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Executive Advisor at Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA)

London, England

Overview

Work Experience

  • Founder

    2023 - Current

    ShiftLine.ai is a collective of people who believe machine learning is real and we want to accelerate it. We have the best talent and are very proud of the crazy problems we have solved with AI to date. We don't need to brag; we just do. Ask our customers. Talent, please reach out

  • Founder

    2013

    Venture company managing various Startup investments, Board roles, Advisory and Non-Executive roles. Multiple exits and used by various VCs for technical due diligence ***Major Interests include: - Angel investor in multiple companies including Magic Pony Technologies (acquired by Twitter), Bloomsbury AI (acquired by Facebook), Granulate.io (acquired by Intel) and other AI-focused companies; More here www.angel.co/xenophin - Non-Executive Director for multiple companies through major investment and acquisition rounds (including Ennismore Group, Stoneburn acquired by Cloud Sherpa, Bitcube, MSTY - Apple Editors choice awards in 70+ countries, Giftwink, Audiotube, etc) - Chairman of the board for multiple successful companies - including Scigrow which had an exit to a major during my tenure (https://www.scigrow.tech/) and Bitcube (https://www.bitcube.tech/)

  • Chairman Of The Board

    2015

  • Executive Advisor - Technology

    2019 - 2023

    Advised CEO and lead the building of a core digital team plus the initial strategic roadmap for the Ennismore group to create their own global booking engine.

  • Board Member

    2022 - 2023

  • Chief Technology Officer

    2021 - 2023

    Joined the London based family office as CTO to build its product and engineering division around blockchain and web3.0 technologies. Key achievements: - Secured multimillion development contracts with major American and European companies - Designed, built and launched multiple technology platforms for our clients - Attained profitability within the first 6 months

  • Chief Technology Officer

    2021 - 2022

    0xA Technologies is a London based company focused on building the future of decentralised applications and web 3.0 technology platforms

  • Executive Advisor

    2018 - 2022

  • EVP Consumer Products and Engineering (Interim cover)

    2019 - 2019

  • Board Member

    2019 - 2021

    Board member for publicly listed gaming company. Company now acquired by Netflix

  • Executive Advisor

    2018 - 2019

    Executive advisor to CEO and CTO. Next Games is one of the leading global gaming companies with titles such as The Walking Dead - No Man's Land and The Walking Dead - Our World

  • Technology Advisor

    2019 - 2020

  • Co-Founder

    2016 - 2019

    eCommerce startup blending Technology, CRM and Logistics to provide a "last-mile" luxury experience to customers of leading fashion brands. Now in London, New York and LA - and expanding.

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