About Tim and BlockCerts
Tim is the Founder & CEO of BlockCerts blockchain, creating the first Web 4.0 platform on the planet - a new multi-trillion-dollar marketplace. The BlockCerts infrastructure fixes the many issues that Web 2.0 created, including $10.5 trillion dollars in annual fraud. Trust is created through authenticated humans and transactions - a game changer for everyone in the digital universe.At the base layer is the patented “Secure Virtual Space Technology” with true authentication. The BlockCerts blockchain platform is the first with embedded authentication PoAW (Proof of Authority Work) protocol. The BeyonCERTs streaming applications create privacy and protect data to “Work from Anywhere”. New integrated tools change how we collaborate, track activities, create contracts, and manage globally. Streaming eliminates costs and disrupts the Silicon Valley Seat Fee Model.
Tim’s blockchain platform was granted a Patent in 2015 with one currently pending. With over 3 million manhours of development and years of proprietary software and app development, the marriage of authentication and secure transactions with streaming software provides control, protection, cost savings, and a new business model for success.
His expertise has deployed solutions with billions of ‘complex transactions’ that flow seamlessly across industry sectors that span Fintech for private and public financial markets, MedTech, InsureTech, and Real Estate and Lending. New segment customer applications for smart contracts and supply chain management span many market segments.
Tim’s entrepreneurial background spans over three decades, which led him from a young public company CEO, to research as a University Professor in the late 1990s. As a pioneer in the internet and cloud computing, he created a software company and model based on his thesis the ‘Open Structure Organization’ – that could provide global stakeholders access, trust, and authentication through technology-driven fair Trade.” Starting in 2014, Tim researched digital currencies and blockchain. He created BlockCerts in 2016 to authenticate every person and smart contract on the blockchain. He launched the first live version a year later.
Tim is a professor, holds an MBA, and has conducted research at the Ph.D. level. He is also certified in blockchain technology from both MIT and Oxford University. He has been recognized as a leader in his field by Market Watch, “Look Who’s Killing the Great Chiefs of Wall Street” and has been selected in the top 10 thought leaders by Entrepreneur Magazine “Top Lessons from Top Leaders in 2018”. In 2020, Tim was selected to join the Forbes Technology Council. In November 2021, Analytics Insight selected BlockCerts as one of “The 10 Most Innovative Blockchain Companies of the Year”.