# Joshua Huang **Enterprise and DeFi BD & Ecosystem Lead** — United States > BD and strategy leader with 10+ years bridging traditional finance and digital assets, owning full partnership lifecycles from sourcing through live launch across DeFi protocols and institutional partners. Career Archetype: **All-Terrain Summiteer** (HB-DX) — One of the first All-Terrain Summiteers on Saywise ## Links - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/joshuahuang1 ## Experience ### Enterprise and DeFi BD & Ecosystem Lead, Sei Network (2025-06 – 2026-03) Los Angeles, USA · Owned the full partnership lifecycle with 10+ DeFi protocols and institutional partners on a trading-optimized Layer 1 blockchain. Structured and closed multi-million-dollar liquidity, grant, and commercial agreements while driving cross-functional execution with legal, product, and engineering teams. Advised institutional partners on RWA tokenization, stablecoins, and DeFi architecture to develop crypto-native and mainstream use cases. ### Business Lead – Trading Team, Magic Eden (2024-08 – 2025-03) Los Angeles, USA · Led BD across 30+ ecosystem and exchange partner accounts on Solana and EVM chains as the primary integration and commercial contact. Team held 70% revenue and user market share. Curated protocol and venue integrations aligned to partner priorities and produced competitive landscape and on-chain trend analysis to guide executive prioritization. ### Venture Partner, Dracoon Ventures (2023-11 – present) Los Angeles, California, United States · Source and advise early-stage DeFi and Web3 projects with focus on protocol evaluation, tokenomics, and institutional readiness. Cover DeFi, tokenization, and L1/L2 verticals across the investment portfolio. ### Project Lead – CEO & Strategy Office, Binance (2021-05 – 2023-04) Taipei City, Taiwan · Led CEO-level cross-functional programs across product, compliance, and market strategy. Spearheaded Binance's regulatory licensing entry into UAE and Bahrain as the first two licensed jurisdictions globally, managing regulator relationships and regional go-to-market strategy. Built the Proof of Reserves initiative using zkSNARK technology for exchange solvency verification. ### Manager - Strategy and Innovation, Miral Asset Management (2017-10 – 2021-04) Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates · Led strategic planning and innovation engagements across Miral and subsidiaries, delivering Board-level decision support on growth strategy and emerging technology adoption. Built and managed relationships with senior stakeholders across government entities, international partners, and industry consortiums in the MENA region. ### Sr. Business Analyst - Corporate Strategy, Al Ghurair Investment (2015-06 – 2017-10) Dubai, UAE · Delivered strategic planning and portfolio/investment analysis across food, real estate, retail, and energy business units. ROI-driven analysis contributed to $50M cost avoidance by recommending withdrawal from Eastern European markets. ### Analyst - Strategy & CEO Office, MarkaVIP (2013-11 – 2015-06) Dubai, UAE · Key Projects - Identified opportunities to improve company profitability and operational efficiency that include, but are not limited to, the following analyses: a) fulfillment packaging analysis to determine optimal box sizes b) cost analysis on warehouses to recommend the best option for capital investment c) supplier discrepancy analysis to rank supplier performance across multiple criteria - Explored new potential partnerships with regional and global companies by developing business proposals that highlighted company capabilities and evaluated potential for synergies - Conducted market research on specific countries for a geographic growth assessment which considered macroeconomic trends, demographics, ICT indicators and ease of doing business - Launched Strategic Initiatives Office to manage company-wide execution of projects, which included designing PMO training and induction packs, mapping new processes, and finalizing an implementation plan for all departments ### Intern - Budgeting and Strategic Planning Analyst, Gulf Extrusions Co. LLC (2013-04 – 2013-07) Dubai, UAE · - Interviewed departmental managers and assessed the current budgeting process - Worked in a small team to prepare a budget process improvement plan that included a gap analysis, process map and selection criteria on alternative budgets to be approved by the CFO ### Real Estate and Loan Manager, Royal Financial Group (2010-01 – 2012-08) Los Angeles, California, United States · - Supervised all Real Estate and loan transactions - Restructured loan processing protocol, reducing procedures and funding turnaround time - Created new Real Estate investment models adopted by our Agents for client presentation ## Education ### CFA Charter, CFA Institute (2015-12 – 2017-06) Passed CFA Levels 1, 2, and 3 ### M.A in International Business, Hult International Business School (2012-09 – 2013-08) Dean's List ### B.A in Business Economics, UC Irvine (2005-09 – 2009-06) ## Projects ### Petrofac Academy - Team Leader - Spearheaded market research on Oil & Gas hiring trends, benchmarking on graduate programs, competitor analysis and presented bi-weekly findings as team leader - Reported to Senior VP of Petrofac Academy and VP of Organizational Development to provide recommendations to improve Petrofac Academy's internal graduate development program ## Skills Blockchain, Early Stage Investment, Start-up Ventures, Strategic Planning, Finance, Data Analysis, Financial Analysis, Financial Modeling, Management, Teamwork, Market Research, E-commerce, Analysis, Budgets, Microsoft Excel, Time Management, Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, Customer Service, Social Media, Public Speaking, Microsoft Word, Strategy, Management Consulting, Business Analysis, Project Management, Client Presentation, Cryptocurrency, Decentralized Applications (DApps), global macro, financial markets, KPI/OKR governance, executive reporting, Board-level reporting, APAC market entry, MENA market entry, NFTs, protocol integrations, liquidity management, regulatory strategy, tokenomics, stablecoins, RWA tokenization, venture capital, partnership structuring, Solana, EVM, zkSNARK, English (fluent), Mandarin Chinese (basic) ## Credentials - **Passed all three levels of the CFA Program** --- Source: https://saywise.com/member9050 (last modified 2026-10-06T05:52:27.998Z)