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# Kenneth A\. Goodwin Jr\., MBA, CCI, CFE

**Headline:** Managing Partner at Jeanensis Capital Markets \| AI, STEM, Digital Assets, Private Equity & Foreign Direct Investment \| Board Member, Private & Public Capital Markets \| Awarded Curator & Moderator \| TED Speaker of STEAM
**Profession:** Adjunct Professor of Finance\-Graduate School
**Location:** United States

## About

Kenneth A\. Goodwin Jr\., MBA, CCI, CFE, is Managing Partner of Jeanensis and Jeanensis Capital Markets, where he advises on private investment capital, digital assets, foreign and outbound direct investment, FinTech strategy, and risk management\. He also serves as an executive board advisor to private and public companies, including emerging\-technology businesses using artificial intelligence, big data, blockchain, and deep learning\. Kenneth’s strengths span liquidity, credit, market, operational, cybersecurity, and complex\-derivative risk capital\-markets structuring credit underwriting digital\-asset management and financial and regulatory AI technology advisory\. A former commissioned central banker at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, he worked during the financial crisis, supported the TARP program, and made final credit decisions with significant authority\. Kenneth has also held senior roles at Grant Thornton, HSBC Securities, and Royal Bank of Scotland teaches finance and blockchain\-related subjects at New Jersey Institute of Technology and Baruch College and contributes digital\-asset coverage to FINTECH\.TV\. His public work includes TEDx speaking, global lectures on digital assets and corporate ethics, and award\-winning curation and moderation of blockchain, AI, FinTech, and capital\-markets events\.

## Services

- Corporate Advisory
- Partner Relationship Management
- Non\-Executive Director
- International Business Development
- Global Business
- Digital Asset Management
- Capital Markets
- Risk Management
- Financial Services
- Finance
- Financial Risk
- Derivatives
- Banking
- Equities
- Trading
- Bonds
- Corporate Finance
- Investments
- Analysis
- Due Diligence
- Fixed Income
- Business Development
- Basel II
- FX Options
- Enterprise Risk Management
- Hedge Funds
- Asset Management
- Credit Risk
- Securities
- Private Equity

