Ash Zamani
Fintech & Crypto Advisor | Former Visa Crypto Lead | Founder
- Role
- Co-founder at Optimex
- Location
- Seattle, WA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Ash Zamani
I am a fintech and crypto entrepreneur, advisor, and investor focused on blockchain protocols, decentralized finance, and digital asset infrastructure. I cofounded Optimex, a decentralized finance platform designed to enable bitcoin-backed loans, yield, and trading through a non-custodial protocol. Previously, I led the Crypto Solutions team at Visa, where I helped develop crypto protocols powering Visa\'s crypto product suite, and before that I led the Digital Currency Research team at Visa Research in Palo Alto, CA.
Experience
Co-founder
Jun 2025 — Present · Seattle, WA, US
Optimex is a finance platform offering self-custodial, on-chain solutions for borrowing, lending, and yield generation of crypto-backed assets. Crypto holders can access global liquidity across DeFi, stablecoins, and traditional markets — without wrapping, bridges, or centralized custody.
Education
Amirkabir University of Technology - Tehran Polytechnic
Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Engineering
2007 — 2010
The University of New Mexico
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science
Amirkabir University of Technology - Tehran Polytechnic
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Software Engineering
2003 — 2007
Yale University
Postdoc, Computer Science
2016 — 2017
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