Melvin is a Digital Strategy Leader with 15 years experience in both the public and private domain. His expertise is in rapid application development and proof of concept design for cutting edge, high-profile, strategic engagements. He specializes in helping executives avoid IT complexity risk and evaluating market products to support efficient software integration design and business workflow automation. Melvin spends considerable time organizing and hosting regional conferences and seminars on the subject of blockchain and DLT’s impact to the digital economy. He is a published writer and speaker who works diligently in the blockchain community to connect and align incentives for local talent and investment. In the past Melvin worked for Emerging Solutions, Righpoint, and Potiviti as a SharePoint Consultant. Most recently he was a Sr. Manager of Technology Consulting including ECM and Digital Transformation at Protiviti. A graduate of the Illinois Institute of Technology, Melvin is ve