Before crypto, I was a firefighter with the City of Edmonton — two years running into burning buildings. Before that, I ran a circus academy, taught yoga, worked as an electrician. I've always been drawn to doing things myself and helping others do the same.
In 2016, I discovered Ethereum and finally found the thing that tied it all together. Here was technology that could decentralize power away from old-world corporations and hand it back to individuals — free-market micro economies with no gatekeepers, no middlemen, no permission required. Self-sovereignty, encoded in software. I went all in.
Since then I've founded TrustSwap, which grew to secure over $3 billion across ten blockchains before I stepped back in 2022. I built Uptrennd into the most visited blockchain social media site globally. I grew a 330,000-member community from nothing. I wrote a book that hit #1 on Amazon, hosted a podcast that cracked the top 5 in crypto, and personally funded the planting of 2 million trees through Eden Reforestation — because caring about financial freedom and caring about the planet aren't separate things.
Now I live in Squamish, BC — moved here for the mountains and the fresh air. I've got a daughter who's redefined my priorities. When I'm not building, I'm usually on a trail somewhere. That balance matters.
