Forest Barbieri
Advisor at Blockchain Resources Ltd
Highland Park, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolForest Barbieri is an advisor and serial entrepreneur with over 35 years of cross-border experience building and monetizing technology and educational businesses, and eight years focused on AI-powered blockchain platforms for the mobile app economy. He advises BGX, an open-source distributed ledger aimed at simplifying digital asset integration and reducing transaction commissions for mobile developers, and runs Blockchain Resources Ltd to identify and engage promising AI/Blockchain ventures. Forest’s background spans founding and exiting education-technology companies, leading a dramatic market-value increase at Davidson Software, and operating investment and consulting businesses in Russia and the CIS—skills that combine product, go-to-market, and regional strategic expertise. Based in Highland Park, Illinois, he blends entrepreneurial grit with investor instincts and a knack for translating emerging tech (AI + blockchain) into practical, revenue-driving solutions. An interesting detail: his career includes both building award-winning K–12 learning systems and hands-on dive-boat entrepreneurship, reflecting a practical, opportunity-driven approach to business.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Econ Theory, BA, Econ Theory at University of WashingtonOCS
RussianGithub contributions (1)
BGXTechnology/BGX
Apr 2018 - Apr 2018
Contributions:1 branch in 1 day
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