Meet Our Executive Team
Guy Scott
CEO / Founder / Global Director
Blockchain Experience: 6 years
Guy is an experienced Chief Executive Officer with over 12 years of experience as an IT professional and a demonstrated history of working in computer software, managing several large-scale IT projects.
Guy founded VeriDoc Global in 2015 and patented an authenticity verification protocol titled, “A System and Method for Document Information Authenticity Verification”, which has now been granted in over 90 countries including the USA, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, UK, the European Union, and Africa.
Guy carries a strong vision to provide the most trusted and used verification solution in the world.
Daniel da Silva Lay
COO / Global Director
Blockchain Experience: 5 years
Daniel has over 15 years of experience in leading companies and start-ups. He joined VeriDoc Global in 2018 and is both Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer. Daniel helped to scale the company which now has 25 offices globally.
Prior to VeriDoc Global, Daniel was consulting to companies in the engineering, mining and defence industries with up to $14bn in market cap.
Daniel graduated from Queensland University of Technology in 2002 with a Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical and Computer Engineering) and a Bachelor of Business (International Business and Marketing).
Shabbir Sithawalla
Director (Singapore)
Blockchain Experience: 3 years
Shabbir has a Bachelor of Science, Electronics and Communications Engineering with Honours. He is the Founder of Info-Communication Security Asia Pte Ltd, Director (Asia and the Middle East) SmartComm World Pte Ltd, and Managing Director of DST Solutions Pte Ltd.
Shabbir has been in the cyber security and IOT industry for over a decade. Besides being a tech guy, Shabbir is also an entrepreneur with more than 2 decades of experience. Being involved in global trading, he is also an angel investor.
Shabbir has 3 years of experience within the blockchain industry and is the Director of the VeriDoc Global's Singapore office.
Venkat Reddy (Vik)
Director (USA & India)
Blockchain Experience: 8 years
Venkat Reddy (Vik), Bachelor of Computer Science, is a technical expert, a strong believer that technology is the most powerful tool of the future. His experience and knowledge is spread across understanding and working on complex applications (like EBS, CRMs), databases, big data, blockchain, and cryptocurrency. He played various roles in strategy, sales and marketing from small startups to Fortune 500 companies leveraging talent, technology and information. He is now Director of USA and India operations for VeriDoc Global with 8+ years blockchain industry experience.
Alex Mhagama
Director (Tanzania)
Blockchain Experience: 4 years
Alex has 25+ years of working experience in government & private sectors, both local and International, from TANESCO, DHL International and Tanzania International Container Terminal Services as Head of ICT.
Bachelor of Statistics, Postgraduate Diploma in computing Science, Masters of Business Administration Masters of Law in Information Technology and Telecommunications, PhD in Computer Science and Information Security, Project Management - Certified in Prince 2 Foundation and Practitioners, Certified in Directorship, Certified in ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library), Certified in COBIT (Control Objectives for Information and related Technology ), Certified in (CISSP) Information Security Professional Course, Certificate in Blockchain Technology.
Ali Asgar Abbas
Regional Director (SE Asia)
Blockchain Experience: 4 years
Ali has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry as a project leader and solutions architect. Prior to VeriDoc Global he led several major systems integration projects for major government & private organizations in Malaysia such as TNB, MCMC, BNM, Shell and AmBank.
Ali leads the VeriDoc Global office in Malaysia and manages a team of developers working on blockchain based applications and solutions.
Ali graduated from the University of Bombay with a Bachelor of Accounting and Finance. He also graduated from the National Institute of Information Technology with a Diploma in Computer Science.
Husain Shakir
Director (Singapore)
Blockchain Experience: 3 years
Husain is a BSC Pharmacy Graduate from National University of Singapore. His past experience includes pharmaceutical manufacturing, retail and hospitals. Husain operated a pharmaceutical trading and repackaging business before getting into the blockchain industry and brings a background and expertise in supply chain to the team.
Andre Rennes
Director (Brazil & USA)
Blockchain Experience: 3 years
Andre combines his background in Law to his expertise in blockchain technology development to leverage solutions regarding preventing fraud and fake documents in the field of decentralized security. Andre has 13 years of experience in business administration and is fluent in multiple languages.
David Fliss
Director (USA)
Blockchain Experience: 3 years
David has more than 25 years of foreign and domestic experience in salesforce management, business development, account management, strategic selling, and team building in the business to business segment of the food and beverage industry.
As a Director for VeriDoc Global in LATAM, and the Southeast & Midwest USA regions. His focus is on providing the global food industry with simple cost-effective access to tools and solutions that utilize VeriDoc Global’s patented blockchain technology in enhancing trust and transparancy. Now the entire food chain will have access to technologies which industries such as financial, medical, and pharmaceutical have been using for years.
David is a member of several industry associations, including National Restaurant Association, American Society of Bakers, IFT, Independent Bakers Association, North American Flour Distributors, Retail Bakers Association, and the International Dairy, Deli, Bakery Association.
David currently shares his time between Mexico City, Mexico and Delray Beach, Florida.
Raul Fuentes
Director (Mexico & Colombia)
Blockchain Experience: 3 years
Raul is a highly motivated Professional with extensive experience in the financial sector.
Raul previously worked for 15 years at American Express, leading FP&A areas.
Raul is the CFO for Baker Support & Food Ecosystems and is an active day trader, and expert in managing financial risk.
With an extensive background in finance and now 3 years of blockchain experience, Raul is the Director of Mexico and Colombia with VeriDoc Global.
David Bulley
Director (Philippines)
Blockchain Experience: 3 years
David has over 30 years of experience in the IT industry, specializing in tailored software solutions. He has headed up software solution companies for over a decade in Asia and is a regular member of the Interpol Congress as a Philippine Delegate.
