NEW YORK, Sept. 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Ideanomics
(formerly: Seven Stars Cloud Group, Inc.) (NASDAQ:SSC)
("Ideanomics" or the "Company"), a leading global fintech and asset
digitization services company focused on digital asset production
and distribution, is please to announce the promotion of
Robert G. Benya, to Executive Vice
Chairman, (formally Ideanomics President & Chief Revenue
Officer) and Alfred P. Poor, as
Chief Operating Officer.
"Robert and Alfred are exceptional executives with extensive
start-up experience, product innovation achievements, and have
successfully built very large and expansive new businesses.
Under their leadership, the Ideanomics' team is growing rapidly and
these appointments puts us in the perfect position to be the global
leader in asset digitization, securitization and tokenization."
Said Mr. Bruno Wu, Chairman and
Co-CEO of Ideonomics.
In a very short period of time, Mr. Wu and Mr. Benya have built
and executed the initial phase of Ideanomics' strategic plan via a
broad range of fintech merger and acquisitions, attracting
world-class leadership talent, substantially growing Ideanomics'
revenue and market cap, and building key infrastructures including
the company's U.S. global headquarters in NYC's financial district
and the Ideanomics' "Fintech Village", in West Hartford, CT on the former UCONN campus,
to drive R&D and innovation.
Executive Vice Chairman, Robert G.
Benya, said "We're very proud of our short-term
progress and success as we continue building a leading global
fintech company that drives shareholder value. My focus going
forward is to help the organization attract, retain and develop the
talent required to fuel this high-growth trajectory we are on, and
to ensure we are positioned to take full advantage of the revenue
opportunities we have before us. It's an exciting time for the
company".
Since his appointment as Chief Revenue Officer for Ideanomics in
2017, Mr. Benya has been instrumental in securing strategic,
long-range technology licensing agreements, that are inline with
the Ideanomics' 4+2+1 strategy to drive growth across its core
product areas which are 1) Fixed Income-based Financial Digital
Assets, 2) Consumer Tech Digital Assets, 3) Commodity and Energy
Digital Assets, and 4) TradeTech Digital Assets.
Further, Ideanomics is pleased to announce that Mr. Alfred Poor will become our Chief Operating
Officer and will lead Global Operations. Mr. Poor brings rich
experience from a 20-year career in start-ups, guiding them through
periods of ultra-high growth through to acquisition or merger. As
well as a strong background in operations, he brings hands-on
experience in helping start-ups gain industry compliance and
certifications in some of the world's most highly-regulated areas,
including Healthcare, Financial Services, and Government. Some of
his notable achievements include key executive roles with a
real-time AI-based information search and discovery engine acquired
by AOL, and a web services company which achieved 6,091% revenue
growth over a 3-year period and earned a place on the Deloitte Fast
50 and Deloitte Fast 500 listings. He has recently been focused on
key operational areas, including the acquisition of the former
UConn campus in West Hartford,
Connecticut, and will assume oversight as divisional
President of the "fintech village" as that project develops.
"Ideanomics is changing the fintech landscape. The remarkable
efforts of our Chairman and Co-CEO, Bruno
Wu, our newly-promoted Executive Vice Chairman, Robert Benya, and the outstanding and talented
team they have brought together, has seen the company go from a
standing start to a Blockchain and AI-powered fintech powerhouse in
under a year. Their vision and tenacity have driven the company
forward quickly and dynamically, delivering world-class
partnerships, strategic acquisitions, and deal flow at a size and
scale more mature companies would struggle to achieve in that
timeframe. I am incredibly honored to be part of the Executive team
for the next phase of the company's growth". Said Mr. Alfred Poor, Chief Operating Officer at
Ideanomics.
About Ideanomics
Ideanomics (formally Seven Stars Cloud Group, Inc.), (SSC)
(http://www.ideanomics.com/)
Ideanomics is continuing to become one of the most prominent
global digital asset providers. Relying on its core base of fintech
and digital asset production and services-based ecosystem
enablement, Ideanomics is committed to delivering the best digital
assets via the best underlying technology. This approach will drive
capital formation and sales across our digital asset
ecosystems.
Ideanomics customizes its technology platform for various
business use cases, operates the Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and
partners with businesses that deliver core digital asset
products.
We are focused on delivering a global multi-layer technology
infrastructure ecosystem that issues, trades, and settles digital
asset transactions. We will leverage direct sales channels and
automated sales systems via digital asset exchange platforms which
is inclusive of decentralized exchanges to realize digital asset
distribution, social media, traditional regulated broker dealer
network as well as institutions as direct clients.
Ideanomics continues to drive growth and deal flow in its core
product areas:
1) Fixed Income-based Digital Assets [Chinese National Electric Bus
Financing Agreement, First Auto Loan Financing Agreement, IHT- Real
Estate JV]
2) Consumer Tech Digital Asset [Grapevine acquisition]
3) Commodity and Energy Digital Assets [BBD Digital Capital
Group]
4) TradeTech Digital Assets [Asia-Pacific Model Electronic Port
Network (APMEN) JV]
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