Keith Grose
Non Executive Director at Zero Hash
London, England
Overview
Work Experience
Non Executive Director
2022 - Current
I am a non-executive director for ZeroHash UK, a leading provider of digital assets infrastructure, supporting their international expansion and crypto product GTM.
Zero Hash is a B2B2C crypto-as-a-service infrastructure provider.
Raised $169,850,000.00 from Nyca Partners, Bain Capital and Point72 Ventures.
Chief Operating Officer
2023 - 2023
Sequence is fintech startup backed by a16z and top tier VCs. Sequence is focused on solving the quote-to-cash process for modern B2B companies with complex pricing models. I served as the first exec hire and COO working with the founder to manage GTM, Finance, and Operations. Left as too early for role need.
Head of UK
2019 - 2023
Served as GM for the UK/EU at Plaid, scaled both the business and team as first Europe employee. Plaid is the leading open banking platform supporting payments and financial data access across the UK, Europe, and North America through a single API integration. Plaid's mission is to unlock financial freedom for everyone, and they provide tools used by the best app developers.
International Lead
2019 - 2019
Product and operations lead for International at Plaid, where I took the Europe business from product exploration to premier open banking platform. As the first boots on the ground, I set up offices in London and Amsterdam, managed a global product & engineering effort, obtained multiple regulatory licenses, and launched our open banking payments platform.
Plaid provides companies with the tools and access needed for the development of a digitally-enabled financial system.
Raised $734,300,000.00 from Bedrock, American Express Ventures, J.P. Morgan Growth Equity Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Silver Lake, Kleiner Perkins, Thrive Capital, Raed Malek, Index Ventures and Spark Capital.
Hardware Strategy
2016 - 2019
Our team tackled the highest priority cross-functional strategy problems facing Hardware at Google. Examples of work includes the acquisition of hTC engineering team (largest Google acqui-hire), phone component strategy, new product prototype evaluation, Nest + Google Home integration, and country rollout strategy.
Business Operations & Strategy
2013 - 2016
Our team was tasked with Google exec team's most pressing business issues across both Google and Alphabet. Highlights include Google Pay internationalization, AR/VR, Google Fiber, and GTM strategy for self-driving cars.
Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.
Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.
Consultant
2011 - 2013
Management consultant with Bain and worked across tech, healthcare, and private equity. Highlights include: setting long-term software strategy and 5-year financial plan for Fortune 50 company, digital transformation for Fortune 500 company, and conducting multiple due diligences and portfolio projects for leading private equity firm.
Equity Sales & Trading
2010 - 2010
Worked on Equity Capital Markets desk and executed several IPOs.
Credit Suisse Group is a financial services company that advises clients in all aspects of finance.
Marine Conservation Coral Reef Dive Researcher
2009 - 2009
Applied Mathematics Lab Research Assistant
2007 - 2009
Aid Worker at Mother Teresa Orphanage (ASCO)
2008 - 2008
Absaroka Backpacking Course - Student Leader
2007 - 2007