Zeshan is a seasoned start-up strategist, technologist, and founder, with over two decades of extensive global experience. His expertise relies on harnessing emerging digital channels to foster innovative startup enterprises. As a harmonious blend of right and left-brain design thinking, Zeshan possesses a rare aptitude for coding, designing products, and carving out marketplaces for digital-first brands. His career journey has seen him working on startups, with clients and conducting business across a myriad of countries including his native Canada, the United States, Ireland, Australia, Malaysia, the UAE, Ukraine, and presently, Georgia.

In 2023, Zeshan’s trailblazing endeavors were acknowledged when he was inducted into the prestigious Outlier Ventures Accelerator, emerged as a global finalist in the Coindesk Consensus Pitchfest, and was welcomed as an exclusive member company into the Chainlink Build program.

Zeshan is a devoted lifelong learner, constantly updating himself with the latest advancements in emerging tech having enriched his knowledge base through courses from esteemed institutions like Stanford, INSEAD, Token Engineering Academy, and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Google for Startup covering a spectrum of topics including DAOs, blockchain technologies, DeFi, cryptocurrencies, token design, and cloud engineering. His ultimate objective is to demystify and implement smart contract models for founders, investors, rights holders, content creators and especially gamers.

Over the past five years, Zeshan has made early investments in several WEB3/Blockchain projects while also pursuing certified courses in token engineering and smart contract coding and design. He has pioneered a smart chatbot technology that simplifies smart contracts in real estate transactions, enabling trustless transactions on the Exonum blockchain in Georgia. Alongside his co-founders, he is on the verge of launching P360, a digital sports brand that monetizes the digital name, image, and likeness rights of NHL athletes on WEB3. Moreover, he has founded multiple direct-to-consumer ecommerce brands on Shopify, escalating from a single founder to a multimillion-dollar exit through automated strategies in SEO, PPC, Influencer Marketing, and Customer Service Automation.

In 2011, upon moving to New York City, Zeshan led development teams in ad-tech for Pure Growth Partners & Peak Venture Partners, launching mobile apps, digital media properties, and CPG products in collaboration with entertainment industry heavyweights like Justin Bieber (Phoneguard), Black Eyed Peas (Charity Dreams), and 50 Cent (Street Kings Energy Shots). From a private equity lens, he has a profound understanding of complex structures and transactions, having served as a senior investment officer for a family office in NYC. His notable transactions include being the largest shareholders in E-Trade, slate financing for Summit Entertainment, and M&A transactions worth 350M+ USD for AMAN Resorts, crowned as the top luxury hotel brand globally by Travel + Leisure magazine. During his NYC tenure, while residing in Brooklyn, Zeshan managed two bands, achieved the accolade of Indie Song of 2014, released two albums, embarked on international tours, and produced multiple music videos as a manager and executive producer.

In 2007, Zeshan relocated to Dubai, becoming the principal architect of the world’s first government-mandated blockchain technology solution for B2B, B2C, & P2P property deeds and title transfer & sale through secure online transactions. This project, under the aegis of Dubai Land Department (DLD) & Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA) as part of the ‘Smart Dubai’ initiative, was designed to handle over 4B USD in real estate transactions monthly, propelling the UAE into one of the top jurisdictions for digitizing real estate transactions.

In 2003, Zeshan continued his technological voyage in Melbourne, Australia, contributing significantly to the fintech realm by aiding in the commercialization of 46 patents for in-channel wireless communications, which facilitated micro-banking services in rural areas. His creative flair saw him executive producing the Hip Hop Times Tables project, a novel initiative assisting children in learning times tables through hip hop.

Launching his professional odyssey in 2001 as a co-founder of a web & digital media agency in his hometown of Edmonton, Canada, Zeshan, along with his team, built and launched a network of 20 officially licensed NHL player websites and owned a syndicated column on Yahoo Sports. This venture inadvertently positioned him as a pioneer in the digital name, image, likeness (NIL) rights, influencer marketing, and direct-to-consumer business model. During his tenure in Edmonton, he and his co-founders also established a diploma-granting Adobe certified multimedia & digital arts college training program, graduating students who now work for eminent companies like Nike, Unity Games, and Walt Disney.