
Tim D.
Founder @ APIDNA
About
Tim is a seasoned executive with a proven track record of commercializing and scaling disruptive startup technologies. His core expertise includes Quantum Ai, Autonomous Ai Agents, APIs, Open Source, Identity Verification, Decentralized Digital Identity, Blockchain, Self-Sovereign Identity, Verifiable Credentials, and Zero Trust architectures. Recognized for turning early-stage innovations into market-leading SaaS platforms, Tim has consistently driven revenue growth and product innovation across Financial Services, EdTech, Employment, Future of Work, Government, Civic, Healthcare, and Travel sectors. A skilled team builder, Tim excels at assembling and scaling high-performance teams, leading them from concept through execution, market validation, product-market fit, and full commercialization. He frequently pioneers new product categories, with his innovations resulting in multiple granted patents by the USPTO.
United States
New York City Metropolitan Area
Venture Capital & Private Equity
Quantum AI, Quantum Computing, Product Innovation, Technology Commercialization, Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLM), Natural Language Processing (NLP), Enterprise Software, User Experience (UX), Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Autonomous AI Agents, Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS), API Integrations, Systems Integrations, API, SaaS, Start-up Ventures, Autonomous AI , AI Agents, Responsible AI
Experience

Strategic Advisor
New York, New York, United States
As an AI2030 Accelerator Advisor, my focus is to guide and mentor AI2030's evolution of responsible AI solutions, promoting industry adoption and accelerating innovation through strategic insights and partnerships. Collaborate with a community of industry experts, researchers, and practitioners - collectively working towards shaping the development and responsible use of AI over the next decade.

Chief Executive Officer and Founder
New York and Luxembourg (spun-out)
Entrustient was founded on the belief that there’s a better way to ensure the individual’s identity is aligned to the ownership of their life-long digital footprint, while also bringing human trust from the offline physical world to the online digital world. Our Self-Sovereign Identity approach, allow users to own their privacy-preserving digital identity wallets, with full agency, interoperability, and portability of their data. This is all accomplished by using our trusted decentralized digital identity peer-to-peer ecosystem, which leverages open-source decentralized protocols (DID, WC3, VC, DIDcomm, and OpenID), and decentralized blockchain ecosystem technologies (Hyperledger, Sovrin, Indicio, and others). At Entrustient, the power of Decentralized Digital Identity, Verifiable Credentials, Encrypted Peer-to-Peer Messaging (DIDComm), Zero Trust Proof Verification, Passwordless Authentication, and OpenID Connect are simplified, in one platform. • Responsible for Product Lead Growth (PLG), strategy, product development, data, engineering, dev ops, information security, operations cadence, quality assurance, marketing, G-T-M sales, account management, and support, with a focus on optimizing team performance. • Successfully bringing product concepts, to market-ready products. • Manage investor relationships and fundraising initiatives. • Implement processes that ensure compliance with protocols, industry standards, as well as legal, regulatory, and governance requirements. • Continuously iterating platform and product-market-fit, to deliver exceptional products for global user scale and adoption, while considering local market implications. • Lead the transformation of founder-led sales into a strategic Go-To-Market (GTM) sales account management approach of land, expand, and extend. • Serve as a trusted advisor to provide thought leadership to industry leaders, and close strategic partnerships and new business opportunities at the enterprise level.

Chief Executive Officer, Founder and Board Member
New York, United States
At Verificient Technologies, we utilize artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, and biometrics in forming our Trusted Identity-as-a-Service (TIaaS), a platform for identity verification and authentication. Today, we're serving a variety of markets, including Higher Education, HR and Recruitment, and Remote Labor-Force Management (virtual work at home agents). • Founded a B2B PaaS company utilizing artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, and biometrics to create a trusted identity-as-a-service platform for identity verification and authentication. • Closed $2 million in convertible-debt from Angel, Family Office, and VC funding to launch the company. • Selected to be part of the first private-company sponsored Techstars Edtech Accelerator from 500 applicants. • Defined the company strategy and product vision, creating a go-to-market strategy and value proposition focused on Higher Education, HR/Recruitment, and Remote Labor-Force Management verticals.

Mentor
The WFP Innovation Accelerator sources support and scales high-potential solutions to end hunger worldwide. We provide WFP staff, entrepreneurs, start-ups, companies, and non-governmental organizations with access to funding, mentorship, hands-on support, and WFP operations.

Venture Partner
NextGen Venture Partners works with over 1,100 Venture Partners to invest $1 million in seed stage companies and $2 million to $10 million in companies with more than $10 million in revenue. Venture Partners are top founders and innovation executives across the country whose expertise and connections help NextGen accelerate the growth of our portfolio companies. • Provide sourcing, diligence, investment and portfolio support on EdTech and SaaS (Software as a service), companies.
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