Proposal “Proposal-Dash-CannTrade-AltThirtySix“ (Completed)Back
| Title: | Proposal: Dash + CannTrade |
| Owner: | AdamHolub |
| One-time payment: | 627 DASH (18556 USD) |
| Completed payments: | 1 totaling in 627 DASH (0 month remaining) |
| Payment start/end: | 2017-09-18 / 2017-10-18 (added on 2017-09-23) |
| Votes: | 786 Yes / 20 No / 21 Abstain |
Proposal description
Monthly Updates:
October 2017 -- Submitted 10/31 https://docs.google.com/document/d/14wcIWbR5cRBg9qZ48M9oASqeXlq44OMupHC6_Q34kjE/edit?usp=sharing
CannTrade Proposal
CannTrade, California’s premier cannabis specific B2B marketplace and CRM has partnered with Alt Thirty Six to deliver the first truly comprehensive and expedient banking & digital payment solution to the cannabis industry. Our goal is to establish Dash as the go-to currency for the fastest growing industry in the world.
*Note: This is a cross-post from Dash Forum Pre-Proposal: https://www.dash.org/forum/threads/pre-proposal-dash-canntrade-alt-thirty-six.16886/#post-140014
CannTrade Proposal Document:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hBZxTMyBb3ylyaL0ZLyU0jFWzcgS8jczRehZifKSpEQ/edit?usp=sharing
If approved, this proposal would help fund:
The payout address for the Dash biz dev fund is: XfNeikkfga1GUVt3TUE5XjB4jRhQXPPiKa
We hope this proposal will clearly communicate who we are, what we’ve already created, and what our roadmap for the future holds with regards to this project. We welcome questions, comments, and concerns, and look forward to hearing from and conversing with the Dash community.
Our Company:
CannTrade is a technology platform that facilitates transactions between all businesses along the cannabis distribution chain, as well as linking in the ancillary and 3rd party services needed to support the burgeoning industry. The CannTrade platform is comprised of three pillars:
We plan to expand to and establish a strong presence in all states with viable cannabis regulation within 18 months.
Our website is www.canntrade.com. You can read about my fellow co-founders and I below, at the bottom of this document.
Problems CannTrade Solves
There are several challenges and pitfalls facing cannabis businesses that make the industry fairly unique. First, it is the only large industry that does not have the simple ability to order online at a wholesale level. Orders for many businesses come in through a host of mediums, most often via text, but also through phone calls, emails, spreadsheets, chat, and even instagram comments or direct messages; because of this decentralized approach, many orders are lost or delayed.
Second, without the means to properly track transactions and manage teams, product is misplaced, cash disappears, faulty products go unreturned, and business is lost. It’s not uncommon even for highly profitable businesses to report consistent shrinkage figures of $30-40 thousand per quarter. Or higher.
Not only does CannTrade provide an efficient way to order and reorder products online, the platform supplies powerful ways to track and manage orders and teams. The order process is centralized, inventory is controlled, and businesses have a secure solution to manage their entire wholesale process. The CannTrade platform is FREE to use for cannabis retail businesses, so dispensaries can claim their account and utilize the full feature set without paying a dime.
Growing cannabis brands struggle to adopt CRM solutions that are not tailored for their industry. Most CRM’s are based around email communication and designed for sales reps that spend ample time in front of their computers. This is not how the cannabis industry works. In cannabis, email is one of the least frequently used methods of communication, and reps are on the move, tethered to their phones. Most are rarely, if ever, behind a computer screen.
CannTrade’s CRM is built specifically for the cannabis industry and designed for reps that are mobile, in and out of warehouses, dispensaries, and grows, and often behind the wheel. The streamlined functionality is intuitive and easy to learn, and is uniquely tied directly into inventory and the marketplace, so purchases, orders, account and client management, and reports are all in one place. Our CRM makes the lives of reps easier, saves them time, and makes them more effective at their job. On top of this, sales and account data provides sales managers and administrators the reports they need to make educated business decisions.
But the consensus on the largest problem facing the cannabis industry is the lack of banking and the inability for businesses to transact using digital payments. This problem is one that CannTrade would love to tackle for our growing list of clients, but is one we are not equipped to handle on our own.
Over the last several months, we have met with over 20 businesses claiming to have a solution to bring cashless payments to cannabis through the CannTrade platform, and by far, 36 + Dash have the most compelling product, team, and roadmap. Together, they simply had better answers to the barrier of entry and barrier of use questions that we presented, than anyone else. And they also had a timeline that was further along. We believe, that together, we can make a big splash to everyone’s benefit.
Partnership with Alt Thirty Six
CannTrade has partnered closely with Alt Thirty Six to design the roadmap and begin the groundwork to ensure the cannabis industry adopts DASH as its currency of choice.
For those that are not familiar, Alt Thirty Six is a financial technology company specializing in data intelligence and digital payments. They continue to work closely with the Dash Core team to develop and implement elegant solutions to the barriers of entry for the adoption of digital payments, specifically in the cannabis industry.
CannTrade’s close partnership with Alt Thirty Six will establish our platform as the first to offer a legitimate digital payment solution to cannabis businesses that, up to now, are still dealing exclusively in cash.
Not only do we improve the chances of capturing dispensaries and offer the CannTrade platform for FREE for cannabis retailers (Alt Thirty Six’s main vertical), CannTrade also delivers the keys to the rest of the cannabis business kingdom, expanding the target users beyond dispensaries and patients to now include genetics companies, cultivators, manufacturers, edible companies, brands, and distribution companies. With CannTrade’s ability to offer value to all businesses along the distribution chain, Dash + Alt Thirty Six can be part of a more holistic approach, where there are several possible entry-points to make inroads to adoption of Dash.
Being able to offer a digital payment solution and banking services, not only to dispensaries, but to the entire cannabis business community simultaneously, is a game changer.
We are convinced that the CannTrade +Alt Thirty Six co-developed platform using Dash will be the first and best solution to do just that.
Here are the links to Alt Thirty Six’s previous proposals:
Here is the link to Alt Thirty Six’s current proposals, which include:
As mentioned above, with our value propositions and reach into the B2B realm, we aim to expand the reach of Alt Thirty Six’s solution from solely retail sales at dispensaries, to be able to capture all transactions from the beginning of the distribution chain to the end. There are millions of B2B wholesale and B2B retail transactions that happen every month in the state of California alone. Greater Los Angeles, CannTrade’s back yard and primary region of focus, accounted for nearly 1 billion in retail sales last year by itself.
Key Market Facts and Figures:
We are asking the Dash network for 627 total DASH (value=$217,000 USD) in three goal based payments that will be adjusted according to the DASH/USD exchange rate at the time of the payment.
We understand that this is a higher amount than the community typically sees for an integration (though this is more than just an integration). The reason for this is that we are not a cryptocurrency company that is ready-built and is simply adding a new currency. We are a trading platform that, (due to the fact that no true solution exists for the industry we service) currently does not have the ability for any type of electronic payment to take place. This project’s ultimate goal is to supply one.
The integration will be a comprehensive process that requires planning and project management, extensive development involving re-engineering of several sections of the platform, including registration, marketplace, etc., and education/outreach to raise awareness of the solution & to effectively communicate to potential adopters that the solution is safe, easy, and worth it. The end result will be a fully functional transaction system built from the ground up with reporting and support.
The proposed funds will go towards supporting 3 full time developers, 1 project manager, and 2 QA engineers for 3 months. It will also help offset expenses that will be ongoing well beyond the 3 month tech integration, such as those associated with marketing, education, and customer support.
In order to ensure we deliver as promised, we have:
CannTrade will supply periodic updates to the Dash Network and to the Dash community on the same schedule as Alt Thirty Six (high level weekly update to the core team, and a monthly update to the community).
