ethics and mental health within different communities?
    11. How are you planning to scale up?
    12. How influencers can utilise the app, and highlighting some of the key examples of influencers or use cases.
    13. Why should I choose your app over others?

    Zach Schleien Biography

    Zach holds a Masters in Information Management from Syracuse University and has developed his career around entrepreneurship and as a digital marketeer, working with the likes of Johnson & Johnson and becoming Business Analyst for the Global Health Services team.

    As a serial entrepreneur, Schleien has founded several companies like BeginU, a platform for college students to find projects and work opportunities to develop their skills, Top Romp, LIFT Protein Muffin and, more recently, Filteroff App.

    After his friend’s passing with mental illness, Zach started different initiatives to help people with mental illness. He has launched several campaigns and projects like CaringCrowd,  a crowdfunding platform for non-profits, NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness,( the nation's largest grassroots mental health organisation) and 18percent, a free mental health online community based off Slack. In 2 different campaigns, his organisations has helped more than 960 parents with children who have a mental illness.

    As an author, he constructed an e-book at Bitly, where he was a customer service data analyst. In this book, he highlighted 37 key ways brands use Bitly. He also co-authored the #2 bestseller on Amazon, Hacking The Internship Process” while pursuing his Masters in Information Management at Syracuse University.

    Zach was awarded uLeader Young Professional of the Year in 2018 and winner of the 33 under 33 category, Corporate/Fortune 500.

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