FOUNDING TEAM
Avi Patel, Founder & CEO
Second-time CEO who started a Web3 company that worked with high-level celebrity intellectual property 2 weeks into college. Avi developed that for 4 months which gave him a great handle on the complexities of licensing and Web3 data infrastructure. After exiting his first company Avi immediately started Nitrility to combat the immense challenges he personally faced when dealing with IP. Using his experience in Web3 Avi has architected the entire Nitrility marketplace to not only allow the successful buying and selling of all types of IP, but also the verification of license ownership using the blockchain. Avi then scaled an audience from 0 on both his personal and corporate Instagram pages to single-handedly partner with all of Nitrility’s 34,000 and growing music artists. Avi studied CS at UIUC for 3 months before dropping out to pursue his business ventures full-time. In short, he’s daring, resourceful, and creative enough to pull off a large-scale project like this.
Ryan Driskill, CTO
Ryan Driskill is an experienced full stack developer with heavy expertise in Web3 infrastructure. He has been an early developer at Web3 giants like Crowdworks and Sovryn, where he specialized in layer 2 solutions like Polygon and IMX. Ryan then shifted his focus to develop marketplaces in both the traditional and Web3 realms, until he finally shifted his focus to work full time on Nitrility.
Ryan Masters, General Counsel
Ryan Masters specializes in intellectual property law as an experienced IP lawyer. He is the founder of Masters IP LLC. and he has served clients like HPE, Indeed, and Unilever. Ryan also works directly with several creator clients, giving him first-hand experience in the licensing issues faced by the industry.
Rushi Patel, Data Systems Lead
Rush Patel is a lead project engineer for machine learning and data systems at JP Morgan. He has years of development experience and graduated with countless hours in computing research from the University of Delaware. He has worked as a software architect at Accenture and holds expertise in cloud infrastructure and metadata structuring as well. He has been a pivotal part of the Nitrility team, helping us create systems to validate license ownership on a large scale.
Thomas Masters, Business & Financial Analyst
Thomas has thirty-one years of comprehensive operations, engineering, program, procurement, business management, and board of directors experience. Tom received his MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and his MS in Management and Technology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the Executive Masters Program. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Hartford. Thomas is the COO of Gast Turbine Inspections, he has been on the board of directors at EcoServices, Director at Pratt and Whitney, and President of the board of directors at Pratt and Whitney Line Maintenance Services. Tom is an expert at mocking up all financial projections and data Nitrility could possibly need to analyze markets and decision-making.
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