Faiā

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Responsibilities (B2C/B2B):
- Managing Director
- Fractional Consultant
- Sales management
- Community engagement & community development
- Marketing communications
- Leadership development
- Social networking 
- Account Management

Impact:
- Secured first phase of the National Digital Ledger project with the Government of Tuvalu, utilizing blockchain technology to create a digital nation
- Featured on Discover Magazine, Rest of World, Entrepreneur.com, Yahoo! Finance, and Business Insider
- Helped a client successfully migrate their global community over to Slack during the pandemic
- Coined the term "meta-community" for future Web3 and metaverse communities
- Created the world's first Meta-Community Micro-Accelerator

Awards:
- Excellence in Finance Leadership by FiNext Dubai

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Faiā is a culture-tech agency. One of the first in Asia-Pacific to offer community-focused blockchain services. Faiā helps brands integrate new technologies and grow adoption through the use of branded communities. Our mission is to bridge digital divides using culture and technology.

Managing Director

Bitcoin Association

Bitcoin Ambassador

[Fractional] Head of Culture & Community

GSD Global

Founder. Side-hustle. Helping solopreneurs, digital nomads, and remote workers get sh*t done.

Founder

Blockchain Governance Initiative Network

Contributing to global Decentralized Treasuries Working Group (DTWG)

Advisory Board Member

Gumroad

Angel Investor

The Pack

A productivity mastermind + community for "lone wolf" entrepreneurs & professionals

TalentGenius

[Fractional] Chief Community Officer

Government of Tuvalu

Assisting the Minister of Justice, Communications & Foreign Affairs in blockchain-related prospects, in association with Tuvalu's newly formed ICT Task Force.

National ICT Task Force 

Honā

A web3 accountability platform. Helping founders become more consistent.

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Responsibilities:
· Vision and direction (as Founder)
· UX/UI/mobile app design
· Fundraising
· Product management 

Impact: 
· Raised pre-seed round from billionaire Tim Draper
· Secured partnerships with Playform.ai, Terra.do, BitPost and Coingeek
· Recruited senior CTO who was an ex C-suite exec for a billion-dollar German company

Awards:
· Won first place in Draper U pitch fest, out of 80 global startups

Founder / Product Manager

Draper Startup House

[Fractional] Head of Community 

Fractional CCO | Blockchain AI Community | Scaling Emerging Tech Communities | 3x Founder | Public Speaker | Business Mentor

I help tech leaders, executives, and organizations unlock their next level of impact by aligning emerging technology, culture, and community-driven innovation into scalable systems that thrive long-term.

With 10+ years of experience in emerging technologies, community-building, and cultural strategy, I’ve had the privilege of advising and collaborating with global innovators, from venture-backed startups to nation-building initiatives, including helping Tuvalu lay the groundwork for becoming the world’s first digital nation.

Specializations:
— Tech-Culture Integration: Aligning tools, technologies, and systems with organizational values, cultural integrity, and human-centered design.
— Community-Driven Innovation: Building sustainable ecosystems where technology empowers connection, collaboration, and growth.
— Scalable Solutions for Emerging Tech: Designing systems that retain their purpose and impact as they scale, with expertise in blockchain, AI, and Web3.

As the Managing Director of Faiā and a Fractional Chief Community Officer (CCO), I’ve partnered with startups, corporations, and governments to develop transformational solutions that bridge technology, culture, and community.

Additional Roles:
— Speaker & Writer: Sharing insights on the intersection of technology, culture, and ancient wisdom to inspire leaders to create meaningful impact and lasting legacies.
— Micropreneur Advocate: Championing small, agile teams and lean business models—especially in this AI-driven era—to help businesses thrive efficiently.

Whether you’re navigating growth challenges, integrating emerging technologies, or scaling community-driven initiatives, I bring practical strategies, cultural depth, and a systems-focused approach to every project.

Let’s connect if you’re a visionary leader ready to align technology with purpose, culture, and long-term scalability.

George Siosi Samuels

Richard Millington

FeverBee Limited

Richard Millington is the founder of FeverBee, author of Buzzing Communities, and a regular speaker on building successful communities at events around the world. 

