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Alexander Lin is a co-founder of Reforge and was previously Head of Research at Shima Capital and a venture partner at Old Fashioned Research. Alex started his career in consulting at Deloitte, and subsequently held roles in engineering and product at Teads (acquired by Altice) and Concertiv (majority acquired by Long Arc Capital). Alex is also the co-founder of Tether Health, an early-stage digital health startup. Alex earned a BS in Applied Mathematics with double minors in Computer Science and Economics from VMI, and received a Technical MBA with a concentration in Computer Engineering from Cornell University.
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Omar Kanji
Omar Kanji is a partner at Dragonfly. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School, Cornell University and Upper Canada College.
Kevin Chan
Kevin Chan is a vice president at BlockTower Capital and was previously the founder of Wristband. He also previously worked at Deloitte. Kevin Chan graduated from Cornell University.
Cameron Winklevoss
Cameron Winklevoss is the Co-founder and President of Gemini, a next-generation Bitcoin exchange. He graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Economics and earned an MBA from Oxford University. In 2008, he represented the United States at the Olympics Games in Beijing, China, where he placed 6th. Since 2003, Cameron has been an angel investor and entrepreneur in emerging technologies. He began participating in the Bitcoin economy through direct investment in 2012.
Jack Gorman
Jack is the data scientist at Variant. In this role, he uses data analytics and modeling to help Variant and its portfolio founders make better data-driven decisions. Prior to Variant, Jack worked at Deloitte Consulting in its AI & Data Engineering practice focusing on big data, cloud computing, and AI applications. Jack has contributed to onchain data analytics and research for various protocols on platforms like Dune Analytics and Flipside Crypto. He is particularly interested in onchain identities and token distribution. Jack holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech. In his free time, Jack enjoys hiking, competing in triathlons, and reading.
Mike Jones
Mike Jones is a talent partner at Dragonfly, and previously she was head of technical recruiting at OKX. She graduated from Cornell University in the United States.
Gengmo Qi
Gengmo Qi is a partner at Dragonfly and was previously a researcher and engineer at Chainlink. He graduated from Cornell University and the University of Chicago.
Robert Bogucki
Robert Bogucki is a portfolio manager at Brevan Howard Digital and previously was a managing director at Galaxy Digital. He graduated from Cornell University in the United States.
Alex Marinier
Alex Marinier is Founder & General Partner at New Form. Previously, Alex was an investor at Sand Hill firm DCM Ventures, where he led the firm's expansion into blockchain investing. Prior to that, Alex worked in private equity at Blackstone in New York underwriting secondary transactions. He's a seed investor in Compound Finance, Blockfolio, and Chia among others. A native New Yorker, Alex holds a BSc from Cornell's SC Johnson College of Business.
Julian Koh
Julian Koh is the founder of Aevo and previously worked in software development at Coinbase/NumerAI. He studied computer science at Cornell University, but dropped out after two years.
Kathleen Breitman
Kathleen Breitman is the CEO of Dynamic Ledger Solutions, the company developing the Tezos public blockchain. Tezos is a unique and original implementation of a blockchain which can seamlessly amend the rules governing the protocol. Previously, Kathleen was a Senior Strategy Associate for R3, a blockchain consortium of more than fifty financial firms. She also worked at Accenture, Bridgewater Associates, and the Wall Street Journal. She is a graduate of Cornell University.