Lyon was the founder of VAKT, the largest blockchain startup in the energy space.
He led fundraising with 14 companies, including Shell, Saudi Aramco, and Reliance, raising a total of over $42mm.
Prior to that, Lyon was a Director at Glencore, overseeing trading risk and data.
Lyon authored commodities regulation for the NY Federal Reserve. He also spent a decade as a commodity derivatives trader with UBS, SocGen, and Hartree.
He has been a featured speaker at many conferences, including OPEC’s Technology Conference in 2019 & 2020.
Lyon has a BS in engineering from Rice University and an MBA from Wharton.
