Vincent Mele is co-founder of Otranto, a finance and technology consultancy. He's an expert in digital financial markets with experience in technology, security, management, and law.
Vincent advises private and public organisations on strategy, risk, regulatory classification, technical design, and implementation in the digital financial ecosystem. His first foray into digital asset custody was in 2012, when he co-founded a wallet security start-up (Armory Technologies). The resulting product is used by some of the world's largest exchanges.
He was also an ISMS Manager and security engineer for a global network operation centre (NOC) provider. Most recently, he was a senior manager within Accenture’s Digital Currency and Digital Asset group. He worked on multi-national initiatives as a virtual asset and CBDC subject matter expert and contributed to many papers, including co-authoring the Digital Dollar Project white paper.
Today, Otranto works globally with various public and private organisations, revolutionising how we use and think of money.
Vince also has extensive professional legal experience. He is on the Solicitors Register of England and Wales and a member of the Wisconsin Bar.
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