Personal Details
Toufic "Tey" Al Rjoula was born 1990 in Kuwait 🇰🇼 during the Gulf war which incurred many damages, even the civil registries were destroyed.
Tey's Story
In 2012, Tey found himself as an unknown man. On his Dutch driver's license, the city he was born such as "London", "Berlin" is declared as being "Unbekend" translates as Unknown in the English language because he was born during the war when the birth registries were destroyed. Thus, Tey does not have a birth certificate, even if copies were to exist, neither he nor the issuance could be able to verify it.
In 2014, Tey who had been given a work permit of five years began an asylum application in a Syrian refugee camp in the Netherlands 🇳🇱, where he was forced to move out and his work permit of five years was terminated. Tey knew who he was but it was difficult for him to prove it owing to the destruction of his records in Kuwait. Tey experienced pains of being an "unknown man" in the Netherlands for two years and he felt the pain of Syrian refugees who are unable to verify their documents and some who have lost other vital documents like birth certificate, academic certificates during their refugees' journey. Tey was able to meet with more than a thousand unknown men, women, and children at the end of his stay.
“There I was in the asylum camp, without a birth certificate, without documents, not being able to identify who I am.” — Tey Al-Rjula
A third of the refugees in Europe are children, and even as they're fortunate to get documented, countless numbers in Syrian Refugee camps do not have certificates, and newborns in the camps are unable to complete the birth registration process, because of the economic, geographical and complex administrative barriers.
Finally, the experiences the refugees shared with Tey within the Dutch refugee camp involving the hardships they suffered as "invisible individuals" gave him the concept and motivation to build Tykn in conjunction with social entrepreneurs Khalid Maliki and Jimmy J.P. Snoek so as to work on providing self-sovereign identity to all.
Education
Tey studied Economics and Social Studies in Saint Mary’s Orthodox College.
From 2002 - 2006, he studied Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services in Harriri Canadian University.
From 2015 - 2015, he acquired the Certificate of Accomplishment, Digital Currencies in University of Nicosia.
From 2016 - 2017, he acquired Master of Science (MSc), Digital Currencies in University of Nicosia.
Skills
Bitcoin, Business Development, Business Innovation, Business Strategy, Coaching, Consulting, Customer Service, Development, Entrepreneurship, FinTech, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Organizational, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, Start-ups, Strategic Planning, Strategy, and Training.
Professional Experience and Achievements
According to his LinkedIn Profile and other sources;
From Jan 2010 - Jan 2014, Tey worked as a Corporate Trainer in ZAB ZORG.
In Jan. 2012, he became the Senior Analyst in Bitcoin/Blockchain, in The Hague Area, Netherlands.
In Nov. 2016, he co-founded an identity blockchain based company Tykn, Amsterdam Area, Netherlands.
Role: Co-founder & CEO.
Toufic "Tey" Al Rjoula was featured as a speaker in Amsterdam Talks Tech – The Blockchain Edition on Feb. 22, 2018.
Toufic "Tey" Al Rjoula was featured as a speaker in Blockchain Innovation Conference on June 7, 2018, at the Rabobank headquarters in Utrecht.
Toufic "Tey" Al Rjoula was featured as a keynote speaker at Decentralized 2018 conference held in Divani Caravel Hotel, Athens, Greece 🇬🇷.
Tey, a great motivator, tutor, creator, blockchain speaker built a blockchain working mechanism to ensure that everybody has a proof of identity and no-one will ever be ‘invisible’ again, inflicted by paper-based vital record systems. He has received numerous awards and featured in numerous blockchain conference.
About Bitnation; What Is It Really?
Tykn is an innovative blockchain technology that aims to use the distributed ledger to build digital identity devices that are safe, private and interoperable electronic identity, authentication and trust service (eIDAS) tools for both NGOs and governments, delivering complete correspondence with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). Tykn is categorized under "Identity & Reputation" based in Netherlands.