Upon the successful execution of this proposal, we have plans to submit additional proposals to drive Dash coin promotion and adoption.
Dash Contribution Total for the Project
(Approx 627 total DASH in 3 monthly payments)
**CannTrade has a formal exclusivity and escrow agreement formulated and in place with Dash.**
Development Timeline: 3 months
The ultimate goal is to have the Dash-ready product up, running, and scalable by January 2018 to coincide with the activation of new regulations and licensure in California.
The following is the schedule of actions and criteria to be delivered and assessed by the Dash Core team before a USD-equivalent payment is made. These criteria are in addition to weekly high level reports submitted to the Dash Core team and monthly reports submitted to the Dash community.
First Month Milestones (50% of total payment)
Mapping and modeling - 2 weeks​
Tech Integration begins (Primary Development) - 3 weeks​
API sandbox testing between CannTrade and Alt36 (initial fake transactions)
UI/UX refinement
Bug fixing
Final Month Milestones (25% of total payment)
Beta Testing & redevelopment - 3 weeks​
Upon successful completion of this project, CannTrade plans to submit additional proposals to drive DASH adoption. We have several established and developing partnerships that will increase the value of the overall project and relationship.
Further Plans include:
~Adam
CannTrade Co-founders:
Mark Restelli - CEO
Mark is a former professional football player who sustained a career ending foot injury while playing for the Miami Dolphins. It took a total of 4 surgeries over a 3 year period to get his foot back into functional shape. Realizing cannabis was the only medication that could safely relieve the pain from 20 years of football injuries, he dove headlong into the cannabis industry at the close of his professional athletic career. He soon discovered that cannabis would be his lifelong passion.
Mark earned a degree in Agricultural Business with a minor in Viticulture from California Polytechnic State University. He worked in the wine industry during his 4-year professional football career and was responsible for the creation of his own small production distribution company called Glasshouse Wines. After leaving the wine industry and retiring from football, Mark spent the last 5 years working in the medical cannabis industry. He began by growing cannabis in his garage and used his skills in design and marking to develop medical cannabis products for several shops and brands. In 2014, Mark founded Plant 2 Products, a collective in California that is licensed to cultivate, extract, manufacture, and distribute cannabis products. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Restelli https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-restelli/
Adam Holub (CISSP)- President
Adam has a composite professional background with roots in both technology and academia. His love of literature and education led him to teach eight years of high school English in New York City. Prior to teaching, Adam was the Senior Deployment Manager for Foundstone, Inc., a vulnerability management and strategic security professional services company acquired by McAfee in 2004. Adam managed the operational logistics for deployment of the Foundstone FS1000 Appliance at dozens of Fortune 100 clients, including large-scale security platform customization for the largest bank on the eastern seaboard, and spearheaded the manufacturing of the security appliance for the U.S. Department of Justice. Adam earned a BA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, completed advanced coursework at New York University, and has a Master’s in Education from Pace University. https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-holub-8500b82/
Drew Harmon - CTO
After earning his Bachelor’s of Science degree in computer science from Stonehill College in 2005, Drew joined QVidian (Formerly Kadient) building a distributed job processing architecture for an enterprise level CRM product. He took that expertise to Digital Results Group in 2009 where he was one of the lead developers on Ageon ISR, a cutting edge software product used to provide real time intelligence data from cameras, RADAR, and gunfire detection systems to US Army and Navy forces. Ageon ISR continues to be widely deployed throughout the world and has contributed to a significant reduction in US troop deaths by IEDs. https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewharmon/
Brian Holub - CIO
Brian began his career in the software security industry working for Foundstone, then Mcafee and Intel (both through acquisition). Over the course of 8 years he ascended to a lead development position serving clients from major financial institutions, government departments, military divisions, and the largest corporations in the world. In 2010 he decided to scratch his entrepreneurial itch and start WODTogether, Inc. an SaaS company focused on financial and business management for CrossFit affiliate facilities. WODTogether facilitates tens of millions of dollars of transactions for clients as well as tracking membership activities, all the way down to each gym clients health and fitness benchmarks. https://www.linkedin.com/in/bholub/
October 2017 -- Submitted 10/31 https://docs.google.com/document/d/14wcIWbR5cRBg9qZ48M9oASqeXlq44OMupHC6_Q34kjE/edit?usp=sharing
CannTrade Proposal
CannTrade, California’s premier cannabis specific B2B marketplace and CRM has partnered with Alt Thirty Six to deliver the first truly comprehensive and expedient banking & digital payment solution to the cannabis industry. Our goal is to establish Dash as the go-to currency for the fastest growing industry in the world.
