Lamine Zarrad

Lamine Zarrad

Austin, Texas, United States
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I'm an explorer with a passion for product building and inclusion, expertise in banking…

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Experience

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    StellarFi 🚀

    Austin, Texas, United States

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    Austin, Texas, United States

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    Austin, Texas Area

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    Boulder

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    Greater Denver Area

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Education

  • The University of Texas at Austin Graphic

    The University of Texas at Austin

    MPAff at the LBJ School of Public Affairs with a focus on Public Finance and Advance Quantitative Methods.

    Undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Arlington BBA in International Business/Russian Studies.
    Graduated in three semesters with a 3.89 GPA. Tested out of 66 hours. Dean's List.
    Magna Cum Laude National Honor Society Scholar. Beta Gamma Sigma International Business Honor Society member. Member of the Slavic National Honor Society.

  • Graduate coursework toward a Master of Liberal Arts degree. Focus on Applied Psychometrics. Special interest in Human Engineering.

  • Activities and Societies: Varsity Football, Varsity Track and Field, International Thespian Society (ITS), Show Choir, JROTC, Recipient of the HOPE Scholarship.

Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

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    Innovation Council Member

    FWD.us

    - Present 7 years 2 months

    Human Rights

    The Innovation Council is a group of esteemed community and industry leaders who are committed to lending their influence and ideas to passing comprehensive immigration reform. Over the next two years, the Council will leverage the technology and business communities as well as the unique resources of your region to fix our broken immigration system as to allow entrepreneurs and innovators to stay here, grow companies and create jobs, and create a pathway to citizenship for undocumented…

    The Innovation Council is a group of esteemed community and industry leaders who are committed to lending their influence and ideas to passing comprehensive immigration reform. Over the next two years, the Council will leverage the technology and business communities as well as the unique resources of your region to fix our broken immigration system as to allow entrepreneurs and innovators to stay here, grow companies and create jobs, and create a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.

    The Council is the place where successful and idealistic entrepreneurs, innovators and influencers can pool their energy to innovate advocacy and communicate their important position on immigration reform with elected policymakers.

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    Mentor

    Patriot Boot Camp presented by Techstars

    - Present 5 years 6 months

    Economic Empowerment

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    Speaker

    SourceMedia

    - Present 9 years 1 month

    Economic Empowerment

    PayThink conference topic:

    Reinventing the wheel: how decentralization technologies are extending banking to the unbanked.

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    Official Member

    Forbes Finance Council

    - 1 year 1 month

Publications

Patents

  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC PAYMENT PROCESSING AND RISK ANALYSIS

    Issued US 20200219187

    The present invention includes an inclusive electronic user transactional platform that provides access to banking, payments, and invoice features to help freelancers, independent contractors and other small businesses streamline the financial aspects of running a small or independent business. The centralized platform allows users to open a depository bank account or connect an existing bank account that is then connected to a merchant account, allowing the user to send or receive payments via…

    The present invention includes an inclusive electronic user transactional platform that provides access to banking, payments, and invoice features to help freelancers, independent contractors and other small businesses streamline the financial aspects of running a small or independent business. The centralized platform allows users to open a depository bank account or connect an existing bank account that is then connected to a merchant account, allowing the user to send or receive payments via credit card or ACH. The third feature is an invoice assurance tool that allows users to send invoices to their customers and chose to either factor the invoice for a fee or access an instant line of credit backed by the invoice. The platform also offers incorporation services and integrations with other business tools such as bill pay, time tracking, taxes, expenses, and others.

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Courses

  • Bank Branch Management: Payment and Settlement Systems

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  • Bank Examining I & II

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  • Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering

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  • Capital, Earnings, Liquidity, Sensitivity to Interest Risk examination course

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  • Economics of Money and Banking

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  • Financial Engineering and Risk Management

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  • Loan Documentation and Credit Fundamentals

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  • Regulatory Compliance School

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Honors & Awards

  • Built In Austin’s 50 Startups to Watch in 2020

    Built In Austin

    https://www.builtinaustin.com/2020/01/14/50-austin-startups-watch-2020

  • Interactive Innovation Award (New Economy category) Finalist

    SWSX

    https://www.sxsw.com/interactive/2020/innovation-awards-finalists-announced-for-sxsw-2020/

  • Most Influential Young Professionals of 2019

    ColoradoBiz Magazine

    Innovation Serves the Underbanked in the Financial System

    Lamine Zarrad dreams up Joust, named top under-40 professional

    https://www.cobizmag.com/People/Innovation-Serves-the-Underbanked-in-the-Financial-System/

  • New Economy Interactive Innovation Award Finalist

    SWSX

    https://www.sxsw.com/interactive/2017/interactive-innovation-awards-65-finalists/

  • Builtin Colorado 50 startups to watch in 2017

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Languages

  • Russian

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • French

    Elementary proficiency

  • Arabic

    Elementary proficiency

Organizations

  • American Corporate Partners

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    - Present

  • Beta Gamma Sigma International Business Honor Society

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  • The Wall Street Warfighters Foundation

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