
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.
pfizer.com
sothebys.com
bnyglobal.com
outschool.com
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
CEO
Zergratran
• www.linkedin.com/company/zergratran
May 2019 - Present
Miami-Fort Lauderdale Area
Organizer
Fort Lauderdale Angel Investing Group
Oct 2023 - Present
501 East Las Olas Blvd, 3rd Fl, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
Entrepreneurship Teacher
Outschool
• www.linkedin.com/company/outschool
Mar 2020 - Sep 2021
CEO
Liquidity 10X
• www.linkedin.com/company/l10x
Apr 2019 - May 2020
Greater New York City Area
President & CEO
Next Gen Stories, Inc.
• www.linkedin.com/company/next-gen-stories
Mar 2016 - Oct 2019
Greater New York City Area
CEO
Collective Wisdom Technologies
• www.linkedin.com/company/collective-wisdom-technologies
Jan 2018 - Nov 2018
Greater New York City Area
President & CEO
The Chocolate Library
Oct 2011 - Feb 2013
Greater New York City Area
Licensed Real Estate Salesperson
Prudential Douglas Elliman
Nov 2009 - Oct 2010
Greater New York City Area
Licensed Real Estate Agent
Halstead / Heights Berkeley Realty
Sep 2007 - Nov 2009
Greater New York City Area
President
VitiVini, LLC
Jun 2005 - Nov 2009
Greater New York City Area
President
Discovery Wines, LLC
Jul 2003 - Feb 2005
Greater New York City Area
Strategist
Myson Media
Jan 1999 - Feb 2000
Greater New York City Area
Credit Analyst
Peregrine Brokerage
Aug 1994 - Sep 1996
Greater New York City Area