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HELLO, I'M
IAN HOLTZ
.FOUNDER
.TECHNOLOGIST
.PRODUCT OWNER
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01 EXPERTISE
Product Owner
Artificial Intelligence
Agile/Scrum
Project Management
Go to market
Blockchain/Web3
CEO/CTO
Executive Mangement
Founder
Marketing Strategy
Business Intelligence
Sales Strategy
Jira/Confluence
Start-ups
P&L
02 Testimonials
"My connection with Ian began when I sought his assistance for an NFT blockchain project I was involved in. Ian demonstrated genuine enthusiasm for collaborating with my team and exceeded our expectations by bringing forth innovative ideas and offering support in business development. His exceptional project management skills are evident through his leadership of the marketing team at his organization. Furthermore, his extensive understanding of blockchain technology, particularly from a business perspective, is a valuable asset. I eagerly anticipate future collaborations with Ian and look forward to engaging in discussions on various blockchain-related topics."
-Shunsuke Murasaki, Chief of Staff Emurgo
"I hired Ian to support and define AWS Web3 strategy serving customers redefining the internet. Ian demonstrated dedication, expertise, and leadership in his role obsessing over our Web3 customers. His contributions were instrumental in establishing strategic partnerships and expanding our network within the region. Ian possesses a deep understanding of the web3 blockchain landscape and its potential, which allowed him to identify lucrative opportunities and drive substantial growth for startups. Moreover, Ian exhibited remarkable adaptability in navigating the dynamic nature of the web3 blockchain industry. He was always quick to grasp emerging trends and leverage AWS’s cutting-edge solutions to optimize our operations and deliver exceptional value to our customers.
-Jeff Hasselman President Blockdaemon, Founded Web3 AWS
"I worked with Ian for 8 months on a cutting-edge, complex, enterprise blockchain application.
He has an exceptional ability to extract clear product requirements, despite language barriers and time-zone differences. Our team was located in several different countries, and he worked crazy hours to ensure effective communication with the development team, and make certain the success of the project. He's got a combination of technical understanding and strong communication skills that would be valuable for any project. Highly recommend - and I'd be glad to work with him again."
-Jeremy Branham Founder/CEO Savantly
"When I think of Ian, I think of his industry, dedication, and depth. I worked with him to deliver an NFT Marketplace for a premier sports media company. He managed a sometimes difficult client with a large number of stakeholders with grace and style. He worked tirelessly across multiple time zones to ensure client and tech teams were aligned. He used his knowledge of crypto and blockchain very effectively and where he didn’t understand something, he was adept at differing to the technical experts. I enjoyed my time working with Ian and would definitely recommend him in the future."
"I had the pleasure of working with Ian on one of the first, and largest NFT marketplaces to be launched in Japan. Ian had a tough problem to tackle in working to build this marketplace leveraging a globally distributed team. Ian managed to do a great job in working with the client to get a clear set of needs documented and broken down into executable steps, then worked daily across multiple timezones to make sure things stayed on track. The project was an overall success and Ian played a big part in making that possible."
-Cory Hymel Global VP of Product & Research Gigster
"Ian was instrumental in supporting our company during a difficult time. When he works on projects, regardless of his role, he treats them as his own. This is an invaluable quality that any organization would benefit from when working with Ian."
-Jason Zheng CoFounder/CMO Ekta
“MetAmazonia was on a broad search for an agency with blockchain expertise and Ian stood out. His work always goes above and beyond our expectations. He knows whats important to our project and provides clear expert insights in an easy to u nderstand way that helps up make crucial decisions. His passion and committment about the industry carried over in to our project in such a geniune way that I am grateful to have met him”
- Leonardo Barrionuevo CEO/Founder MetAmazonia
“I reported directly to Ian for over a year developing a suite of innovative products across technologies. Throughout the project I observed Ian staying calm in the midst of challenging situations, as well as, working to find the best path forward for the project in the face of various roadblocks and challenges. Ian inspired direction by asking the right questions to help clarify priorities and motivate others.
The project involved backend servers that had both REST and websocket APIs and integrated with core software, the desktop client using the Vue.js framework and Electron, the web client using Vue.js directly, and additionally iOS and Android clients leveraging branches of the web client.”
- Jeff Solinsky Sr Software Dev Engineer at Amazon (AWS)
“Ian reported directly to me for nearly 3 years and the best way to describe him is bulldogged determination. Ian is relentless in his pursuit. On top of this, he is an extremely fast learner; he can absorb complex information and craft it into an extremely compelling product.”
