About
Stefan Barrett is a technology executive serving as CTO at AgUnity, a company founded in Australia in 2016 that builds a smartphone app and blockchain-based platform for smallholder farmers and their cooperatives in emerging markets. Based in Tokyo, he has worked in the technology industry since 1998, starting his career as a developer at Sage. Before AgUnity he was a Vice President at Nomura and Lehman, where he designed enterprise-grade transaction platforms. He is also a mentor at Founder Institute Japan. Stefan brings an engineering-leader perspective on software architecture, transaction systems, blockchain-based products, and building technology for users in low-connectivity markets. The role provides direct exposure to how a startup turns banking-grade engineering practice into a simple mobile product for remote communities. Stefan is particularly relevant to conversations around technical architecture, building and leading engineering teams, fintech and blockchain product design, and technology for emerging markets.