STEPHEN M. MEADE
Independent Strategic Advisor
STEPHEN M. MEADE, an American entrepreneur, executive and business founder who is passionate about creating companies that make a difference in the world. He has the ability to catapult an idea from pure concept to the creation of a thriving business. In the past 20 years, he has created, incubated and architected nine (9) successful technology-based companies. He is a seasoned business advisor and leader who frequently speaks on the art of networking at executive leadership conferences and startup communities (i.e. executives, entrepreneurs, start-up founders, co-founders, students) around the world. In 2005, he founded Big Bamboo, LLC to serve as the incubator for ideas that are worth building a team around and bringing to market. Currently, all ideas come solely from the Founder and the company does not take on or incubate outside business or services. He is currently the CEO of MonetaPro.IO, which is a FinTech Blockchain company for Global Companies to participate in Corporate Trade. MonetaPro.IO competed in and won the Silicon Valley d10e Global ICO contest, which to date was the largest ICO competition in the World featuring 32 companies. MonetaPro has placed in the following competitions: Fintech Zurich (1st Place), Los Angeles Crypto (1st Place), Malta (2nd Place), South Korea (3rd place), and more! Meade is also the CEO of MagMo, Inc., a B2B Platform focused on technology around Media, Entertainment, and Influencers. MagMo (which stands for Magic Moments) is a photo sharing tool primarily for major brands to create stories and share it with their existing audience. MagMo can provide monetization for social media audiences of the brand through a patent pending process known as the “back cover.” His roster of successful businesses includes MyBlueEarth, Cenoplex, RONAstar, ComCom, CuCme, etc.
JENNY Q. TA
Founder | GP | Chief Wealth Strategist
JENNY Q. TA is a Wall Street veteran, multi-exit founder, venture capitalist, and globally recognized Chief Wealth Strategist with a proven track record across finance, technology, and capital markets. A self-made entrepreneur and seasoned leader, she has structured and led multi-billion-dollar investments worldwide, earning recognition as one of the few women to bridge Wall Street discipline with digital-era innovation. In 2022, she launched Web3VC Funds, rebranded in 2024 as WEAL28H, a private fund and strategic advisory platform powered a team with nearly a century of combined expertise in financial, legal, and capital markets. As Founder, General Partner, Managing Director, and Chief Wealth Strategist, Ta leads WEAL28H’s global investment and wealth architecture initiatives, advising founders, family offices, and institutions on modern capital strategy and digital asset integration. In July 2024, she became the sole backer of Tetherball ($TBALL) Super Utility Coin, the first AI-powered hybrid meme-utility crypto-payments token. Initially listed on Solana ($SOL) at a $10 million valuation, $TBALL achieved a historic all-time high of $15 million within just three months. Earlier in her career, Ta founded and led Vantage Investments, an internationally recognized investment bank that was successfully acquired, and before that, Titan Securities, a full-service broker-dealer and investment banking firm also acquired in the 2000s. Under her leadership, both firms, along with their online trading subsidiary VietTrading.com, collectively oversaw assets equivalent to roughly $10 billion today, delivering consistent performance across public and private markets. Her expertise spans Nasdaq market making, market analysis, IPO co-underwriting, reverse mergers, and SPACs, alongside private market deal structuring that aligns institutional capital with frontier innovation. As a forward-looking leader in AI and decentralized technologies, she and her team navigate complex SEC, CFTC, and FINRA frameworks while advancing fintech models that fuse blockchain, artificial intelligence, and traditional finance. In the broader tech and venture space, Ta also founded VCNetwork.co and CoinLinked.com in 2021, two platforms that bridged traditional investors and marketplaces with blockchain-based innovation. Both ventures were successfully acquired following their rapid growth and adoption. Ta has never publicly disclosed her exact birth year in any media interview in the U.S. or internationally. As a result, any age references circulating online are unverified and not based on an official statement. While some sources have attempted to estimate her age tracing her career milestones, these remain speculative without her direct confirmation. In multiple X (formerly Twitter) Spaces, she has described herself as being in the younger half of Generation X, just a few years shy of the Millennial cutoff in 1980.
CUSTIS L. SPEARS
Independent Strategic Advisor
CURTIS L. SPEARS, President & CEO of Andes Capital Group. In this role, Mr. Spears is responsible for overall firm strategy and day-to-day operations. Mr. Spears brings over 25 years of experience in the asset management arena. Prior to joining Andes, Mr. Spears held several senior leadership roles, including Senior Managing Director with Gray & Company, President of Gardner Rich, and Managing Director of Public Fund Sales with Fifth Third Asset Management. He also served as Vice President at The Northern Trust Company where he was responsible for client service and marketing investment products and services to the institutional marketplace. Before taking on client responsibilities, Mr. Spears managed domestic and international equity index portfolios for Northern Trust. Throughout his career, Mr. Spears’ level of excellence has enabled him to build strong relationships with top-tier financial firms and institutional investors. A native of Chicago, he also sees it as his duty to give back to the community. He currently serves on the Governing Board for UCAN and has served on auxiliary boards for the Steppenwolf Theater, the Field Museum and the Primo Center for Women and Children where he has raised funds crucial to operations, and helped to increase awareness. Mr. Spears received his B.S. in computer science from Northwestern University and an M.B.A. from DePaul University. He holds the Series 24, 7, 63, 65 and 79 securities licenses.
