Chief Architect at RYT
Jeff Mahony is a seasoned technologist and systems architect with over three decades of experience building scalable, secure solutions at the intersection of financial services and technology. As co-founder of RYT, and architect of the chain’s patented Proof of Majority consensus mechanism, Jeff is driving efforts to integrate decentralized technologies and Web3 principles into government and enterprise systems, ensuring they remain robust while onboarding the next 1 billion users through nation-level pilots on RYT.
Jeff’s career has been rooted in advancing technology to solve complex problems in financial ecosystems. In 1999, he co-founded SaveDaily Holdings, a fintech platform that pioneered accessible and scalable financial solutions long before blockchain and decentralized finance entered the financial mainstream. Prior to SaveDaily, Jeff led the Jeda Group, where he worked with financial firms on internet strategy during the early wave of digital transformation. His contributions at TRW’s Space and Defense Sector and Smart Technologies included developing predictive algorithms and modeling tools, early examples of data-driven decision-making that resonate with today’s AI-powered and decentralized systems.
Jeff brings a systems-oriented perspective to technology design, emphasizing the importance of scalability, security, and transparency in alignment with the evolving digital economy. Jeff holds a Cognitive Science degree from UCLA.