*Note: This is a cross-post from Dash Forum Pre-Proposal: https://www.dash.org/forum/threads/pre-proposal-dash-canntrade-alt-thirty-six.16886/#post-140014
CannTrade Proposal Document:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hBZxTMyBb3ylyaL0ZLyU0jFWzcgS8jczRehZifKSpEQ/edit?usp=sharing
If approved, this proposal would help fund:
- Continued development, quality assurance, and launch of Dash specific features on the CannTrade Platform + Multi-Level Integration with the 36 + Dash driven payment solution
- Marketing & Education Campaigns to promote user adoption of Dash in the B2B wholesale, B2B retail, and B2C cannabis markets.
The payout address for the Dash biz dev fund is: XfNeikkfga1GUVt3TUE5XjB4jRhQXPPiKa
We hope this proposal will clearly communicate who we are, what we’ve already created, and what our roadmap for the future holds with regards to this project. We welcome questions, comments, and concerns, and look forward to hearing from and conversing with the Dash community.
Our Company:
CannTrade is a technology platform that facilitates transactions between all businesses along the cannabis distribution chain, as well as linking in the ancillary and 3rd party services needed to support the burgeoning industry. The CannTrade platform is comprised of three pillars:
- A legally compliant online B2B cannabis marketplace
- A cannabis specific CRM that empowers businesses to manage their accounts and drive sales
- A growing database of businesses, wholesale data, and lead generation tools.
We plan to expand to and establish a strong presence in all states with viable cannabis regulation within 18 months.
Our website is www.canntrade.com. You can read about my fellow co-founders and I below, at the bottom of this document.
Problems CannTrade Solves
There are several challenges and pitfalls facing cannabis businesses that make the industry fairly unique. First, it is the only large industry that does not have the simple ability to order online at a wholesale level. Orders for many businesses come in through a host of mediums, most often via text, but also through phone calls, emails, spreadsheets, chat, and even instagram comments or direct messages; because of this decentralized approach, many orders are lost or delayed.
Second, without the means to properly track transactions and manage teams, product is misplaced, cash disappears, faulty products go unreturned, and business is lost. It’s not uncommon even for highly profitable businesses to report consistent shrinkage figures of $30-40 thousand per quarter. Or higher.
Not only does CannTrade provide an efficient way to order and reorder products online, the platform supplies powerful ways to track and manage orders and teams. The order process is centralized, inventory is controlled, and businesses have a secure solution to manage their entire wholesale process. The CannTrade platform is FREE to use for cannabis retail businesses, so dispensaries can claim their account and utilize the full feature set without paying a dime.
Growing cannabis brands struggle to adopt CRM solutions that are not tailored for their industry. Most CRM’s are based around email communication and designed for sales reps that spend ample time in front of their computers. This is not how the cannabis industry works. In cannabis, email is one of the least frequently used methods of communication, and reps are on the move, tethered to their phones. Most are rarely, if ever, behind a computer screen.
CannTrade’s CRM is built specifically for the cannabis industry and designed for reps that are mobile, in and out of warehouses, dispensaries, and grows, and often behind the wheel. The streamlined functionality is intuitive and easy to learn, and is uniquely tied directly into inventory and the marketplace, so purchases, orders, account and client management, and reports are all in one place. Our CRM makes the lives of reps easier, saves them time, and makes them more effective at their job. On top of this, sales and account data provides sales managers and administrators the reports they need to make educated business decisions.
But the consensus on the largest problem facing the cannabis industry is the lack of banking and the inability for businesses to transact using digital payments. This problem is one that CannTrade would love to tackle for our growing list of clients, but is one we are not equipped to handle on our own.
Over the last several months, we have met with over 20 businesses claiming to have a solution to bring cashless payments to cannabis through the CannTrade platform, and by far, 36 + Dash have the most compelling product, team, and roadmap. Together, they simply had better answers to the barrier of entry and barrier of use questions that we presented, than anyone else. And they also had a timeline that was further along. We believe, that together, we can make a big splash to everyone’s benefit.
Partnership with Alt Thirty Six
CannTrade has partnered closely with Alt Thirty Six to design the roadmap and begin the groundwork to ensure the cannabis industry adopts DASH as its currency of choice.
For those that are not familiar, Alt Thirty Six is a financial technology company specializing in data intelligence and digital payments. They continue to work closely with the Dash Core team to develop and implement elegant solutions to the barriers of entry for the adoption of digital payments, specifically in the cannabis industry.
CannTrade’s close partnership with Alt Thirty Six will establish our platform as the first to offer a legitimate digital payment solution to cannabis businesses that, up to now, are still dealing exclusively in cash.
Not only do we improve the chances of capturing dispensaries and offer the CannTrade platform for FREE for cannabis retailers (Alt Thirty Six’s main vertical), CannTrade also delivers the keys to the rest of the cannabis business kingdom, expanding the target users beyond dispensaries and patients to now include genetics companies, cultivators, manufacturers, edible companies, brands, and distribution companies. With CannTrade’s ability to offer value to all businesses along the distribution chain, Dash + Alt Thirty Six can be part of a more holistic approach, where there are several possible entry-points to make inroads to adoption of Dash.
Being able to offer a digital payment solution and banking services, not only to dispensaries, but to the entire cannabis business community simultaneously, is a game changer.
We are convinced that the CannTrade +Alt Thirty Six co-developed platform using Dash will be the first and best solution to do just that.
Here are the links to Alt Thirty Six’s previous proposals:
Here is the link to Alt Thirty Six’s current proposals, which include:
- Pre-Proposal: Alt Thirty Six + Dash ATM network
- Pre-Proposal: Alt Thirty Six + Dash sponsorships and marketing
As mentioned above, with our value propositions and reach into the B2B realm, we aim to expand the reach of Alt Thirty Six’s solution from solely retail sales at dispensaries, to be able to capture all transactions from the beginning of the distribution chain to the end. There are millions of B2B wholesale and B2B retail transactions that happen every month in the state of California alone. Greater Los Angeles, CannTrade’s back yard and primary region of focus, accounted for nearly 1 billion in retail sales last year by itself.
Key Market Facts and Figures:
- The Cannabis industry is projected to reach 20+ billion in retail sales by 2021, and 50+ billion by 2026. Wholesale figures can be estimated to be approximately 60% of those figures.
- California alone accounts for over 25% of national retail sales--and with recreational sales coming, this figure will grow significantly
- The state expects there to be over 25,000 licenses in California in 2018 & beyond.
- There are more than 1 million medical marijuana patients in CA + AZ combined (and California, now a recreationally legal state, will soon be bringing recreational retail sales onboard)
- The CA recreational market is expected to be 5 billion dollars.
We are asking the Dash network for 627 total DASH (value=$217,000 USD) in three goal based payments that will be adjusted according to the DASH/USD exchange rate at the time of the payment.
We understand that this is a higher amount than the community typically sees for an integration (though this is more than just an integration). The reason for this is that we are not a cryptocurrency company that is ready-built and is simply adding a new currency. We are a trading platform that, (due to the fact that no true solution exists for the industry we service) currently does not have the ability for any type of electronic payment to take place. This project’s ultimate goal is to supply one.
The integration will be a comprehensive process that requires planning and project management, extensive development involving re-engineering of several sections of the platform, including registration, marketplace, etc., and education/outreach to raise awareness of the solution & to effectively communicate to potential adopters that the solution is safe, easy, and worth it. The end result will be a fully functional transaction system built from the ground up with reporting and support.
The proposed funds will go towards supporting 3 full time developers, 1 project manager, and 2 QA engineers for 3 months. It will also help offset expenses that will be ongoing well beyond the 3 month tech integration, such as those associated with marketing, education, and customer support.
In order to ensure we deliver as promised, we have:
- Entered a 36 month exclusivity agreement with the Dash Core team that stipulates that Dash will be the only digital currency to be used by and promoted through the CannTrade platform
- Agreed that the Dash Core Group will hold the funds in escrow (in the business development fund) until we meet milestones enumerated in the Project Milestones below.
- Support engineering and development integral to the integration with Alt Thirty Six,
- Offset operating expenses as the CannTrade team must be trained in selling and implementing the digital solution, and
- Offset marketing expenses going toward campaigns to raise awareness of the 36 +Dash solution available through CannTrade.
CannTrade will supply periodic updates to the Dash Network and to the Dash community on the same schedule as Alt Thirty Six (high level weekly update to the core team, and a monthly update to the community).
Upon the successful execution of this proposal, we have plans to submit additional proposals to drive Dash coin promotion and adoption.
Dash Contribution Total for the Project
- Project Management and Roadmapping $10,000
- Development Costs $150,000
- Integration with 36 + Dash platform
- Dash specific features, including registration/sign up requirements for Alt thirty Six + Dash platform & wallet solution
- Database, API, & front-end development
- Quality Assurance Testing & Beta Testing $40,000
- Education & Marketing $17,000
- Education & training of CannTrade team on 36 + Dash platform
- All CannTrade clients will automatically be signed up to use Dash
- Industry Trade Shows
- SWCC Phoenix projects 7000+ attendees, including over 150 businesses & 1000+ vendor passes
- 36 + Dash platform sponsored Product Launch Event
- Media Exposure
- CannabisRadio.com
- The Marijuana Show (Season 3)
(Approx 627 total DASH in 3 monthly payments)
**CannTrade has a formal exclusivity and escrow agreement formulated and in place with Dash.**
Development Timeline: 3 months
The ultimate goal is to have the Dash-ready product up, running, and scalable by January 2018 to coincide with the activation of new regulations and licensure in California.
- Project Approval
- First Payment - 50%
- Mapping and modeling - 2 weeks
- Pre - Integration development - 3 weeks
- Second Payment - 25%
- Tech Integration begins (Primary Development) - 3 weeks
- Internal Testing - 2 weeks
- Third Payment - 05%
- Beta Testing & redevelopment - 3 weeks
- Push to production & Go live 2-3 days
The following is the schedule of actions and criteria to be delivered and assessed by the Dash Core team before a USD-equivalent payment is made. These criteria are in addition to weekly high level reports submitted to the Dash Core team and monthly reports submitted to the Dash community.
First Month Milestones (50% of total payment)
Mapping and modeling - 2 weeks​
- Project scoping discussion with Alt36
- Functional specification documents
- Database updates for transaction support
- API development for transaction support
- UI development for transaction support
Tech Integration begins (Primary Development) - 3 weeks​
- Initial API calls between CannTrade & Alt36
- Testing workflow for new DASH users
API sandbox testing between CannTrade and Alt36 (initial fake transactions)
UI/UX refinement
Bug fixing
Final Month Milestones (25% of total payment)
Beta Testing & redevelopment - 3 weeks​
- Staging environment testing & bug bash
- Bug fixing and UI tweaks
- Deployment to production systems
- Testing live environment
Upon successful completion of this project, CannTrade plans to submit additional proposals to drive DASH adoption. We have several established and developing partnerships that will increase the value of the overall project and relationship.
Further Plans include:
- Sponsoring CannTrade B2B and B2C trade shows & events where every business that attends the event is required to be registered and legally verified on CannTrade. These events will be sponsored and Co-Branded as Dash events, and vendors and guests will be heavily incentivized to use DASH coins for any and all transactions.
- Program to further incentivize adoption of DASH by CannTrade clients (new and existing), including DASH coin giveaways, contests, etc.
- Direct integrations with additional software companies, such as POS systems, Seed to Sale tracking software platforms, Dispensary customer retention software, B2C Online ordering platforms, etc.
- Alt Thirty Six
- CannabisRadio.com
- Highlanders Distribution
- Plant 2 Products Inc
- MITA Arizona
- UCBA (California)
- Yobi
~Adam
CannTrade Co-founders:
Mark Restelli - CEO
Mark is a former professional football player who sustained a career ending foot injury while playing for the Miami Dolphins. It took a total of 4 surgeries over a 3 year period to get his foot back into functional shape. Realizing cannabis was the only medication that could safely relieve the pain from 20 years of football injuries, he dove headlong into the cannabis industry at the close of his professional athletic career. He soon discovered that cannabis would be his lifelong passion.
Mark earned a degree in Agricultural Business with a minor in Viticulture from California Polytechnic State University. He worked in the wine industry during his 4-year professional football career and was responsible for the creation of his own small production distribution company called Glasshouse Wines. After leaving the wine industry and retiring from football, Mark spent the last 5 years working in the medical cannabis industry. He began by growing cannabis in his garage and used his skills in design and marking to develop medical cannabis products for several shops and brands. In 2014, Mark founded Plant 2 Products, a collective in California that is licensed to cultivate, extract, manufacture, and distribute cannabis products. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Restelli https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-restelli/
Adam Holub (CISSP)- President
Adam has a composite professional background with roots in both technology and academia. His love of literature and education led him to teach eight years of high school English in New York City. Prior to teaching, Adam was the Senior Deployment Manager for Foundstone, Inc., a vulnerability management and strategic security professional services company acquired by McAfee in 2004. Adam managed the operational logistics for deployment of the Foundstone FS1000 Appliance at dozens of Fortune 100 clients, including large-scale security platform customization for the largest bank on the eastern seaboard, and spearheaded the manufacturing of the security appliance for the U.S. Department of Justice. Adam earned a BA from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, completed advanced coursework at New York University, and has a Master’s in Education from Pace University. https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-holub-8500b82/
Drew Harmon - CTO
After earning his Bachelor’s of Science degree in computer science from Stonehill College in 2005, Drew joined QVidian (Formerly Kadient) building a distributed job processing architecture for an enterprise level CRM product. He took that expertise to Digital Results Group in 2009 where he was one of the lead developers on Ageon ISR, a cutting edge software product used to provide real time intelligence data from cameras, RADAR, and gunfire detection systems to US Army and Navy forces. Ageon ISR continues to be widely deployed throughout the world and has contributed to a significant reduction in US troop deaths by IEDs. https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewharmon/
Brian Holub - CIO
Brian began his career in the software security industry working for Foundstone, then Mcafee and Intel (both through acquisition). Over the course of 8 years he ascended to a lead development position serving clients from major financial institutions, government departments, military divisions, and the largest corporations in the world. In 2010 he decided to scratch his entrepreneurial itch and start WODTogether, Inc. an SaaS company focused on financial and business management for CrossFit affiliate facilities. WODTogether facilitates tens of millions of dollars of transactions for clients as well as tracking membership activities, all the way down to each gym clients health and fitness benchmarks. https://www.linkedin.com/in/bholub/
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Could you give any insight in how much the 320 registered verified businesses currently trade?
I think this will give Dash good exposure in the cannabis industry and help with market penetration there.
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