John G

Engaged as a part-time/contract Partner providing hands-on product and engineering leadership on Defy, a real-time multi-chain crypto payments infrastructure venture. Focus areas include product architecture, transaction performance, and go-to-market readiness; achieved sub-5-second average transaction time.

Advisory practice providing applied AI and digital product strategy to enterprises and founders. Engagements include user research and executive design thinking facilitation for a Hong Kong retail group's new loyalty currency initiative, a structured crypto lending product for the film and TV industry, consumer mental health app product strategy, and AI integration advisory for MIT Sloan School of

Mandated to establish and lead enterprise AI governance and transformation operating model design across a $893B+ AUM global asset manager, reporting to executive leadership. Established structured AI portfolio oversight across 250+ use cases, enabling board-level visibility, capital prioritization discipline, and measurable operating leverage. Led enterprise generative AI deployment and commercia

Led digital strategy and operating model transformation across multiple Asian markets, increasing Net Promoter Score above 70 and shifting service demand toward lower-cost digital channels. Managed a 40M HKD budget and delivered cost efficiencies through vendor optimization and regional execution discipline, building and leading a 40+ person cross-market team.

Expanded the UX design team from inception, implemented design frameworks, led user experience for award-winning products, and collaborated with product management to improve adoption rates.

Designed proprietary transactional platforms and B2C mobile banking applications, developed an interaction pattern library, presented to executive stakeholders, and led the private bank's first mobile app.

Developed award-winning entertainment properties, established innovative processes for gaming experiences, created asynchronous concepts, and built analytics-centered design methodologies.

Directed UX and UI design teams for financial, automotive, consumer, and government clients, led Bloomberg product incubation teams through successful launches, and managed pitch processes.

Designed digital platforms for major music artists, created interactive experiences for the NBA and franchise teams, and built an online presence for video game studios and titles.

Bachelor of Science in Digital Design from the University of Cincinnati.