Tarek Mohammed is the co-founder and CEO at hyphen Labs, Inc, a startup providing DeFi rails for financial institutions. Before starting his latest venture, Tarek is a graduate from the Master of Financial of Engineering program at UC Berkeley. In 2021, he founded a fintech startup to disrupt the payment network in the MENA region. He also worked as a consultant for KPMG levant region after his graduation from the Lebanese American University, studying economics and actuarial science. Tarek is an avid believer of the future of DeFi and crypto and he is on a mission to onboard institutions to this new world.