COO
Securitize
Billy Miller, Chief Operating Officer, Securitize: Billy is an accomplished executive in the transfer agent industry. His success as COO of Pacific Stock Transfer led to its strategic acquisition by Securitize in early 2022, helping bridge the gap between traditional financial infrastructure and digital processes. At Securitize, Billy has played a critical role in the institutional-grade design, launch, and ongoing operations of the real-world assets and funds the company brings on-chain. He also serves as a Board member of the Securities Transfer Association, where he advocates for modernizing the transfer agent industry through the adoption of digital processes leveraging blockchain technology.
Tokenization is not a new asset class, it is an infrastructure upgrade.
The key message is that the hard part is not putting an asset on-chain. The hard part is operating it: issuer onboarding, transfer agency, servicing, compliance, fund administration, lifecycle management, and distribution.
For TradFi leaders, meaningful participation in digital assets and on-chain finance depends on the infrastructure decisions they make long before products are launched. This working group focuses on the foundational capabilities—governance, custody, ledger architecture, risk, compliance, and operating models—that must be put in place to support real value, real clients, and real regulatory scrutiny. Rather than debating technologies or market hype, participants will pressure-test how today’s infrastructure choices lock in future control, scalability, and accountability, and identify what must be built now to position their institutions as credible, long-term stakeholders in on-chain financial markets. Discussion points include: