Zac Townsend

Zac is CEO and Co-Founder of Meanwhile, the
first life insurance provider denominated and
operating entirely in a digital asset, BTC. Life
insurance serves a critical role to all developed
economies around the world and we are
building a defining financial institution for the
global Bitcoin economy.

Zac was the Head of Product and Co-Founder
of Standard Treasury, which participated in the
summer 2013 batch of Y Combinator. As the
head of product there, he conceived and built
one of the earliest “banking-as-a-service”
companies and ultimately sold it to a top-20
bank.

Zac has also served in a range of senior
government tech-policy roles including his time
as a Senior Technology Advisor to Newark, NJ
Mayor Cory Booker and CTO for the City of
Newark. Additionally, he served as the
inaugural Chief Data Officer for the State of
California. Most recently, Zac was an Associate
Partner and a leader in the financial services
practice at McKinsey & Company where he
focused on interim product and business unit
leadership roles at banks and insurance
companies.

After getting his undergraduate degree in
Applied Mathematics and Public Policy from
Brown University, Zac earned his Master of
Public Administration (MPA) from NYU’s
Wagner School of Public Service, where
he focused on public financial and statistical
methods.