Kent Makishima
Notable Past Work both professional and projects
Immutable Holdings/NFT.com | Head of Product
From idea to public beta, I was the first product hire to work on NFT.com. Hectic 2022 year but was able to successfully launch NFT.com into beta which included a NFT gallery, discovery, and aggregate NFT marketplace experience. Also launched the NFT.com Genesis Key collection which served as the beginning of the NFT.com community.
Animoca Brands | Blockchain Project Manager
I was brought on for a stealth project to explore a universal web3 gaming framework. At the same time, I assisted various subsidiaries on blockchain/web3 economics and mechanics.
Tradelanes | Product Manager
My continuation into the supply chain logistics world, I quickly become more knowledgeable on logistics and commodities trading than I ever thought I would. I managed a senior engineering team that mainly focused on API and customer integrations.
Armada Chain | CEO & Co-founder
A supply chain platform built on Hedera Hashgraph to manage assets across stakeholders. Initial usage included track and trace systems as well as a data aggregation across upstream and downstream parties. Shut down in 2020 due to supply chain difficulties.
ZS Blockchain | Managing Partner
The blockchain consulting firm I launched to address needs for enterprise consulting for the new blockchain technologies in 2018. Work spanned across the globe, going to South America for logistics and Korea for finance. Also worked with a layer 1 foundation and pushed for early legislation for CA regarding blockchain. Ultimately this was the stepping stone for me to launch Armada Chain.
Blockchain/web3 Consultant
Worked with various projects built on Hedera Hashgraph, Ethereum, and Hyperledger Fabric consulting on architecture, product, and occasionally developed the initial MVP. Also provided analysis and due dilgience for VC and held educational knowledge share sessions.
Gossip Squirrel
A project I built for Hedera Hashgraph 2021 hackathon that ended up winning the global event. I was exploring the usage of token gating for content and built a MVP that was able to serve content based on the tokens in the user's wallet. This is now a common concept used across the industry today.
1999 Mazda Miata
A car that I bought in college that took full advantage of my tow truck insurance policy. It was the guinea pig to my custom electric and product work and was the learning platform for my mechnical knowlege. Truly was a POS and mechnically questionable but it brought so much joy.