Jefferson Gardner is an international business professional and past academic with experience in eleven industries and seven countries. He has worked with foreign government and multi-national corporations in the areas of strategy, technology, concept development, commercialization, marketing and process re/design. As a certified blockchain expert and technologist, Jefferson has spent significant time in research and development in Artificial Intelligence, Distributed Ledger Technology and the Internet of Things. Jefferson currently holds an executive position with an international food processing company.