Meet Our Team

WHITNEY LYNN

Chairman

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Retired 1st Lieutenant Whitney Lynn, a veteran of the US Army Medical Service Corps and a seven-time Ironman Triathlon finisher, (2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike, 26.2-mile run) brings over 45 years of experience in M&A, business development, startups, investment, and leadership. With a proven track record of achieving measurable results across global operations in multiple industries, Whitney is a highly accomplished CEO, entrepreneur, startup mentor, business advisor, and executive turnaround consultant.

As a Vice President Software Mergers and Acquisitions at Corum Group Ltd, Whitney was part of the team that has created over 10 billion USD in wealth and conducted over 400 M&A transactions with over $4 Billion US Dollars in transactions in more than 13 countries during the past 35 years. In this capacity, he provided strategic M&A and transactional assistance and guidance to help companies grow. Whitney also served as President of RWBC Holding, where he provided support to a family-owned company, helping to manage its growth.

During his tenure as Interim President & CEO of the 300 million USD Borland International, Whitney executed a strategic plan to gain profitability by downsizing headcount and implementing aggressive cost-saving initiatives. He also revamped the marketing strategy, completed the successful acquisition of Open Environment Corporation, where he was Fractional Chief Operating Officer, and drove the successful integration of OEC employees and subsidiaries with new leadership and culture worldwide.

As President & Chief Operating Officer of Colorbus, Inc., Whitney led the worldwide consolidation, integration, and restructuring of the combined companies with 180 employees and worldwide revenue of $45M. He reduced expenses and headcount to maximize efficiency and revenue contribution per employee, significantly improving quality, on-time delivery, and customer satisfaction.

He also was the Founder, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at lncat Systems Software USA Inc which was successfully sold after only two years to Adaptec Inc for a total value of $26 US Million Dollars and the President & CEO of Meridian Data Inc.

With a talent for building and nurturing strong, trust-based relationships, Whitney advises, coaches, and mentor’s leaders to accelerate growth and profitability while positioning companies for takeover, negotiating mergers or acquisitions, and leading restructuring efforts once acquired.

Whitney has founded and grown several highly profitablesmaller software, systems, and storage companies, turning around companies from unprofitable defined market segments to revenue generation by developing targeted products, increasing customer base, and market share. He has also built major key account relationships and channels of distribution.

As a business owner, Whitney purchased the Ironman bike shop in Kona Hawaii, and a high-end Triathlon Specific Bike Store in San Diego, CA. He increased margins and sales by reducing operational expenses, managed operations, budgeting, finance, P&L, recruiting and training staff, and inventory management. Whitney also grew the business with aggressive sponsor programs and triathlete endorsements.

He is a Member of the Eliances, Newchip Accelerator, where he has worked with and mentored ideation, early stage and start-up companies in various capacities guiding them towards acquiring investors and creation of unique product launch strategies with the most effective channels of distribution. He has increased margins and sales through the elimination of redundant operations, managed operations, budgeting, finance, P&L, recruiting and training staff, inventory management with great sponsorship networks.

He graduated from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and General Business.

Edoardo Farina

Head of Social Adoption

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Edoardo Farina is a die–hard XRP enthusiast and a valued member of the community. Cofounder of The Alpha Husky Club, ❲a prominent NFT Project On The XRP Ledger❳, and a trainee lawyer, Edoardo has deep insights into the technical issues surrounding the blockchain ecosystem. Here he has been a focal point and a point of reference for various blockchain communities, with hundreds of thousands of users. Moreover, he has been involved in conducting numerous presentations for large audiences and possesses a considerable social media following.

Keith Errey

Healthcare Industry Expert

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With an illustrious career marked by leadership in healthcare innovation and a proven track record of success, Keith brings invaluable expertise to the XRP Healthcare team. Keith Errey is widely recognized for his pivotal role in establishing and leading Isansys, a world-leading medtech, medical device, and digital healthcare company. The company, under his guidance, has been at the forefront of revolutionizing remote patient monitoring through its groundbreaking Patient Status Engine (PSE). This innovative platform employs wearable sensors and wireless communication to continuously collect vital signs and physiological data, enabling real-time monitoring across diverse patient populations.

Isansys has collaborated with healthcare institutions, and organisations, and supported many clinical research trials, most notably its collaboration with the NHS (National Health Service) to deploy the PSE into hospital and home care settings. These partnerships aim to improve patient care, enable early intervention, and enhance healthcare efficiency.

