Henry L. Ines

Co-Founder and CEO
Board Member, Penn State Smeal College of Business Board of Visitors

Henry Ines '98 is the Co-Founder and CEO of Chainparency, a blockchain-based software and data solutions company focused on transparency and accountability in supply chains. Chainparency’s digital tools enable enterprises and organizations globally to digitally streamline workflows and to collect high integrity supply chain and climate data. With multiple first-of-a-kind blockchain-based innovations and milestones, Chainparency is at the forefront of digital solutions focused on advancing sustainability and empowering enterprises, working communities, and individuals to re-imagine supply chains for the benefit of our environment and habitats. Henry represents Chainparency across sectors and multiple industry groups and consortiums to include serving on the Leadership Council of the U.S. Endowment for Forestry & Communities' ForesTrust Network, Tufts University’s Food Nutrition Innovation Council, and TN’s Resilient Markets Advisory Council.

Henry also serves on the Steering Committee of the GoChain Foundation, a developer of a highly scalable and environmentally friendly L1 blockchain protocol and network, and as an Expert Resource on enterprise blockchain solutions for the Asian Productivity Organization (APO). He is also the co-founder of Generation, a boutique digital consultancy, focusing on public- and private-sector digital modernization and transformation initiatives. He is also a trusted advisor to multiple startups and is a proud member of the Penn State’s Smeal Board of Visitors.

Henry began his career as a management consultant for Price Waterhouse & PwC and later worked in corporate finance focusing on sell-side M&A while at PwCS and M&T Bank. Henry then spent more than a decade in venture, focusing on early-stage technology startup investments and scaleups, while based in innovation hubs including Silicon Valley, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

Henry earned a BS in Finance from The Pennsylvania State University in 1998 and an MBA from Duke University in 2008.