Quamid Francis
Aquilon Labs | Chief Business Officer
Quamid Francis is a cross-sector executive and institutional strategist focused on building credible bridges between traditional finance, public institutions, and emerging digital market infrastructure.
He brings more than a decade of senior leadership experience across government, nonprofit, and civic systems, where he has led complex organizations, managed multi-million-dollar budgets, and built multi-stakeholder partnerships spanning finance, policy, philanthropy, and community development. His career has been defined by operating in highly regulated, trust-based environments where governance, accountability, and institutional credibility are mission-critical.
Previously, Quamid served as Executive Director of City Year New York, where he led large-scale education and workforce development initiatives, managed enterprise-level operations, and developed the organization’s first formal workforce development strategy. Earlier in his career, he held executive leadership roles in New York City and State government, including Deputy Commissioner and Chief of Staff at the NYC Department of Veterans’ Services, where he led economic development, service delivery, and cross-agency coordination efforts serving more than 200,000 veterans and their families.
Quamid is the founder of Q Impact Solutions, a strategic advisory firm supporting institutions in governance design, operating model development, capital strategy, and cross-sector partnerships. His work has consistently focused on systems-level transformation, institutional trust-building, and long-term value creation across complex stakeholder ecosystems.
In the digital asset and blockchain space, Quamid’s focus is on institutional market infrastructure. His work centers on settlement systems, compliance-native design, custody integration, and the modernization of financial workflows for regulated institutions. His role emphasizes market strategy, institutional partnerships, regulatory alignment, and enterprise adoption pathways—bridging traditional financial operating models with next-generation digital infrastructure in a practical, compliant, and institutionally credible way.
Quamid is currently a candidate in the Executive MBA program at Columbia Business School, where his studies focus on finance, entrepreneurship, and business strategy, deepening his expertise in capital markets, enterprise growth, and institutional value creation. He holds a Master of Public Administration from New York University and a Bachelor of Science from Baruch College. He has been recognized on City & State’s Nonprofit Power 100 list (2022, 2023) for his leadership and public impact.
Quamid Francis is a cross-sector executive and institutional strategist focused on building credible bridges between traditional finance, public institutions, and emerging digital market infrastructure.
He brings more than a decade of senior leadership experience across government, nonprofit, and civic systems, where he has led complex organizations, managed multi-million-dollar budgets, and built multi-stakeholder partnerships spanning finance, policy, philanthropy, and community development. His career has been defined by operating in highly regulated, trust-based environments where governance, accountability, and institutional credibility are mission-critical.
Previously, Quamid served as Executive Director of City Year New York, where he led large-scale education and workforce development initiatives, managed enterprise-level operations, and developed the organization’s first formal workforce development strategy. Earlier in his career, he held executive leadership roles in New York City and State government, including Deputy Commissioner and Chief of Staff at the NYC Department of Veterans’ Services, where he led economic development, service delivery, and cross-agency coordination efforts serving more than 200,000 veterans and their families.
Quamid is the founder of Q Impact Solutions, a strategic advisory firm supporting institutions in governance design, operating model development, capital strategy, and cross-sector partnerships. His work has consistently focused on systems-level transformation, institutional trust-building, and long-term value creation across complex stakeholder ecosystems.
In the digital asset and blockchain space, Quamid’s focus is on institutional market infrastructure. His work centers on settlement systems, compliance-native design, custody integration, and the modernization of financial workflows for regulated institutions. His role emphasizes market strategy, institutional partnerships, regulatory alignment, and enterprise adoption pathways—bridging traditional financial operating models with next-generation digital infrastructure in a practical, compliant, and institutionally credible way.
Quamid is currently a candidate in the Executive MBA program at Columbia Business School, where his studies focus on finance, entrepreneurship, and business strategy, deepening his expertise in capital markets, enterprise growth, and institutional value creation. He holds a Master of Public Administration from New York University and a Bachelor of Science from Baruch College. He has been recognized on City & State’s Nonprofit Power 100 list (2022, 2023) for his leadership and public impact.