AppYea announced it has appointed Ben Harris as chief technology officer and added him to the company’s board of directors, a move the company says is intended to tighten accountability for technology delivery as it shifts toward “institutional-grade” blockchain deployments in regulated markets.
The appointment follows AppYea’s January 8, 2026 disclosure that it closed a previously announced strategic technology acquisition. Harris joins from Techlott, where AppYea said he was the primary technical architect behind the blockchain platform that has now been integrated into the company. AppYea characterized the acquisition as strengthening its intellectual property base and enabling a more focused operating strategy centered on scalable, audit-ready blockchain solutions for regulated environments.
AppYea said its go-forward positioning targets sectors where transparency, traceability and verifiable controls are increasingly required, citing enterprise, institutional and public-sector-adjacent opportunities across North America and Asia as regulatory frameworks evolve and infrastructure modernization efforts expand.
In his CTO role, Harris will lead technology execution and provide regular updates to the board, with priorities focused on readiness for institutional and regulated environments. AppYea said those priorities include hardening the platform to improve performance, reliability, scalability and operational resilience; reinforcing security-by-design practices and development discipline; improving integration readiness through APIs and deployment pathways; enhancing audit-ready transparency workflows that support verification outputs for regulated stakeholders; and establishing a consistent product delivery cadence tied to commercialization milestones.
The company also linked the appointment to its governance and capital markets planning, citing prior disclosures that it is conducting an internal review that could lead to a potential uplisting application to a U.S. national securities exchange, including Nasdaq. AppYea said having the original architect of its core technology serve both on the executive team and on the board is intended to strengthen board-level oversight and align execution with the governance rigor typically expected by long-term institutional investors.
AppYea is a public technology company advancing blockchain trust infrastructure for regulated, outcome-driven markets, focused on real-time verification systems designed to support transparency, integrity and auditability in institutional and government-aligned deployments.
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“The closing we announced on January 8 was an important step in our transformation. Ben brings direct technical ownership and delivery discipline. He is joining at the point where execution matters most—turning core IP into an institutional-grade product line with clear milestones, measurable reliability, and audit-ready outputs.”
Yakir Abadi, Chief Executive Officer, AppYea
“Our Board remains focused on institutional readiness and governance. Ben’s appointment to the Board strengthens alignment between technology delivery and oversight, which we believe is important as we continue executing our strategic roadmap and evaluating potential capital markets initiatives.”
Eldar Grady, Chairman Of The Board Of Directors, AppYea
“My focus is execution—productizing the platform for scalable deployments in environments where trust must be demonstrable. We will prioritize performance, integrity, and operational readiness, with an emphasis on integration pathways and audit-grade transparency.”
Ben Harris, Chief Technology Officer And Director, AppYea
