John leads ngd enterprise inc, in Seattle, WA, with a focus on the blockchain developer experience and tooling. Previously he built and successfully exited two Machine Learning start-ups.” Earlier in his career at Microsoft, John incubated and built Microsoft Digital from zero to $0.5B in revenue, and he also led Architecture Strategy, Product, and Developer Engagement for the .NET platform v1. He has published a number of books on Software Architecture and is currently working on a book on Decentralized Systems.