Chuks Onwuneme

Founder & CEO at Ratify Protocol
Greater Seattle Area

Chuks Onwuneme is the Founder and CEO of Ratify Protocol. He specializes in portable authorization across agent trust boundaries.

  • Ratify Protocol Founder & CEO 2026–present · current
  • Identities.AI, Inc. (now Ratify Protocol) Founder & CEO 2024–2026 · past
  • Antler Founder In Residence 2023 · past
  • Kekwanu Labs Founder 2023–2026, Principal 2013–2015 · past
  • Optimize Health Co-founder & Chief Innovation Officer 2021–2022, Co-founder & CTO 2019–2021 · past
  • 500 Startups Founder-In-Residence, Batch 18 2016 · past
  • Pillsy Cofounder & CTO 2015–2021 · past
  • Friends of Queen Anne Seattle Tech & Entrepreneurs Founder 2014–2021 · past
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    University of Washington Board Member & Instructor, Android Development (Professional Continuing Education) 2014 · past
  • Techstars Mentor 2013–2014 · past
  • GameHouse Snr. Program Manager - Mobile 2011–2012 · past
  • Personify.iT, Inc. Founder & CEO 2011–2014 · past
  • Nokia Symbian Smartphone Software Integration Manager 2007–2011, Senior R&D Engineer - S60 Multimedia Integration Domain 2005–2007, Design Engineer - Speech & Audio Component Factory 2002–2005 · past
  • IBM Software Engineer 2000–2002 · past
  • IBM Corporation Software Engineer Intern, Austin - Texas 2000 · past
  • Fastlane Communications Inc. Network Tech Engineer 1999–2000 · past

Education

  • The University of Texas at Arlington B.Sc (Honors), Computer Science & Engineering
  • University of California, Berkeley - School of Law VC University, Venture Capital
  • SMU Cox School of Business Entrepreneurship Classes

Organizations

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  • Ratify Protocol Founder & CEO 2026–present · current
  • Identities.AI, Inc. (now Ratify Protocol) Founder & CEO 2024–2026 · past
  • Antler Founder In Residence 2023 · past

Education

  • The University of Texas at Arlington B.Sc (Honors), Computer Science & Engineering
  • University of California, Berkeley - School of Law VC University, Venture Capital
  • SMU Cox School of Business Entrepreneurship Classes

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