Timothy Reed – Cryptocurrency Product & Operations Advisor

SUMMARY

  • Extensive experience as a multi-asset class Prime Brokerage operations manager, including client service, middle office, client-facing reporting, onboarding, and business startup.
  • Proven success collaborating with engineering, client service, legal, operations, sales, and support.
  • Strong technical background.

SKILLS

Subject MatterCustody, Institutional Lending, Loan Servicing/Collateral Management, Settlement, Stablecoins, Tokenization
TechnicalGoogle Apps Script, HTML, Python, REST API, Scripting, SQL Queries, UNIX
SoftwareGoogle Sheets/Docs/Workspace, Canva, Carta, Confluence, JIRA, Lucid, Notion, Postman

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Freelance Consultant – New York, NYDec 2025–Present
Product & Operations Advisor

Advises early-stage fintech clients on product requirements, operational workflows, and platform design across short-term engagements.

Static Finance Inc. dba Power Finance – Boston, MA (remote)Apr 2025Dec 2025
Vice President, OperationsJul 2025Dec-2025
ConsultantApr 2025–Jul 2025

Owned and executed core operations to run and scale an electricity market and tokenized finance platform at a three-person startup. Worked cross-functionally with portfolio management, engineering, legal, investors, and external partners to ensure reliable settlement, controls, and regulatory readiness.

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

  • Defined end-to-end operational responsibilities, workflows, user journeys, and asset flows.
  • Led KYC/KYB processes and client due diligence processes.
  • Partnered with legal and compliance on regulatory implementation and entity formation.
  • Designed and implemented risk controls, internal processes, and audit readiness.
  • Supported treasury, cash management, and financial operations; managed accounting and payroll.
  • Evaluated and selected financial services providers and vendors, and led integrations.
  • Served as primary liaison with vendors, banks, accounting, counsel, and funding partners.
Freelance Consultant – New York, NYMay 2024Jul 2025
Product & Operations Advisor

Advised early-stage fintech clients on product requirements, operational workflows, and platform design across short-term engagements.

Lionsoul Global Inc. – London, UK (remote)Dec 2023Apr 2024
Head of Operations

Led operations for a startup digital assets investment platform serving HNW clients.

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

  • Worked closely with product managers, business analysts, engineers, and McKinsey consulting team on operations requirements, platform design, and user journeys.
  • Defined platform workflows, entity relationships, account hierarchies, and fund flows and controls.
  • Managed iOS app releases to the App Store.
  • Evaluated service providers for banking, custody, compliance, execution, legal, security, and insurance.
  • Defined entity relationships, account hierarchies, SMA and SPC investment and redemption, asset conversion, and fee management.
  • Participated in talent recruitment at all levels, from president to analyst roles.
Circle Internet Financial, LLC – New York, NYOct 2022Jan 2024
Institutional Market Operations Senior Director

Led prime brokerage and OTC FX daily operations, including on-boarding, middle office, and client service.

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

  • Defined business requirements for the institutional lending business, including jurisdictional and regulatory compliance, business plan, policies and procedures, staffing, and software specifications.
  • Designed, launched, and managed the OTC FX business, from new client onboarding, pricing mechanics, confirmation workflows, onchain settlement, and reporting.
  • Collaborated with legal to create and license a state-regulated qualified custodian.
BitGo Inc. – New York, NYJun 2019Jul 2022
Prime Brokerage Business Manager

Managed Crypto Prime Brokerage daily operations, including institutional crypto lending, trading, settlement, and loan servicing.

Responsibilities/Deliverables:

  • Responsible for all aspects of BitGo Prime’s daily operations and client service, including KYC/AML, loan origination, asset transfers, and daily settlement with liquidity providers and clients.
  • Designed and built an automated Google Sheets-based lending platform used to manage a $1b+ loan book.
  • Developed service and product requirements and use cases; populated JIRA backlog.
  • Managed loan servicing in partnership with BitGo Trust, its regulated custodian.
  • Managed six-person global client service team responsible for new client onboard.
Bank of America, Equity Services Technology – New York, NYApr 2017Mar 2019
Project Manager/Business Analyst/Agile Project Owner

Freelance ConsultantJan 2016Mar 2017
Project Manager/Business Analyst

Citco Fund Services (USA), Inc. – Jersey City, NJSep 2008Sep 2015
Broker Connectivity Manager/Vice President 

EXPERIENCE PRIOR TO 2008

Lehman Brothers – New York, NY
Product Manager (Vice President)

UBS Securities – New York, NY
Fixed Income Prime Brokerage Product Manager (Director)

JP Morgan – New York, NY
Senior UNIX Systems Engineer/Administrator

Credit Suisse – Tokyo, Japan
Front Office Trading Systems Manager

Objective Technologies – New York, NY
Founder/Technology Startup

Nomura Securities – New York, NY
Systems, Network and Database Administrator

TRAINING

  • SDM SAFe Product Owner-Product Manager (PMPO)
  • SDM Lean – Agile for Teams
  • Fundamentals of Product Management, Sequent Learning Networks
  • Advanced MS Project Workshop, Project Management Institute NYC Chapter
  • Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute (PMI)

EDUCATION

  • Undergraduate studies, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY