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David Joon Park is a financial services entrepreneur and operator with deep experience across capital markets, banking infrastructure, and financial technology. A graduate of Tulane University, he began his career on Wall Street at Dean Witter Reynolds (now Morgan Stanley), trading derivatives and building a rigorous, market-driven foundation. He has since founded and scaled companies across payments, banking, wealth, and financial infrastructure, including FintechAutomation, UniFi, AccelerationCloud, ModernRails, ChargIt, DeFi Exchange, RetireBetter, and FamilyWealth—focused on institutional-grade systems, automation, and scalability.

Over the course of his career, Park has founded Austin Capital Trust and spent nine years leading a merchant banking fund, completing more than 30 buy-side acquisitions. He is the soon-to-be-published author of How Money Became Code: The Hidden Infrastructure of Payments, Power, and Global Finance. His work spans traditional banking, fintech platform development, and next-generation core operating systems—bridging legacy financial discipline with modern infrastructure where accuracy, governance, and stability matter more than raw speed or UI polish.

Raghu Sastry is a seasoned technology executive, inventor, and problem‑solver with over two decades of experience driving innovation across semiconductors, enterprise infrastructure, mobile platforms, and fintech. His technical expertise includes VLSI design, server and storage systems, mobile application development, and payment and compliance solutions for banking and financial services.

Raghu has held senior technical leadership roles at Agilent Technologies, PMC‑Sierra, Junowallet, and Zeuss Technologies, and currently serves as Chief Technology Officer at ModernRails, where he leads technology strategy and product innovation. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of South Florida, is named on nine U.S. patents, and has published more than 20 research articles.

Fuad Mekhti is an investment banking and corporate finance executive with extensive international experience across mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets, financial technology, real estate, and strategic investments. He joined ModernRails as Executive Vice President, Global Payments, in March 2026, following several years of close collaboration with founder David Park and the leadership team. Throughout his career, he has held senior leadership positions at major investment banks, financial institutions, and international industrial groups across the United States, Europe, the CIS, and emerging markets.

Fuad is the founder of Quantum International, a New York–headquartered investment and merchant banking firm, and previously led the M&A and Equity Capital Markets divisions at one of the largest financial groups in Europe and the CIS. He is also the Founder and CEO of YAS Capital, a real estate debt and equity investment and advisory firm, and Co-Founder and CEO of NovaCore Investments, a private investment firm focused on high-growth technology sectors. He serves as Chairman of the Council of the Foundation for the Support and Development of International Financial Center, majority owner of International Trading Systems within the Astana International Financial Centre. His academic background spans law, finance, and real estate, including Executive Education in Mergers and Acquisitions at Harvard Business School.