Location:

Chicago, IL - as of January 2026

Current Work:

I am President of Honest Pirate Advisory, providing consulting, coaching, and capital to early-stage entrepreneurs, applications, and open protocols. We specialize in decision-making and cognitive coaching, go-to-market strategy, growth systems, risk management, communication and branding strategy, global community building, and more.

I am also the host and author of Are We Cooked?, a high-energy, humorous, and urgent conversation series and writing project exploring how AI + tech is reshaping humanity.

Prior Work and Projects:

As CEO and head of growth, I have helped raise over $50M in capital and scaled open protocols to $1B+ in valuation.

I am always developing new projects and companies. I am always looking to connect with entrepreneurs and young organizations that want to build something bigger than themselves. Do not hesitate to reach out to me: tor[at]honestpirate.xyz

• CEO / co-founder of Stashh, a social marketplace for digital collectibles [2021-2025]

• Founder of Secret Foundation, an organization dedicated to the growth and adoption of privacy-first decentralized technologies [2020-2023]

• Head of Growth and Marketing at Enigma MPC, a company building privacy-first computing networks in the blockchain space [2017-2020]

• Revenue and Growth Data Scientist for Snapchat [2016-2017]

• Options trader and marketmaker at Optiver US [2009-2013]

• MIT Sloan MBA [2014-2016], Brown University BA Econ [2005-2009]

• Multiple internships: Content Valuation for Riot Games (January 2016), Data Science for Spotify (Summer 2015), Community Analytics and Growth for Hubspot (January 2015)

• Emergent Leadership in Online Peer Communities (independent study at MIT Sloan) [2016]

• Blockchain Technology and Applications in the Music Industry (report for Future Commerce at MIT Media Lab) [2015]

• Growth and analytics lead for FOLD, MIT Media Lab startup (www.fold.cm) [2015]

and more.

I am @torbair almost everywhere.