About our team

Erika R. Knierim

Founder & Principal

Erika is an attorney, legal engineer and finance professional with 14+ years of experience working with organizations ranging from international investment banks to multi-billion dollar technology startups. 

She is an advocate for her client’s goal of maximizing value whether in the courtroom or an investment portfolio. This desire led to acquiring deep knowledge of how tokenization and blockchain technologies are affecting finance and the law. Beginning with crypto-finance, she has become an expert in topics ranging from tokenization and supply chains to NFTs and smart contracts and how they affect a company's profitability and growth. 

This passion for technological innovation extends to her transformative leadership in the art and music industries. She was responsible for an overhaul of  a leading American orchestra’s approach to new audience development and interdisciplinary programming. In addition, Erika has worked as a consultant for international artists and organizations.

Over the past year, she has worked on the frontline of blockchain regulatory law and become intimately knowledgeable on the changing global regulatory landscape for cryptocurrency, working directly with several regulatory governing bodies and leading legal blockchain authorities. Through extensive access to leading industry players, she came to believe in the need for greater adoption of emerging blockchain solutions by legacy institutions and the need for strong regulatory solutions that protect consumers but still encourage innovation. 

In addition to her work with Nomic, Erika also serves as an Executive Team Lead for the Tokenized Commodities Council where she is spearheading the creation of a digital commodities taxonomy and as a Mentor for the WAC (Web3 Arts & Culture) Fellowship, where she helps arts institutions navigate the blockchain ecosystem.

Her work is driven by a desire to create agency in a technological world, support physical engagement, ensure safety and security, expand a sense of ownership in the world we inhabit, and facilitate the preservation of assets and memories.

Walker Thisted

Founder & Principal, Emeritus

Walker is an architect, designer, and artist whose career led him to become an entrepreneur, technologist, and consultant.

As an entrepreneur, he has helped build businesses in media, architecture, construction, and real estate development. His work involved business & brand development, marketing, communications & PR, strategy & revenue generation, and operational support. Throughout, he has advocated for new technologies to support efficiency and growth. This has taken the form of designing and building smart homes with a goal of having their IoT systems utilize blockchain and urban planning work driven by digital twins and smart city technology. He has also been involved with efforts to enhance interoperability and integrated project delivery, implement 5D construction solutions, utilize digital fabrication, and integrate AR/VR in architecture, engineering, construction, and real estate. 

His past consulting work has included projects for Fortune 100 and 500 companies focused on digital twins, as well as communications and strategy. In addition, he has had the opportunity to support and advise a wide range of emerging companies on marketing, branding, and growth.

All of this work is driven by a desire to collaborate on making our world more enjoyable and rewarding for an ever expanding section of the population while also ensuring sustainability, resilience, and the creation of lasting value.

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