David Aktary

David Aktary is the CEO and Founder of Keccak Capital, a crypto investment fund, and AktaryTech, a software development firm. David has been in tech since 1996, when he began at a small ISP in central Michigan. From there, he grew his career at IBM, consulting to the likes of Ford, Chrysler, and the US Postal Service. During graduate school, he interned in venture capital and as an investment banker for JPMorgan. He has (co-)founded multiple startups, including onBrief, a marketing tech SaaS, ERC dEX, a non-custodial blockchain trading platform, and TalonAI, an AI SaaS for the ad industry.

David holds a Bachelor's with honors in Computer Science from the University of Michigan and an MBA with dual concentration in Corporate and Investment Finance from Duke University.