About
The Person Behind TapCap
A finance professional with a rare combination of institutional banking experience, crypto operational expertise, and regulatory insight.
Harry "Dean" Tappen
Founder & Principal Consultant
Dean Tappen founded TapCap Consulting to bring institutional-quality financial strategy to early-stage companies that need it most. His career spans investment banking, large-scale crypto operations, regulatory advocacy, and now direct consulting — giving him a uniquely comprehensive perspective on the challenges modern businesses face.
Dean previously served as a Coin Deployment Specialist at Celsius Network, where he oversaw more than $20 billion in digital assets at peak and managed $3 billion in creditor distributions during Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. He also served as Executive Director of CLIC, advocating for crypto regulation directly with U.S. legislators.
He is currently completing his MBA at Arizona State University's W.P. Carey School of Business with a Finance concentration (Class of 2026), and has completed CFA Level I.
- CFA Level I Chartered Financial Analyst (Level I) — Completed
- MBA 2026 Finance Concentration — ASU W.P. Carey
- BS Finance Virginia Tech, 2019
- $3B+ Cryptocurrency distributed & managed
Career Timeline
TapCap Consulting LLC — Founder & Consultant
Advising startups on high-level strategy, financial planning, risk management, and modeling support. Building a book of clients across FinTech and emerging tech.
Celsius Network — Coin Deployment Specialist & Consultant
Managed $20B+ in digital assets. Led bankruptcy proceedings support, unwound ~$3B in crypto, oversaw creditor distributions through PayPal and Coinbase. Managed team of 6 analysts.
CLIC — Executive Director
Led crypto industry advocacy in Washington, DC. Engaged directly with US government officials on both sides of the aisle to promote fair and effective digital asset regulation.
Barclays — Operations Analyst
Learned institutional operations across Fixed Income, Commercial Paper, Equity Settlement, and Tax divisions at one of the world's leading investment banks.
Wells Fargo Advisors — Wealth & Investment Management Intern
Constructed portfolio allocations along the efficient frontier based on client objectives, risk tolerance, and time horizon.