ICO Designer
UpToken
Jul 2017 - Present
Greater Seattle Area
Founder & Chief Architect
Omni Foundation
• www.linkedin.com/company/mastercoin-foundation
Aug 2013 - Present
Everywhere and Nowhere
Cohost
Dispatches from the Multiverse
• www.linkedin.com/company/dispatchesfm
Aug 2020 - Present
Everett, Washington, United States
Software Developer Lead
Cozi, Inc.
• www.linkedin.com/company/cozi-group-inc-
• Full-time
Jul 2012 - May 2023
Seattle, WA
Senior Software Engineer
Dynon Avionics
• www.linkedin.com/company/dynon-avionics
Jan 2001 - Jul 2012
Woodinville, WA
Software Development Intern
Alerio
Jun 1999 - Dec 2001
Portland, OR
Summer Help
City of Gladstone, OR
Jun 1996 - Dec 1999

I invented the "Initial Coin Offering" in 2012 and did the first ICO in 2013 when I created the Omni (Mastercoin) protocol layer on top of bitcoin. Today the Omni ecosystem is worth over two BILLION dollars, including huge projects like MaidSafe and Tether - we're second only to Ethereum in the value of our asset ecosystem! I've also been credited as the inventor of the stablecoin (algorithmically stabilized): https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6438095274274627584 Note: If you are looking for the inventor of the stablecoin (asset backed), check out my good friend Craig Sellars: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craigcsellars/ I've been instrumental to the growth of Coinme as we bring crypto-ATMs to a street corner near you using proceeds from what I like to call "The Perfect Token Sale": UpToken. Check it out at http://www.uptoken.org - We recently signed a deal with Coinstar to sell cryptocurrency through their kiosks - they have over 20,000 kiosks! Coinme is now (by far) the largest crypto ATM company in the world. I'm a wild-eyed crypto nerd by night, but during the day I'm a mild-mannered software lead at Cozi, nurturing a team of developers as we rewrite all Cozi products in React. We have created the warmest and most "cozy" working environment you've ever imagined, and we all work hard to preserve that. I've reached the maximum number of LinkedIn connections, but I'd still like to connect with you if you are interested in Omni or UpToken or blockchain technology. Just make sure to include a note with your invite that you share my passion for blockchain tech, and I'll figure out how to fit you in! Here's a series of videos of me as an expert panelist at the 2013 Bitcoin Conference in San Jose, where I described the ICO concept and begged for someone in the audience to do it so I could send them my bitcoins: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZsHhx9y_oWhKVOAeQkP1_cBINVcJXVNI Here's another video of me describing how I finally did the first ICO: https://slideslive.com/38901998/keynote-how-the-ico-was-invented-and-whats-next (Alternate title: my long history of sounding like a crazy person!) Lastly, if you want to know what I think of YOUR blockchain idea, watch my presentation "Blockchain has only one use case" first: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxh4oDLoa5U "Ex chao, opportunitas."
dynonavionics.com
dispatches.fm
cozi.com
omnilayer.org
Greater Seattle Area