An inquisitive idea man with a passion for efficiency, Mr. Wildt started his career at WL Gore & Associates, providing on-site mechanical engineering support to industrial clients in the US, Canada, and Mexico. During this time he published three design patents to solve problems encountered while in the field. In 1999, he transitioned to First USA (now JP Morgan Chase) credit cards to help with process reengineering for various offer fulfillment problems for their 50MM+ client base. He was eventually tasked with helping FUSA executives understand outcomes, cause & effect, and opportunities for improvement through the analysis of multiple sources of enterprise data on marketing, call center operations, card member purchasing, and balance build.

As a consultant, Erik has served MBNA America, American Express, the New York Stock Exchange, and a top-tier Health Insurance provider with market surveillance analysis, MS office automation applications, and custom data engineering solutions. In 2006, Erik founded Financial Technologies Inc. (dba TeloChain) to bring enterprise data management capabilities to data intensive organizations in financial services, healthcare, and logistics.

Mr. Wildt earned his BS in mechanical engineering from University of Delaware and lives in New York City.