A Tedx speaker and a 15-year veteran in the financial technology industry, Armando Pantoja, a.k.a Tall Guy Tycoon, has successfully led technology growth and innovation at some of the world's largest companies including Home Depot & AAA. After a multimillion-dollar buyout by a publicly traded company, Pantoja became a respected thought leader in the cryptocurrency space. In 2020, he was awarded the IBM Blockchain Contest to Crowdsource COVID-19 Solutions. For the past six years Pantoja has spoken at several major technology and finance conferences and known worldwide as disciplined, focused and an influential finance & technology innovator.