chases

My name is Chase Szakmary. I am looking for business development roles at the intersection of web3,fin-tech, education. I have 10+ years professional experience and have worked in community development, education, B2B account management, sales, marketing, product management and television production, across geographic & financially diverse areas—managing interdependencies and cross-functional collaborations. 

For several years, I advised on risk management at top Manhattan brokerages where many of my clients were Fortune 100 companies and c-suite level executives. At JLT Towers Re, I led the transitioning of nearly 30 thousand federally run wind insurance accounts to a private market treaty. At Marsh, I worked with engineers, designers, and client teams to help introduce a new underwriting tool. Through a fundamental understanding of data analysis and market metrics, I was able to detect industry trends and become a key revenue driver for both those firms on the insurance and reinsurance side. My professional experience is supplemented by teaching experience at the university level. 

In 2020, I bootstrapped Crit™, an education platform designed road mapped for Web3, and loosely based on a specialty insurance business model. Crit™ partners with stakeholders and contactors across the US, UK and Caribbean. Since inception, the beta platform has worked to implement strategic, client-centric, solutions for users around the world, and organically grew a community of 150 users on the Beta site. In 2022, Crit was selected to participate in the Ignite Business Accelerator, power by Entrepreneurial spark, Bermuda Tech-Summit hosted by Algorand, Start-Ed and Ed-tech week hosted by Start-Ed. 

I believe development in Web3 will evangelize critical  industries like education and financial services. Innovation and improvements in technology, allows for these sectors to better meet consumer demands through improved market access, operational efficiency and quality assurance on the blockchain. It is my ambition to work with companies pioneering this new frontier. My background denotes a uniquely cultivated perspective and commitment to creative value-driven client solutions, strategic business development and community building. I hope to have illustrated a depth of vision with a kinetic desire to engender innovation and more positive technology solutions. I look forward to connecting soon!