Keith has over 25 years of experience in the technology industry, including founding and leading Toumaz UK Ltd. and Oxford Synergetics Ltd. Keith used his skills to develop Toumaz from a two person start-up into a publicly traded company on the AIM stock exchange. Keith Errey has a Master of Science in Atomic/Molecular Physics from the University of Oxford and a Bachelor of Science in Physics from UNSW. Isansys' commitment to excellence has garnered prestigious awards, including being named the 'Best Medtech Company' in the UK Medtech 50 and receiving the 'Best Established Medtech Company' accolade at the 2021 UK IT Industry Awards. These recognitions underscore Isansys' dedication to improving patient outcomes and enhancing healthcare efficiency on a global scale.

Tony Charanduk

Web3 specialist & innovator

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Tony was born and raised in western Canada on a family grain and cattle farm. With a background in agriculture, Tony embarked on his first venture by starting a grain farm, in conjunction with the family farm. The farm diversified into the goat meat industry. As a founder of the Canadian Goat Marketing Co-op Tony served as the organization's President.

In 2000, Tony accepted a position with Hypor swine genetics as manager of swine genetic programs across Canada.

In 2010, Tony joined Cramer Livestock Nutrition as an equity investor and company manager.

With a partner, Tony created Rebel Nutrition, another western Canadian-based livestock nutrition company from scratch. Rebel Nutrition grew from a start-up to a major player in the western Canadian animal nutrition industry. In 2020 Rebel was sold to a larger company, Proveta Nutrition.

Being a crypto investor since 2017, Tony had an interest in creating his own blockchain-based venture. In the fall of 2019, while wrapping up the sale of Rebel, he and 9 other visionary investors started UFF Sports in 2021, which raised $3 million in a matter of seconds. Since then UFFS has gone onto become a global blockchain-based fantasy sports ecosystem, set to disrupt the fantasy sports industry by introducing WEB3 technology.

Laban Roomes

Business Development Manager

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Laban Roomes is a serial entrepreneur who Co-founded XRP Healthcare with his son Kain Roomes – The first Pharma and Healthcare platform to be built on the XRP Ledger.

Having had success investing in a medicinal cannabis company (Marigold Projects Jamaica) of which 49% was then sold to the Canadian public company giant Aphria for USD$80 million. Laban started investing in Bitcoin in 2018, and since then has made several other investments into Blockchain technology companies such as XRP, Zilliqa, Centric and XCAD.

Laban designed and manufactured an innovative portable plating device and in October of 2007, Laban pitched his gold-plating technology – and market traction – live on the hit BBC T.V investment pitching programme ‘Dragon’s Den’ and successfully acquired funding, as well as new guidance from multi-millionaire Dragon James Caan. After 3 years Laban purchased all his shares back from James Caan whilst remaining business allies to follow a new vision for the business. Since then, Laban has attended and supplied luxury gifts in person to the Oscars, created luxury ranges of iPods and iPhones for a host of celebrities including Elton John the Beckhams, Floyd Money Mayweather, Usain Bolt, Mark Wahlberg, Clint Eastwood and Will Smith, to mention just a few, not to mention creating an opportunity for hundreds of individuals worldwide to work from home using his portable gold plating technology. The company has also launched initiatives and campaigns to raise money by donating a percentage of the company’s luxury gift sales to raise much-needed cash for several high-profile charities including the Elton John Aids Foundation (EJAF), The Teenage Cancer TRUST and SOS Children’s Villages.

Laban has also gone on to win the Great British Entrepreneur and the coveted Lloyds TSB – FSB Entrepreneur of the year award and now spends his time in Jamaica, Miami, and Dubai where he has business interests.

Kain Roomes

Founder

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Kain Roomes is the Founder & CEO of XRP Healthcare – Kain was born in the United Kingdom London, a keen sportsman he grew up to play soccer at a professional level. Kain quit through injury and became a model in the fitness industry promoting sports brands such as Sports Direct and Nike, he then went on to become a full-time cryptocurrency investor after famously selling his steel and gold Rolex Submariner to purchase Bitcoin in 2018, and then investing in altcoins such as Zilliqa and XRP turning the £7,500 he got for his Rolex into over £2,000,000.

In September 2022 Kain founded XRP Healthcare, the first pharma and healthcare platform to be built on the XRP Ledger with his father Laban Roomes and grew the business from 0 to a 194,000,000 USD valuation in just 3 months.

Recently XRP Healthcare has ventured into mergers & acquisitions in East Africa and is currently poised to positively disrupt the African healthcare market.

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