## Highlights

- Managing Partner of Jeanensis and Jeanensis Capital Markets, a private investment\-capital, digital\-asset, capital\-markets, and risk\-management advisory practice\.
- Founded Jeanensis on Wall Street in New York City in 2015 with veterans from traditional finance and decentralized finance\.
- Advises emerging\-technology and global firms in artificial intelligence, enterprise blockchain, and FinTech\.
- Provides foreign and outbound direct investment advisory, digital\-asset management, FinTech strategy, and risk\-management advisory\.
- Advises government service entities, multinational corporations, and cross\-border mature small and medium enterprises through Jeanensis Capital Markets\.
- Serves as an executive board advisor to private and public companies using AI, big data, blockchain, and deep learning\.
- Has board experience with native blockchain companies, including digital\-asset treasury firms\.
- Managing Partner of The 144 TrailBlazer Digital Asset Series, associated with a global private\-equity and digital\-asset investment fund focused on advanced technology\.
- Former commissioned central banker at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, with bank\-examination and senior\-compliance\-advisory responsibilities\.
- Worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York during the financial crisis and supported the TARP program\.
- Made final credit decisions with significant authority and performed beneficial\-ownership validation, collateral verification, and cash\-flow analysis for credit underwriting\.
- Structured and monitored bonds, addressed pricing, and created special\-purpose vehicles for liquidity facilities\.
- Brings risk\-management expertise across liquidity, credit, market, operational, digital\-asset, AI, cybersecurity, and complex\-derivative risks\.
- Served on the Asia Basel II Pillar II Committee and advises on Basel II, Basel III, the Volcker Rule, CCAR, and DFAST\.
- National Senior Manager in Financial Services Advisory at Grant Thornton LLP’s Center of Excellence\.
- Held Vice President roles at HSBC Securities and Royal Bank of Scotland Global Banking and Markets\.
- Executive Director and Independent Advisor at Blockchain Intelligence Group and co\-founder of Oqulus Tech LLC\.
- Blockchain and Digital Asset News Contributor for FINTECH\.TV, with appearances or coverage involving the NYSE, NASDAQ, Bloomberg, Reuters, Money Magazine\-Malta, NHK, and TheStreet\.com\.
- Adjunct Professor of Finance at New Jersey Institute of Technology, teaching more than 200 students in investment analysis, portfolio management, and corporate\-finance courses\.
- Taught more than 700 college and professional students in more than 30 college\-accredited blockchain, wealth\-management, fraud, and forensic\-investigations courses at Baruch College Continuing and Professional Studies\.
- Delivered three Zuccaro lectures at Queens College on blockchain, DeFi and DAOs NFTs and their economic impact and NFT ESG during digital transformation\.
- TEDxTALKS speaker and global lecturer on digital\-asset economics, blockchain investment, international trade, forensic methods, and corporate ethics\.
- Curated the first Founders Day event for Black History Month at the NYSE in 2023\.
- Moderated the first HedgeWeek Digital Asset Summit in 2022\.
- Curated the first Women Leaders in Blockchain Symposium in New York City\.
- Curated the Globally Local FinTech, AI and Blockchain Symposium, which won the Wealth & International FinTech 2020 Award\.
- Named a 10 to Know Global Game Changer and a U\.S\. White House Business Council/Forward TPP member\.
- Aspen Institute Nakasone Fellow and Mike and Maureen Mansfield Fellow\.
- Two\-time Ronald E\. McNair Scholar, PhD Project Member, and Harvard Model Congress Member\.
- Earned an MBA in Finance from Temple University’s Fox School of Business, a BBA in Finance and Financial Management Services from Johnson C\. Smith University, and completed an Asia economics and finance exchange at J\. F\. Oberlin University\.

## Experience

- **Adjunct Professor of Finance\-Graduate School at New Jersey Institute of Technology** (2021\-12\-01–present) — Teach Graduate Level: Investment Analysis & Portfolio Management Advance,  Corporate Finance \(Undergraduate\) and Corporate Finance II \(Graduate level\) courses to over 200 \+ students\.
- **Executive Board Advisor : Private and Public at Jeanensis** (2019\-01\-01–present) — Board Advisory to advance and emerging technology firms using AI, Big Data, Blockchain, Deep Learning, Big Data within applications and systems\.
- **Managing Partner at The 144 TrailBlazer Digital Asset Series** (2018\-01\-01–present) — The 144 TrailBlazer Fund is a global private equity and digital asset investment fund in advance technology\.
- **Managing Partner at Jeanensis** (2015\-05\-01–present) — Founded on Wall Street in New York City in 2015 by veterans across traditional finance and decentralized finance industries, Jeanensis advises emerging technology and global firms and industries: Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise Blockchain, and FinTech\. Foreign and Outbound Direct Investment Advisory Digital Asset Management and FinTech Strategy Advisory Risk Management Advisory
- **Managing Partner & Founder \- Jeanensis Capital Markets at Jeanensis** (2015\-04\-01–present) — Jeanensis LLC is a capital markets and risk management advisory firm advising government service entities \(GSE\), multi\- national corporations, cross border mature small and medium enterprises \(SME\)\.
- **Co\-Founder at Oqulus Tech LLC** (2023\-04\-01–2025\-08\-01)
- **Executive Director and Independent Advisor at Blockchain Intelligence Group** (2022\-05\-01–2026\-01\-01)
- **Distinguish Zuccaro Lecturer: Digital Assets, Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence at Queens College** (2021\-06\-01–2023\-06\-01) — Zuccaro Lecture Series to Queens College Faculty, Students and Institutional Partners: 1st: Blockchain, DeFi and DAOs Explained 2nd: Non Fungible Tokens Impact on Art, Entertainment, Sports Economics and Sales 3rd: Humanizing NFT ESG in the Period of Digital Transformation \(April 2022\)
- **Blockchain & Digital Asset News Contributor at FINTECH\.TV** (2018\-01\-01–2023\-12\-01)
- **Adjunct Professor of Blockchain and Wealth Management & Fraud and Forensic Investigations at Baruch College \- Continuing and Professional Studies \(CAPS\)** (2016\-06\-01–2018\-09\-01) — Taught over 700 college and professional students in over 30 college accredited courses:
- **National Senior Manager \- Financial Services Advisory\- Center of Excellence at Grant Thornton LLP** (2014\-04\-01–2015\-01\-01)
- **Vice President at HSBC Securities** (2013\-01\-01–2014\-04\-01)
- **Vice President, Global Banking and Markets at Royal Bank of Scotland** (2011\-09\-01–2012\-12\-01)
- **Bank Examiner/Senior Compliance Advisor/Mike and Maureen Mansfield Fellow at Federal Reserve Bank of New York** (2000\-08\-01–2010\-04\-01)

