Building a cheaper, faster and cleaner alternative / supplement to the Panama Canal for shipping containers. Serial entrepreneur and graduate of the Wharton School with a background in finance, capital raising and strategic planning and the founder Carta Crespo, LLC, and Zergratran, Inc. Carta Crespo is adding small luxury apartment buildings to the mix in the underdeveloped Crespo section of Cartagena, Colombia. Zergratran is building a high speed magnetic levitation (MagLev) system to transfer shipping containers between two fully automated next generation ports on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Antioquia region of Colombia. Prior to Carta Crespo and Zergratran, Byron was the CEO of Liquidity 10X, a fintech company that helped startups raise capital through Reg D and Reg A filings. Prior to founding Liquidity 10X, Byron was the CEO of Collective Wisdom Technologies (CWT), a crowd-driven platform for funding seed stage companies (filed Reg A+ offering). Prior to CWT, Byron was CEO of Springtime Solutions, a lead generation platform for banks and marketplace lending companies; accepted into the INV Fintech accelerator run by Bank Innovation and Fiserv. Byron built his network of investors and 7K plus followers on LinkedIn through successful capital raising efforts, real estate brokerage, and popular businesses like The Chocolate Library and Discovery Wines, both in the East Village of New York City, and the VitiVini wine card game. Byron is passionate about entrepreneurship, regularly mentors entrepreneurs and maintains a 30+ year strong relationship with the Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE). Byron holds a BS in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.