Operator, builder, inventor.
Five roles across a card network, two global payments platforms, a Fortune 50 engineering organisation and a company of my own. Plus the ventures that came before any of it.
From a card network to the orchestration layer.
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2026 to presentAustin, TXGlobal Head of Digital Assets NowPXP
PXP is a global payments orchestration platform processing €30B+ annually across 30+ countries. I lead worldwide strategy, product direction and commercial growth for digital asset infrastructure across its unified acquiring and orchestration platform: stablecoin settlement, on-chain FX and tokenized financial products, added as the next payment method in a platform already designed to route intelligently between many rails.
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2023 to 2026Austin, TXVP and Global Head of Strategy, Blockchain SolutionsNuvei
Led global distribution, strategy and growth of blockchain payment solutions across 200+ markets. Owned blockchain infrastructure strategy, ecosystem partnerships and go-to-market execution for Nuvei's digital asset and stablecoin product suite. Delivered stablecoin settlement on both Visa and Mastercard rails, and launched the blockchain payment solution for Latin American merchants with Rain, BitGo and Visa in December 2024.
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2021 to 2023San Francisco / AustinGlobal Crypto ProductsVisa International
Enabled issuers, acquirers, fintechs and Web3 companies to access Visa's network for digital asset use cases. Named co-inventor on six blockchain patents covering single-use digital assets, cross-border stablecoin remittance, smart contract verification and credential-based blockchain transactions. Named in Visa's published research on paying blockchain gas fees with a card.
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2019 to 2021Austin, TXSoftware Engineer II and BI LeadDell Technologies
Lead developer on the SalesWorks BI platform within Global Business Sales Performance Analytics. Built intelligence tools serving sales, operations, finance and executive teams worldwide, while completing an M.S. at UT Austin.
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2018 to 2021Austin, TXFounder, CEO and ChairmanThe Odyssey Project, Inc.
An AI-powered SMS payment platform for financial inclusion, created through Visa's Fintech Fast Track program after a study-abroad semester in Rwanda. Products: RoyChat, RoyPOS, RoyPay, RoyBilling and RoyCard. Newchip Accelerator, 2020. Subject of a 2024 peer-reviewed case study in MIS Quarterly Executive.
A lifelong builder. The ventures have changed. The values have not.
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2018 to 2021
The Odyssey Project
AI-powered SMS payment platform for financial inclusion, born from a study-abroad insight in Rwanda. Built Roy Chat, a machine-learning conversation engine processing financial transactions over text message, with RoyPOS, RoyPay, RoyBilling and RoyCard around it. Created through Visa's Fintech Fast Track, went through the Newchip Accelerator in 2020, and became the subject of a peer-reviewed case study in MIS Quarterly Executive in 2024. Co-founded with Brian Smith.
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2017
Carbon Integrations
Co-founded in Waco, Texas while at Baylor University.
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2014 to 2017
Explicit Gum
A socially conscious gum brand founded in my senior year of high school. Proceeds funded anti-bullying campaigns and childhood cancer research. Assembled through Easter Seals, employing more than 200 individuals with mental or physical disabilities. The line on the pack: no matter who you are, where you are from, or where you are going, Explicit supports the individual in you.
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2009 to 2014
Early ventures
Began investing in the stock market at age 9. Founded a first LLC at 11. Started Jurss Production, a video production company, at 12.
Two degrees, two semesters abroad.
M.S. Technology Commercialization
B.S. Integrated Studies
On the record.
The ideas behind the roles.
Six patents from the Visa years, and the point of view that has run through every one of these positions.