An Almanack for Finance, Operations & Code · Vol. I · MMXXVI
Benedict W. H. Dixon
An operator at the intersection of finance, blockchain & AI.
About
A decade-plus running and building companies in financial technology. Operator, COO, CTO. Deep across product, technology, operations and ecosystems. The throughline is finance, top to bottom.
JPMorgan to Kash. A patented B2B payment system. A $150M L1 ecosystem with 45K+ users. A stablecoin steered through acquisition. An enterprise-grade microservice platform shipped solo. The breadth is the point.
Key achievements
- Built and scaled a blockchain ecosystem from concept to $150M+ with 45K+ users.
- Co-invented a patented real-time B2B payment system at JPMorgan.
- Navigated a successful acquisition, preserving millions in assets during transition.
- Built an enterprise-grade 50+ microservice platform from scratch as sole engineer in six months.
Career
- Kash — COO & Interim CTO · prediction marketplace (2025–)
- DD Ventures — Founding Partner · advisory (2025–)
- Brdge — Head of Blockchain · AI consultancy (2024)
- Voi Network — Chief Ecosystem Officer · L1 (2024–2025)
- Pound Token — Chief Technology Officer · UK stablecoin (2023–2024)
- Nettle — Chief Product & Technology Officer · payments & loyalty (2022–2023)
- Icon Solutions — Senior Software Engineer · real-time payments (2021–2022)
- MAIA / Fulcrum — Fullstack Software Engineer · hedge fund (2019–2021)
- American Express — Fullstack Software Engineer · R&D, customer acquisition (2018–2019)
- JPMorgan Chase & Co — Software Engineer · patented B2B payments (2015–2018)
- University of Bath — BSc Computer Science
Services
For founders, operators and boards.
- Executive & Operational Advisory — organisational design and scaling, operational process architecture, financial controls and governance, executive leadership coaching.
- Product & Technology Strategy — product-market fit analysis, technical architecture review, AI/blockchain/payments strategy, scalability and infrastructure planning.
- Growth & Go-to-Market — ecosystem and community growth, partnership and BD strategy, stakeholder and investor management, team building and culture.
Available via DD Ventures — entrepreneurship advisory helping founders launch, run and scale companies.
Writing
Speaking
- Zebu Live — Tokenomics Design & Strategy
- Algorand at Tate Modern — Tokenomics Design & Strategy
Open to keynotes and panels on fintech, blockchain, AI, distributed systems and the operator's lens on technical leadership.
Contact
Email: me@benedictdixon.com
LinkedIn: /in/benedict-dixon
Twitter / X: @bwhdx
GitHub: @bwhdx
Advisory: dd.ventures