FeverBee uses proven social science to develop successful online and offline communities of customers, fans, and members. 

Richard is the sole author of the world's most popular online communities blog and the highly rated book, Buzzing Communities, widely cited as introducing best practice into developing successful online communities.

Richard's unique focus in on cracking the 'social code' behind successful social groups. FeverBee's approaches combines cutting edge social psychology with advanced data insights and a library of repeatable case studies. 

Over the past 13 years, Richard has helped to develop over 150+ successful communities, including those for Google, The World Bank, Oracle, Amazon, Autodesk, Lego, The United Nations, Novartis, and many more.

Richard has delivered keynote talks in the USA, Canada, UK, France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Australia, Turkey, Switzerland, Romania, Lithuania, and several others.

Founder & Managing Director

Consultant

From 2007 to 2010 I worked as a self-employed community consultancy advising organizations how to develop successul online communities.

Online Community Builder/Manager

UNHCR

Social Media/Online Community Manager

Seth Godin

Spent 4 months as an intern for Seth Godin at Squidoo

Intern - Building Online Communities

apt marketing & PR

I spent a brilliant year working for apt marketing & PR. At apt marketing PR I had some excellent achievements. I founded the social-media division of the agency.

I also spent a lot of my time working on PR. I secured press coverage for clients in The Sun, The Daily Mirror, The Guardian, Daily Express, Daily Mail, GMTV and ITV News.

I also Ghost-wrote feature articles for Caterer and Hotelkeeper, Daily Express and Training Magazine.

Account Executive

iGUK

My role involves developing a community of gamers around your company. This included hosting and expanding our range of events, building relationships with key sponsors, liasing between gaming centres and the management committee and increasing the number of participants to all our events:

Achievements:

Developed a thriving online community for our clients’ customers.
Increased number of events for gamers from two, to six a week.
Trained six volunteers to launch and manage their own affiliate events.
Worked with sponsors to gradually increase annual prize purse to exceed £50,000.

Community Manager

Writer, Events Manager, Community Builder

Team AMD Gamer

Responsible for a £100k marketing initiative on behalf of AMD to reach hardcore gamers.
Recruited and managed top players in a variety of games to become the second best UK team within six months.
Secured media coverage in regional, national and international media.

Manager

Gamers.nu

Richard Millington is the founder of FeverBee. 

FeverBee uses proven social science to develop successful online and offline communities for organizations around the world. Over the past 13 years, Richard has helped to develop over 310 successful communities, including those for Apple, Facebook, Google, The World Bank, SAP, Oracle, Amazon, Autodesk, Lego, The United Nations, Novartis, and many more. 

FeverBee helps organizations use powerful psychology to build valuable communities. These communities are designed to foster greater loyalty, resolve customer problems, generate ideas, drive search traffic, and develop the best possible member experience. 

Richard is the author of both Buzzing Communities, The Indispensable Community, and Build Your Community (Pearson, 2021). Buzzing Communities has been widely cited as introducing best practices into developing successful online communities. Richard has delivered keynote talks in the USA, Canada, UK, Australia, France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Turkey, Switzerland, Romania, Lithuania, and several others. 

Richard has also trained over 1,250 community professionals through FeverBee’s community management academy.

Richard Millington is the founder of FeverBee, author of Buzzing Communities, and a regular speaker on building successful communities at events around the world. 

FeverBee uses proven social science to develop successful online and offline communities of customers, fans, and members. 

Richard is the sole author of the world's most popular online communities blog and the highly rated book, Buzzing Communities, widely cited as introducing best practice into developing successful online communities.

Richard's unique focus in on cracking the 'social code' behind successful social groups. FeverBee's approaches combines cutting edge social psychology with advanced data insights and a library of repeatable case studies. 

Over the past 13 years, Richard has helped to develop over 150+ successful communities, including those for Google, The World Bank, Oracle, Amazon, Autodesk, Lego, The United Nations, Novartis, and many more.

Richard has delivered keynote talks in the USA, Canada, UK, France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Australia, Turkey, Switzerland, Romania, Lithuania, and several others. 

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