Given our background in management and innovation consulting, along with fintech M&A, Marek and I worked on a number of projects adhoc while scaling Educhain.

At the time, the evolving space of distributed ledger applications, crypto/digital assets and asset tokenization was quickly gaining traction in the enterprise.

After Educhain opened an office in Dubai and later Abu Dhabi, our permanent presence meant that we had access to more opportunities and prospective deal flow in adjacent sectors.

To maintain cohesion and focus, we spun out these projects into a new entity. Consequently in 2019, in response to growing demand, we launched Accelliance out of the Dubai International Financial Centre to serve financial services and government. This later expanded to healthtech and energy.

Accelliance (a combination of excellence, brilliance, and business acceleration) was founded on the mission to drive transformative business outcomes through innovative applications of new technology.

It served as the outlet through which we could scale the strategic strengths of our founding partners (Dr. Marwan Alzarouni, Marek Termanowski, and myself) with the tactical capabilities of a larger team - going beyond strategy to offer implementation as well.

Some of the most fun projects I worked on were:

  • Cybersecurity strategy and roadmap for major North American banks, securing additional $45M budget for CISOs advised
  • Architecting the digital identity for a MENA country
  • Thought leadership pieces and innovation projects with the World Economic Forum, UAE Government, and Dubai Government
  • Positioning and messaging for a European biotech to secure $25M in funding
  • Evaluating of spin-offs and privatization initiatives with a space agency

Some of the most exciting initiatives were true moonshots and never fully realized. These included:

  • Launching a privatized space agency
  • Using tokenized tax credits to restructure and alleviate sovereign debt
  • Creating new economic free zones for crypto asset companies
  • Utilizing tokenization as a new approach towards securitization and raising capital to fund $500M in new resource exploration and development

Accelliance gave us the opportunity to work on truly transformational projects. We officially closed shop in 2023 after a long, successful run. Scaling a consultancy is notoriously hard - and out of the ~100 hours we had each week, we dedicated most to Educhain as we scaled rapidly pre- and post-acquisition. Perhaps one day the Accelliance IP will be revitalized.