Damu Winston

Damu Rufaro Winston, is an international digital advisor, serial entrepreneur, and a global thought leader recognised for pioneering advancements in emerging technologies at Amazon and other Fortune 50 corporations, including IBM, Wells Fargo, Duke Energy Corporation, and Bank of America.

Damu is the Global Head of Web 3.0 Innovation at Amazon. He is responsible for empowering organisations through harnessing diverse thought and talent, re-engineering processes and leveraging emerging technologies (such as, Blockchain, AI cognitive capabilities, IoT wearables, spatial computing, Web 3.0), to ultimately drive profitability, productivity, and maximise impact.

Damu is also the founder of Winston Trust, a marketplace for industry-leading Fintech experts that are now teachers. The trust offer hands-on experiences covering a wide range of topics such as Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, design thinking, open banking, project management, big data & analytics, cybersecurity, and full stack development.

Having led globally distributed high-performing teams in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, throughout Europe, India, Mexico, and domestic U.S., Damu has a track record of optimising operations, growing businesses profitability and generating new revenue streams (i.e., leveraging new cloud capabilities).

Damu is also a speaker at many conferences and summits, including Arab EmTech & Startups Conference, UAE Speaker Bureau.

As an investor, Damu is associated with Intelak Hub, an Emirates, Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism, GE, and dnata Travel Group incubator and accelerator initiative.

As an author who has twice topped Amazon's bestseller list, notably with his 2019 work 'I Don’t Trust You, But Blockchain and Bitcoin Will Help,' he is a seasoned investor and inventor.