Dinis Guarda

Co-Founder

London, United Kingdom28 yrs 5 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Global thought leader with 5M followers.
  • Founder of multiple innovative tech platforms.
  • Top rankings in AI and digital transformation.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a thought leader in AI, blockchain, and digital transformation.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business DevelopmentArtificial Intelligence (ai)

Other Skills

BusinessBusiness aiBlockchainSEOSocial MediaStrategic PlanningMarketingPublic RelationsContent ManagementBloggingLeadershipGlobal Business DevelopmentGlobal MarketingGlobal StrategyEntrepreneurship

About

I am an author, creator and global thought leader exploring AI, digital transformation, smart cities, financial systems, culture and the future of humanity. My work reaches over 5M direct followers and 100M+ people monthly. As a serial entrepreneur, I founded ztudium Group, an EU-based AI and tech research organization in London. Ztudium develops “human-centric” AGI, spatial AI, digital twins, robotics, SaaS/PaaS business tools, and innovation. It is listed among the Top 50 Thought Leadership Companies in AI and Digital Transformation by Thinkers360. Ztudium has created impact-driven platforms including Citiesabc.com, Businessabc.net, Wisdomia.ai, Fashionabc.org, SportsDNA.ai, IntelligentHQ.com, HedgeThink.com, FreedomX.com, LifeSDNA.org, TradersDNA.com, and technologies like AI.DNA, MetaverseABC, AvatarsDNA, BlocksDNA.com, exploring AI, blockchain, tokenization, digital identity, and immersive internet systems. - Explore how Ztudium’s products can help grow your business: info@ztudium.com I advise governments, Fortune 500s, global institutions, and universities including the UN, UNESCO, UNITAR, Davos WEF communities, ESA, Mastercard, Barclays, Philips, Saxo Bank, and more. I’ve lectured at Copenhagen Business School, OMNES Education/INSEEC, Monaco University, coordinating executive MBAs and leadership programs. Through my YouTube channel and podcast, I explore AI, society, leadership, and the future of global systems, with 23M+ views, 230K+ subscribers and audiences across Instagram, LinkedIn, X, Facebook, and TikTok. My work has been featured in CNBC, Bloomberg, Forbes, Reuters, VentureBeat, Wired, Cointelegraph, Business Insider, Entrepreneur, Economic Times, MarketWatch, and more. Awards include Top 1/3/5/10/50 Global Thought Leader rankings in AI, Blockchain, FinTech, Digital Transformation, and Smart Cities by Thinkers360, Onalytica, Engati, CryptoCompare, CryptoWeekly, and The Awards Magazine. I believe in a world shaped by AI, AGI, spatial computing, digital identity, and interconnectedness. Everyone can redesign their learning, future, and systems, through discipline, consistency and conscious decisions. Today, I continue building media platforms, AI solutions and research ecosystems while supporting organisations and leaders navigating the next chapter of the digital age. - Connect with me to collaborate and innovate: dinis.guarda@ztudium.com Let’s redefine what’s possible! Follow me on Substack: https://substack.com/@dinisguarda?

Experience

28 yrs 5 mos
Total Experience
5 yrs
Average Tenure
28 yrs 5 mos
Current Experience

Lynkey

2 roles

Founder and Non Executive Chairman

Sep 2021Mar 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos · Singapore, UK, Vietnam

Founder and Non Executive Chairman

Sep 2021Sep 2022 · 1 yr · Singapore, UK, Vietnam

  • LynKey - The Lynk + Key for Property, and Tourism with Blockchain, NFTs and Metaverse
  • Vietnam, Singapore, United Kingdom, World.
  • LynKey: derived from “Lynk” plus “Key”
  • Domain: LynKey.com
  • Token: LynK
  • Token Symbol: LYNK
  • LynKey is a blockchain-powered 4IR (Fourth Industrial Revolution) “all in one” ecosystem with a focus on tokenisation of the tourism and property industry. It is aimed at linking global audiences using property technology, smart tourism and blockchain. The platform allows optimised time sharing, prepaid lease or licence of property-based experiences (e.g. hotels, resorts, etc) within tourism, and offers a reward system for its loyal community and users of the ecosystem.
  • LynKey will also offer a cutting-edge marketplace where the tokens can be exchanged for countless varied tourism experiences within the ecosystem by the community, where tourism industry players and operators can efficiently offer their products and services.
  • The ecosystem will be focused on evolving the smart tourism industry and advancing it to the next level, with significant ambitions for its future.
  • The motivation behind the LynKey project was we realized that there were problems within the real estate market. Problems such as:
  • Converting property leasing, licence and timesharing paper contracts into an electronic format is still a challenge.
  • Challenges with scaling point based systems and cost savings remain impediments to further growth in the sector.
  • Issues with customer satisfaction and retention can increase whenever a traditional process is replaced by a more efficient and streamlined process.
  • LynKey aims to resolve these problems by revolutionizing the property market using technology.

