Arland Whitfield

Arland was born into technology. From a young age, he was surrounded by the entrepreneurial aptitude of his parents as they grew their forward-focused I.T. Infrastructure business. This inspired him to always stay ahead of the curve with technology, and as he passed through his formative years, he became the earliest adopter of new innovations. Arland’s passion materialized into his profession in 2013 with his company, The Skyworks Project, which pioneered the movement into drone technology. The Skyworks Project took Arland around the world, as he became a sought out evangelist and drone expert in just his early 20s. As The Skyworks Project transformed into the flagship drone program at his alma mater, Syracuse University, Arland graduated and left to form his venture, yesMatrix, which became a premier solution for corporate-level marketing automation. It was only shortly after launching yesMatrix that one of the largest media technology companies, Integrated Media Technologies (IMT), recruited him for their roster. After a 3 year stint at IMT, entrepreneurship called Arland again as he began to learn about and envision the power of blockchain. His drive to understand and leverage emerging technologies led him to forming the largest cryptocurrency miner hosting operation in North America, Frontier Mining. Arland now takes his progressive perspective into building a sustainable blockchain ecosystem, so that the technology and its impact can be felt for generations to come.