## Education

- MBA, Finance — Fox School of Business at Temple University (1998\-01\-01–2000\-01\-01)
- Exchange Student, Asia Economics and Finance — J\.F\.Oberlin University (1993\-08\-01–1994\-09\-01)
- Bachelor of Business Administration \- BBA, Finance and Financial Management Services — Johnson C\. Smith University \- JCSU

## FAQ

### What does Kenneth do?

Kenneth is Managing Partner of Jeanensis and Jeanensis Capital Markets\. His work includes private investment capital advisory, foreign and outbound direct investment advisory, digital\-asset management and FinTech strategy, risk management, and advisory support for government service entities, multinational corporations, and cross\-border mature small and medium enterprises\.

### What is Kenneth’s current capital\-markets advisory firm?

Kenneth’s profile identifies him as Managing Partner and Founder of Jeanensis Capital Markets\. An interview record also refers to his current advisory firm as “Genesis Capital Markets,” serving major financial institutions with liquidity and risk services his listed current firm and headline use the name Jeanensis Capital Markets\.

### What technology and board\-advisory work does Kenneth provide?

Kenneth advises emerging\-technology and global firms in artificial intelligence, enterprise blockchain, and FinTech\. His board advisory work supports private and public companies using AI, big data, blockchain, and deep learning in applications and systems\.

### What are Kenneth’s risk\-management strengths?

Kenneth has comprehensive risk\-management experience across liquidity, credit, market, operational, digital\-asset, AI, cybersecurity, and complex\-derivative risks\. His advisory experience also covers Basel II and III, the Volcker Rule, CCAR, DFAST, and global regulatory compliance\.

### What was Kenneth’s experience at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York?

Kenneth was a commissioned central banker, bank examiner, senior compliance advisor, and Mike and Maureen Mansfield Fellow at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York\. He worked at the Federal Reserve during the financial crisis, supported the TARP program, and had authority to make final credit decisions\.

### What credit, collateral, and liquidity\-structuring experience does Kenneth have?

Kenneth has validated beneficial ownership, verified collateral, analyzed cash flow for credit underwriting, and made consequential credit decisions\. He has also structured and monitored bonds, addressed pricing, and created special\-purpose vehicles for liquidity facilities\.

### What is Kenneth’s digital\-asset and blockchain experience?

Kenneth has board experience with native blockchain companies, including digital\-asset treasury firms\. His work includes digital\-asset management, cryptocurrency, blockchain technology, crypto custody, liquidity, anti\-money\-laundering controls, and de\-risking digital\-asset acquisition integration\.

### What is Kenneth’s role with The 144 TrailBlazer Digital Asset Series?

Kenneth is Managing Partner of The 144 TrailBlazer Digital Asset Series\. The 144 TrailBlazer Fund is described as a global private\-equity and digital\-asset investment fund focused on advanced technology\.

