The AEROBLOX Team
A world-class team shaping the future of trust, authenticity, and tokenized value.
AEROBLOX is built by a uniquely qualified group of technologists, financial experts, innovators, and industry veterans—each bringing decades of experience from the front lines of cryptography, digital media, finance, enterprise software, and emerging technology. Together, we share a single mission: to build the trust layer for the global tokenized economy.
Our leadership combines deep engineering mastery with elite financial governance, enterprise-grade operational experience, and a relentless focus on solving the world’s rising authenticity crisis.
Backed by a board with top-tier credentials across law, finance, valuation, investment management, and corporate governance—and powered by a technical team with advanced capabilities in software architecture, Web3 systems, AI-driven workflows, and zero-trust engineering—AEROBLOX is positioned to set the global standard for verifiable digital and physical assets.
We are building the future of authenticated value.
Jeff Pierce
Founder
Jeffrey W. Pierce brings more than 40 years of applied engineering experience across cryptography, digital media systems, and large-scale content distribution. His career includes contributions to over 60 feature films—two earning Academy Awards—and foundational work defining the Digital Cinema standards adopted worldwide through the SMPTE DC-28 committee. Mr. Pierce is the inventor and patent holder of AEROBLOX’s Linked-ID (LID) steganographic encoding technology, which provides cryptographic binding between physical objects, digital files, and blockchain smart contracts. This closes tokenization’s last-mile gap by enabling verifiable authenticity at the asset level—eliminating common vectors for counterfeiting, duplication, and AI-driven manipulation. The result is a high-assurance trust protocol that supports enterprise-grade asset lifecycle management, rights enforcement, and decentralized commerce. Mr. Pierce is a member of the Augment.org entrepreneurial community. He completed the Haroun Business Academy (formerly Haroun MBA), complementing his extensive technical expertise with strategic business acumen.
RICK L. FRIMMER, JD, CPA, CFA, FVS, CFF
DIRECTOR, VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL
Mr. Frimmer is an attorney and certified public accountant. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He has been on the board of directors of two public companies and an audit committee chair of one. Mr. Frimmer is a Certified Fraud Analyst, valuation expert, and is Certified in Financial Forensics.
Clinton Cronkite
DIRECTOR
Mr. Cronkite is a Managing Director with Cronkite & Kissell LLC, a valuation advisory firm that provides business valuations, intangible asset valuations, financial opinions, and litigation support services. Previously, Mr. Cronkite held the position of Vice President at Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin, an investment banking and financial advisory firm. Before that, he worked for Coopers & Lybrand (now known as PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP), an international accounting firm, as a Senior Manager in the Los Angeles Valuation Services practice. Mr. Cronkite holds a Diploma in Accounting from McGill University, an MBA with a concentration in Finance from Concordia University, and a BA in Economics from the University of Western Ontario. He is a Chartered Accountant (inactive) with the CanadianInstitute of Chartered Accounts, and an Accredited Senior Appraiser with the American
Society of Appraisers.
RICARDO L. CORTEZ, CIMA
DIRECTOR
Mr. Cortez is Chief Executive Officer of Broadmark Asset Management LLC. Prior roles include President of the Private Client Group for Torrey Associates, LLC, Vice President with Goldman Sachs and Senior Vice President with Prudential Investments. Mr. Cortez graduated cum laude from Queens College, City University of New York, and has been an adjunct faculty member at Harvard University and guest lecturer at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Cortez was awarded the Certified Investment Management Analyst® designation in 1993 and is the author of numerous published articles on hedge funds.
Caleb Skinner
Software
A 25-year software veteran specializing in managing and delivering complex technical systems. Holder of five software development patents. Handles and oversees development, deployment, and chain interaction of AEROBLOX technical implementation.
Eric Lake
UX / UI
A formally trained conceptual artist and systems architect whose work spans film, data infrastructure, and symbolic communication. Experience includes building complex asset-tracking and data systems, alongside a deep study of semiotics and the evolutionary roots of visual language applied to modern UX and interface design.
Herb Dow
Sales
A pioneering force in post-production technology whose career includes revolutionizing digital editing, live collaboration, cloud-based workflows, and LiDAR-driven production planning. Recipient of the 2016 HPA Lifetime Achievement Award and multiple technology honors, continuing to push innovation forward with AEROBLOX.
David Werba
Tokenomics
A multidisciplinary creator contributing to product strategy, web development, tokenomics, and emerging tech. Background includes large-scale digital marketing, founding one of the first social networks for independent musicians, supporting global anti-trafficking operations, and pioneering blockchain-based music applications prior to joining AEROBLOX.
Mario Bittencourt
R & D
A developer with deep expertise in mathematics and algorithms, strongly focused on image and sound processing, providing a reliable foundation for all the technologies offered by AEROBLOX to its customers. Science turned into pure confidence and satisfaction, in several distinct markets.
Founder’s statement
“The internet made information free but truth expensive. AI makes creation instant but authenticity impossible. Blockchain promised transparency but delivered complexity.
I founded AEROBLOX at this exact intersection.
Our LID technology doesn’t just authenticate—it fundamentally redefines how value is verified and exchanged. By embedding cryptographic proof directly into assets, we make trust programmable, portable, and permanent. Whether it’s a sovereign bond, an AI-generated contract, or a Hollywood film, everything becomes self-verifying.
Today, we’re turning impossible-to-tokenize assets into liquid markets for Fortune 500 companies. Tomorrow, LID will be as fundamental as HTTPS—the invisible layer that makes all digital interactions trustworthy by default.
In a world racing to create more, faster, cheaper—we make everything real.
This is bigger than blockchain. Bigger than AI. This is about preserving truth in an era of infinite replication.
Welcome to the trust revolution. Let’s build what’s real.”