- Colan Sewell, Vice President Facebook Global Device Sales
"Ian, I wanted to personally thank you for all your efforts since you joined early this year. The team has truly enjoyed working closely with you. Your hard work helping us launch our NFT initiative is incredibly important to Gigster. Thanks again for all the hard work and looking forward to a great 2022"
-Andy Tryba, CEO Gigster
"Ian is a true leader, mentor, and subject matter expert in management, sales/marketing, and high tech product scope across a variety of verticals. He not only digs in on the front lines but also motivates and inspires the team to achieve excellence through commitment, creativity, and data-driven decision making. When he doesn’t have all the data, his informed expertise and bias for action is often correct. He is also humble and helpful, and has been a great partner in helping scale our business. I have certainly witnessed Ian’s passion and expertise spread to our team, customers and partners."
“Ian was a great partner. He was able to easily understand our goals and how to meet all of our changing needs throughout the time we worked together. He was able to find creative solutions to the range of problems that we came up against and get through everything we needed on time and on budget. The partnership with Ian was so great that we won a Silver Stevie Award for our efforts. I would definitely work with Ian again if given the chance.”
- James Shulman, International Markets Innovation Cigna
“I have known and worked directly with Ian across hundreds of technical deployments and projects spanning over a decade and can’t imagine a better technical project or product manager. He helped introduce Agile/Scrum to our firm and it was such a game changer that we made him our CTO. His leadership, creativity, intellect, and technical accumen make him unique and a huge asset on any project.
- Mike Jaltuch, Owner Linear Method Software
"Ian has been very productive. He has brought MINES new clients from around the United States. He is strategic in his thinking and planning. Mr. Holtz has contributed to the development of our sales IT infrastructure and its continued evolution. Mr. Holtz sales skills are superb. He continues to offer advice and assistance to his colleagues. In the area of marketing, Mr. Holtz added many successful campaigns since coming to MINES. He has been a valuable colleague and friend.
03 WORK HISTORY
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January 2023-Present
April 2021-December 2023
Founding Partner
Full suite blockchain agency serving well funded startups in application development, PR, marketing and strategy.
Head Web3, Asia Pacific & Japan
● Champion Web 3 & AI startups
● Accelerate engineering and commercial efforts
● Partner with founders, investors and VCs
April 2022-Sept 2022
October 2021-April 2022
Sr. Product Owner
Leading a team of 80+ stakeholders across
4 organizations to deploy a new cutting-edge NFT marketplace built on FLOW for Japan Professional Soccer
Global Head of NFT
● Leading new business unit team of 25+
● Drive sales, operations, marketing and product
● Reporting to CEO
2017-2019
Founder
● YogaTime is like AirBnb for in person yoga classes
● Developed user journeys, use cases and initial wireframes
● Defined scope, recruited and
onboarded dev team
● Led dev and design team to MVP in native iOS/Android and Python
● Migrated to AWS, integrated Google
Cloud and Firebase
CEO, Founder
● Founded company
● Managed development of world's first wallet
based fully decentralized blockchain exchange
● Drove community to over 100k installs
● Owned P&L and drove exchange to $1M daily trading volume
● Demo HERE
● Blog HERE
● GitHub HERE
2013-2016
Executive Director
● Clients include: Amazon, Apple, Google, Staples, Cigna, Motorola, Dell, and Microsoft
● Led a business division of this US leading national retail marketing agency
● Extensive program management and high tech analytics with P&L on many projects
2016-2019
Orion Technologies
Managing Director, Founder
● Founded company
● Oversaw the development of a custom Supply Side Platform (SSP) and suite of deep analytics tools and apps including Google Cloud AI & Tableau dashboards
● Owned P&L and drove org revenue from $0 to $10m revenue
2009-2013
Executive Director
● Led the sales, marketing and client services divisions of this behavioral health firm
● Developed and deployed a new roadmap for IT supported business development and
retention with a suite of product integration and customization
● Resulting product suite and system added 80+ new clients in 4 years
2004-2009
Chief Technology Officer
Sr. Product/Project Manager
● Led project management, sales teams, and partner relations
● Managed 100s of highly customized
client web strategies and products across
industries
● Introduced Agile/Scrum Methodology
2000-2004
Century Link (formerly Qwest Communications)
B2B Sales Executive
● Consulted businesses on a broad suite of
telecom products and services
● 3 time President Club recipient recognizing
the top 1% of the entire US sales force
1998-1999
Data Science Specialist
● Managed a project to analyze, order, and
digitize the largest ocean floor mapping
endeavor of it's time, still used in various
applications we see today
1995-1999
Lead Researcher
● Coordinated, carried out and analyzed
research requirements identifying genetic
patterns in twins
Graduated BA - Psychology
04 CONTACT ME
Let's connect
I love meeting new people and exchanging ideas. Feel free to reach out anytime.