Smartcitiesabc

Chairman Managing Director Founder

Jul 2021Jul 2022 · 1 yr · Greater London, England, United Kingdom

  • smartcitiesabc is the tech data ecosystem builder for smart(er) cities such as digital twins and metaverse solutions for the cities of our time.

Citiesabc - r&d 3d cities, smart cities, digital twins platform

Founder Chairman techabc / citiesabc.com

Sep 2019Present · 6 yrs 7 mos

  • Citiesabc.com is a global platform exploring urban innovation, smart cities and future-ready communities. It showcases insights, research and projects shaping the cities of tomorrow.
  • Citiesabc Properties, its subsidiary, focuses on real estate, sustainable urban development and investment opportunities within these innovative cities.

Businessabc - global ai business directory

Executive Chairman Founder

Aug 2019Present · 6 yrs 8 mos

  • Businessabc.net is a leading empowerment AI business directory, search engine, marketplace and payments system. Blockchain with an AI digital transformation financial empowerment B2B2C SMEs businesses and professionals ecosystem.
BusinessBusiness DevelopmentBusiness aiArtificial Intelligence (AI)Blockchain

Fashionabc

Founder Chairman and President

Jul 2019Present · 6 yrs 9 mos · London, United Kingdom

  • fashionabc is a fashion technology platform, comprising of a digital directory search engine and a marketplace offering tools and supply chain solutions for the fashion industry ecosystem.

Freedomee

President and co-founder Board Member

Dec 2018Jul 2019 · 7 mos · London, United Kingdom, Lisbon, Portugal, Helsinki, Finland, Sao Paulo, Brazil

  • Freedomee is a fashion technology platform focus on solving the biggest challenges of the $3 trillion industry of fashion:
  • Ethical treatment of industry workers;
  • IP, counterfeit supply chain issues;
  • Environmental and sustainability
  • Unlawful competition, and lack of rentability of the industry
  • Freedomee is using blockchain technology to solve the issues and challenges that are high 2 % of the world’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on the agenda of today’s consumers shoppers.

Glance technologies inc.

Member Of The Board Of Advisors at Glance Technologies Inc.

Nov 2017Dec 2020 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • Glance Technologies owns and operates Glance Pay, a streamlined payment system that revolutionizes how smartphone users choose where to dine, order food & drink, settle bills, access digital receipts, earn great rewards, & interact with merchants.
  • Glance is building a valuable network of merchants and consumers and offers targeted in-app marketing, social media marketing, customer feedback, in-merchant messaging and custom rewards programs.

Lifesdna

Founder lifesdna

Oct 2017Present · 8 yrs 6 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

  • lifesdna - creates and manages wellness - healthcare - lifestyle data and knowledge. lifesdna offers a holistic approach
  • trusted data community for users / patients. lifesdna is building a global B2B2C operating system decentralised reward DLT AI marketplace + ecosystem.
  • The project is building the following:
  • consumer wellbeing - healthcare - lifestyle trusted destination
  • exclusive reward token for researchers, influencers
  • directory, selection of best academic / industry / companies
  • B2B2C community - industry marketplace
  • Enabling life science, wellness solutions offering a Platform as a Service (PaaS) with a P2P digital network using Blockchain and AI.

Covesting

Board of Advisors and Co-Founder

Oct 2017Jan 2018 · 3 mos

  • COVESTING is the ultimate platform for investors and traders who are looking to utilize advanced tools and technology in order achieve maximum returns in cryptocurrency markets.
  • Peer-2-Peer Asset Management Platform – the essence and core of the COVESTING infrastructure.
  • Investors can easily browse through hundreds of trading Models (strategies), provided by professional cryptocurrency traders and subscribe to those matching their goals. By subscribing, the platform automatically replicates all trading activity of a chosen Model directly into investors’ accounts at COVESTING, providing a unique peer-2-peer asset management experience along with the security of keeping funds in your personal account.

Hyperloop transportation technologies, inc.

Advisor

Sep 2017Dec 2020 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Humaniq

CEO and Chief Strategy Officer, Board of Directors

Mar 2017Oct 2017 · 7 mos · London, Luxembourg

  • Humaniq is building the new world of financial inclusion, industry 4.0 and education. Humaniq is a social good tech movement gathering the best people focused on converting the most advanced tech for sustainable development in the undeveloped world. deep impact for social good on a global scale!
  • Humaniq is an Ethereum-based blockchain banking app building the next generation model for financial services. Launched in 2016, Humaniq aims to provide mobile finance to the 2 billion unbanked population through its mobile app that uses biometric authentication to replace traditional methods of ID and security. Humaniq's open source stack and API will be available for startups and other businesses to build services on its core technology, making it easy to adapt their service and plug it into Humaniq's network to reach a huge, untapped audience. For more information, visit https://humaniq.co/.

Inseec

Guest Lecturer - Digital Responsible London Campus

Dec 2012Jul 2020 · 7 yrs 7 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

90:10 group - ninety10 group

Member of the Board / Communications and Marketing

Sep 2011Jul 2012 · 10 mos · London

Saxo bank

3 roles

Consultant SEO and Social Media

Aug 2011Dec 2011 · 4 mos

Global Head of SEO and Social Media Strategy

Nov 2009Jul 2011 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • Global Head Manager for Web Content and Search, and social media, localisation, SEO improving the content strategy and global search media strategies;
  • One of the stakeholders in the launch of the new web presence, responsible for the contents and involved heavily in the web strategy, web analytics and marketing emails;
  • Global responsible for SEO and web analytics guidelines & strategy;
  • responsible for the newspaper Investor as well for the website platform http://www.tradingfloor.com/.
  • responsible for the creation / strategy/ tecnology/ business management for the websites platforms www.saladeinversion.es and www.saladeinversion.com
  • Working in the creation of a financial and investment online community and managing the Content Sharing program and viral FX and Equity financial widgets in the company

Head of Web Content | Copy and Translation

Apr 2008Oct 2009 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Manager Team Lead for Web Content, Copy and translation , SEO improving the content strategy and global translations;
  • One of the stakeholders in the launch of the new web presence, responsible for the contents and involved heavily in the web strategy, web analytics and marketing emails;
  • co-responsible for SEO and web analytics guidelines & strategy;
  • responsible for the newspaper Investor as well for the website http://investor.saxobank.com/
  • Working in the creation of a financial and investment online community

Ztudium- maker of industry 4ir tech ai blockchain blocksdna & data driven research intelligenthq

Founder and CEO

Aug 2011Oct 2024 · 13 yrs 2 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

  • Founded in September 2011 ZTUDIUM is a technological blockchain and AI, digital social publisher and boutique tech consultancy startup.
  • Ztudium puts the world’s intelligent data insights at your fingertips. Ztudium is a technology specialist and digital transformation, AI, blockchain, DTL tech, crypto consultancy for the information age.
  • Ztudium builds businesses, brands through digital media and carefully targeted technology and marketing across a wide variety of business and social channels.
  • ZTUDIUM is a technological boutique publisher studio and a web innovation digital company that delivers pioneering consultancy in web, strategy, optimisation and social media solutions.
  • ZTUDIUM publishes the digital business intelligence network IntelligentHQ.com, SocialMediaCouncil.eu, TradersDNA.com, HedgeThink.com, tokensdna.com, and other web platforms.

Copenhagen business school

Guest Lecturer

Aug 2011May 2012 · 9 mos

  • Course coordination and academic strategy and syllabus: Digital Strategy and Social Media Marketing. Coordination with academic teams and preparation of the course and manage business school / university special industry guests.

Greenlight digital

Multilingual Search Consultant, Strategy Project Manager, Account Manager and Analyst

Apr 2007Apr 2008 · 1 yr

  • Role: Strategy Multilingual Search Consultant, Analyst, working as Localisation, Account Manager and Project manager.
  • Internet SM Multi-lingual Analyst responsible for Multi-lingual issues dealing with localization and management of world languages (team of translators Turkish, Arabic, German, Swedish, Finnish, Danish, Spanish, Italian...)
  • Identify trends and spearhead research about international clients and business strategies.

Portuguese presidency of the republic

Curator and Project Manager

Nov 2006Jan 2007 · 2 mos

  • I was invited directly by the Portuguese Presidency of the Republic, to be part of the official visit with the Portuguese President to India, the first official visit in 10 years.
  • I was the Project Manager and producer of the official Exhibition and catalogue in Goa, a former Portuguese colony with strong historic, economic and politic meaning.

Apmp

Consultant

Jan 2006Jan 2007 · 1 yr

  • Experience producing marketing literature, presentations and other printed marketing collateral. Productions of events and communication, project management and online and media production strategy.

Umic

Collaboration

Jan 2003Jan 2004 · 1 yr

Número - arte e cultura

Non Executive Board Member

Nov 1997Present · 28 yrs 5 mos

  • Generated new media development organization dealing with media production, internet, arts, cinema and business. Producer of numero-projecta.com, N_Books (publishing N_Númeromagazine, & others), the music label N_Records, (releasing, albums by Kristeen Young (featuring participation by David Bowie, produced by Tony Visconti) Micro Audio Waves, (recognized by the late John Peel, BBC, in Sonar Festival 04, winning 2nd edition of the Quartz Electronic Music Awards, best album, and best video, Paris, 2006).

Education

Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

Oxford Blockchain Strategy Programme — Blockchain

Jan 2018Present

London South Bank University

Master — New Media

University of Lisbon

BA — Languages and Literature Portuguese English

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