David is the head of Strategic Policy and Planning for Auditchain Labs AG.
David is a recognized expert on financial sector data, standards, and strategy. David was the founding Director of the US Securities & Exchange Commission’s Office of Interactive Disclosure in 2007, where he initiated and ran the SEC’s pioneering development, enactment, and implementation of XBRL as the standard for financial reporting for United States companies. He engaged with dozens of jurisdictions, including the EU to develop their own digital reporting regimes. At the SEC Office of Financial Research, David was involved in some of the earliest evaluations of crypto currencies and blockchain.
David helped stand up the US’ first financial data agency, the Office of Financial Research at the US Treasury and led the creation of other critical financial sector standards, including the Legal Entity Identifier (ISO 17442), and chaired the US Financial Sector Oversight Committee’s Data Committee. Mr. Blaszkowsky also has deep experience as a strategist, having served at McKinsey & Co., Gemini, and PwC. David served as Director, FinTech and Innovation at the Division of Banks, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He also served as the data strategy and governance executive in publishing at McGraw-Hill and S&P as well as similar roles at State Street., and has been involved with industry consortia.
David holds a BA in economics from the University of Chicago, an MBA from Northwestern University.