Tristan Thoma is a digital infrastructure strategist and technology executive specializing in national digital infrastructure, digital assets, payments, and technology-enabled financial and civic systems. He is Executive Director of Impera Strategy, where he advises governments and institutions on the design, architecture, implementation, and commercialization of large-scale digital infrastructure, including cryptocurrency, stablecoin, CBDC, and private-network payment systems. His work also spans digital identity, distributed data infrastructure, digital MRV, and the integration of digital assets with legacy banking and payment systems. Since 2016, he has worked across the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, developing more than two dozen blockchain integration systems for governments, Fortune 500 companies, financial institutions, and startups.

Tristan previously served as Director of Government & Payments at AlphaPoint, where he led the team responsible for the Chivo Wallet in El Salvador and managed engagements among government officials and private-sector partners to strengthen the system's resilience and capabilities. He has also held strategy and product leadership roles at Diginex and The Proof of Trust, working on government blockchain strategies, enterprise blockchain integration, product architecture, and commercialization. Earlier, he co-founded Universal Basic Opportunity, a blockchain-based social enterprise that won first prize at the 2018 Consensus Global Hackathon and was selected by the World Bank as a top-five idea for global impact. His background combines organizational psychology, IT systems management, technical architecture, business and product design, and digital infrastructure, with a focus on applying technology to financial inclusion, economic development, and institutional resilience. He is an Emerging Markets Expert for Latin America at the Global Blockchain Business Council, a Global Ambassador for the Government Blockchain Association, a Member of the Bretton Woods Committee, and an Honorary Fellow of The Digital Economist.