Leo is a technical Emmy Award winner as well as Co-Founder and the CEO of the Decentralized Pictures Foundation. At the intersection of application development and film Leo has been an early adopter of technology throughout his adult life. Leo grew up in Toronto and has been involved in film production and application development for almost 20 years. With many companies he has worked with, such as The Directors Bureau and American Zoetrope, Leo brings a balance of knowledge in film, technology, and crypto assets. Leo has been involved in smartphone application development since 2008, developing Artemis Director’s Viewfinder (2018 Engineering Emmy Award Winner), and Techscout Touch for Android and IOS, two widely used film pre-production tools. As an early adopter of Bitcoin, Leo began early on conceiving ways to bring blockchain technology value propositions and efficiencies to the filmmaking lifecycle. His primary goal is talent discovery and helping creative thinkers focus on what’s important - the creative.