¶ Our Team
PINYA XP's leadership unites accomplished executives with deep expertise in blockchain technology, enterprise software, and cannabis industry operations. Our team brings decades of combined experience from leading technology companies, successful startups, and regulatory compliance roles.
FRANK Yglesias CEO, is an Engineer, Entrepreneur, and DotComer, with an obsession for all things Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), In 2021, Mr. Yglesias worked with the Honorable Congressman Alejandro Castillero of Panama as a blockchain technology advisor for the Republic of Panama's crypto-asset law. Additionally, in 2018, he was part of the council for the development of digital assets in The Bahamas. In 2016, he provided technical support to Canoe Pool of China, one of the world's largest Bitcoin mining technology companies, and various other companies worldwide, migrating there systems to Kazakhstan.
Among his many accomplishments, Mr. Yglesias has been the CEO of two publicly traded companies on the OTC Markets in the United States, COO of a New York Stock Exchange company.
He has played an important role in developing business consulting services for the Embassies of Costa Rica, Panama, Chile, Colombia, Spain, Mexico, Grenada, and The Bahamas in the People's Republic of China. He has also worked on several Chinese projects in close collaboration with the United States Department of Agriculture. He has also been a consultant for many years and helped several Chinese companies enter the U.S. stock market.
Mr. Yglesias is formally trained as an electronic and mechanical engineer who worked for Eastman Kodak during the 1990s.
PINYA XP, Inc., under the leadership of Mr. Yglesias, has developing the GROOVY PaaS 4IR Ecosystem, a transformative platform built on a centralized Hyperledger Fabric blockchain for the cannabis industry. This ecosystem prioritizes secure NFT authentication via QR-NFT tags attached to physical products, establishing an immutable link to product origin and quality verification data. A key focus is placed on the GROOVY Rewards Program, a gamified system incentivizing consumer engagement through QR code scans, reviews, and community participation, fostering brand loyalty and driving data acquisition. The platform also features a comprehensive Geno-IP library, enabling growers to register and manage cannabis strain genetics as NFTs, protecting intellectual property and receiving royalties. Furthermore, Groovy leverages the aggregated data, enriched by consumer interactions and gamified engagement, to provide businesses with advanced data analytics and AI/ML-driven insights, enabling data-driven decision-making and targeted marketing campaigns within the cannabis market.
MARC Williams COO, Mr. Williams is an accomplished business executive with a proven history of establishing and leading successful ventures spanning over 30 years in Canada, the USA, and Colombia. Demonstrating expertise in project development, social capital initiatives, and the strategic application of emerging technologies, he has consistently achieved success across diverse business landscapes.
2017-2023, Mr. Williams has served as the CEO of Planta Vida SAS, a licensed cannabis cultivator with a vast expanse of over 100 hectares Colombia. Under his steadfast leadership, Planta Vida implemented strategic social business practices, emphasizing the production of safe, natural, and ecologically friendly wellness cannabis products for the burgeoning market. Beyond product development, Mr. Williams was committed to empowering the local community through initiatives focused on job creation, education, and improved access to healthcare, housing, and security.
A visionary in emerging technologies, Mr. Williams co-founded CapturePlay in 2013. With substantial experience in both gaming and cryptocurrency, CapturePlay a tokenized asset skill based gaming platform which players would purchase there game pieces and to play, bank or sell them to another player and even earn tokens for the game play in CPA offers. Block chain has grown to track transactions grown to a common solution throughout the web.
KEVIN Jodrey CCO, Kevin Jodrey is one of the most well known growers in Humboldt County and is an internationally respected cannabis expert, known for improving and forwarding the modern cannabis movement. As a world renowned hunter of ganja genetics, Kev is fascinated by the search for rare, desirable, and marketable traits.
Kevin is the creator of Port Royal, owner of Wonderland Nursery, and co-founder of The Ganjier. He’s been a cannabis cultivator for decades, running this own operations and offering consulting services to the broader community. He’s spoken at universities, judged at the Emerald Cup, and consulted on cannabis related educational shows for National Geographic and A&E.
Featured in the New York Times, a pulitzer prize winning Washing Post article, countless other articles, books, and radio and tv shows, he is at the epicenter of the Green Rush (and graces the walls of the Oakland Museum to prove it) and is guiding the industry as it transitions to the Clean Rush - the sustainable movement of regenerating the land naturally through cannabis cultivation.