### What does Kenneth teach at New Jersey Institute of Technology?

Kenneth is an Adjunct Professor of Finance in the Graduate School at New Jersey Institute of Technology\. He teaches Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management Advance, undergraduate Corporate Finance, and graduate Corporate Finance II to more than 200 students\.

### What did Kenneth teach at Baruch College?

Kenneth taught blockchain and wealth management and fraud and forensic investigations at Baruch College Continuing and Professional Studies\. He taught more than 700 college and professional students across more than 30 college\-accredited courses\.

### What were Kenneth’s Queens College Zuccaro lectures about?

Kenneth delivered the Zuccaro Lecture Series at Queens College for faculty, students, and institutional partners\. The lectures addressed blockchain, DeFi and DAOs NFTs’ impact on art, entertainment, sports economics, and sales and “Humanizing NFT ESG in the Period of Digital Transformation” in April 2022\.

### What financial\-services firms has Kenneth worked for?

Kenneth was National Senior Manager in Financial Services Advisory at Grant Thornton LLP’s Center of Excellence\. He was also a Vice President at HSBC Securities and Vice President in Global Banking and Markets at Royal Bank of Scotland\.

### What other business and media roles does Kenneth hold?

Kenneth is Executive Director and Independent Advisor at Blockchain Intelligence Group, co\-founded Oqulus Tech LLC, and is a Blockchain and Digital Asset News Contributor for FINTECH\.TV\.

### What is Kenneth’s public\-speaking and media profile?

Kenneth is a TEDxTALKS speaker and a globally recognized lecturer on the economics of digital assets, blockchain investment, international trade, forensic methods, and corporate ethics\. He has appeared through FINTECH\.TV at the NYSE and NASDAQ and has been featured by Bloomberg, Reuters, Money Magazine\-Malta, NHK, TheStreet\.com, and other global publications\.

### Which notable events has Kenneth curated or moderated?

Kenneth curated the first Founders Day event for Black History Month at the NYSE in 2023, moderated the first HedgeWeek Digital Asset Summit in 2022, curated the first Women Leaders in Blockchain Symposium in New York City, and curated the Globally Local FinTech, AI and Blockchain Symposium\. The Globally Local symposium won the Wealth & International FinTech 2020 Award\.

### What fellowships, memberships, and recognitions has Kenneth received?

Kenneth is recognized as a 10 to Know Global Game Changer, a U\.S\. White House Business Council/Forward TPP member, an Aspen Institute Nakasone Fellow, a Mike and Maureen Mansfield Fellow, a PhD Project Member, a two\-time Ronald E\. McNair Scholar, and a Harvard Model Congress Member\.

### What is Kenneth’s education?

Kenneth earned an MBA in Finance from the Fox School of Business at Temple University and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and Financial Management Services from Johnson C\. Smith University\. He was also an exchange student in Asia economics and finance at J\. F\. Oberlin University\.

### What capital\-markets subjects does Kenneth work across?

Kenneth’s capital\-markets background includes banking, equities, trading, bonds, fixed income, derivatives, FX and FX options, structured products, credit and equity derivatives, hedge funds, asset management, securities, project finance, venture capital, private equity, investments, and due diligence\.

### What advisory and international\-business capabilities does Kenneth offer?

Kenneth’s advisory and business\-development expertise includes corporate advisory, partner relationship management, non\-executive directorship, international business development, global business, business development, fundraising, foreign direct investment, cross\-border investment strategy, emerging markets, and frontier markets\.

### What additional professional capabilities does Kenneth bring?

Kenneth also works in corporate finance, financial services, financial risk, enterprise risk management, credit risk, market risk, operational risk, data visualization, digital transformation, big data, artificial intelligence, blockchain, FinTech, compliance training, and global regulatory compliance\.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www\.linkedin\.com/in/akennethgoodwinjr

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