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Jack Vinijtrongjit is the co-founder and CEO of Saakuru. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Matt Sorg
Matt Sorg is Vice President of technology at Solana and was previously a data scientist at Riot Games and co-founder of Concha Labs. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Washington.
Ilya Veller
Ilya Veller is co-founder and CFO of Gear Technologies and has more than 20 years of experience working with high net worth individuals and global hedge funds at Renaissance Capital, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America. He is a graduate of New York University and Wisconsin Business School.
Sam Ewen
Sam Ewen is senior vice president and head of Media Experience and innovation at CoinDesk. He is a seasoned marketing talent with over 20 years of brand experience across physical, digital and social platforms. Sam Ewen is a graduate of Hunter College and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Josh Hawkins
Josh Hawkins is Senior Vice President, Strategic Positioning & Global Thought Leadership at Circle, a consumer finance startup that uses Bitcoin technology to make money transfers and payments instant, secure, global and free. Circle was founded in 2013 by Internet entrepreneur Jeremy Allaire with $26 million in venture backing from Jim Breyer, Accel, General Catalyst, and Oak Investment Partners. Previously, Josh was Vice President of Marketing at SutherlandGold, a leading tech-focused PR and marketing firm based in San Francisco with clients including Birchbox, Comcast Ventures, CloudFlare, and TOMS. Prior to joining SutherlandGold, Josh was Vice President of Corporate Marketing at Brightcove, a leading cloud-based video platform company with software used by thousands media companies and marketers in more than 60 countries. At Brightcove, Josh led global public relations, marketing communications, creative services, and website operations. Josh joined Brightcove in 2005 when it was a pre-revenue, 20-person startup. Over the next eight years, the company grew to 350 employees, with sales and marketing operations in nine countries and revenue of $100 million. In February 2012, Brightcove completed a successful IPO. Josh speaks at industry events and has articles published in Advertising Age and Journalism & Mass Communications Quarterly.
Patrick Hillmann
Patrick Hillmann is the former chief strategy officer of Binance, where he leads Binance’s global communications and public affairs department, and his remit also includes coordinating with global regulators in conjunction with Binance’s head of compliance and security. Prior to joining Binance, Patrick was the Global Head of Innovation in Edelman's Crisis and Risk practice, where he led the firm's cybersecurity and anti-disinformation offerings. Prior to joining Edelman, Patrick held senior government affairs and public affairs positions at General Electric (GE) and the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM).
Jon Schwartz
Jon Schwartz is the founder and CEO of GLIF and was previously a software engineer at ConsenSys and founder of Open Work Labs. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Kaimin Hu
Kaimin Hu is Chief Commercial Officer at Bitmart and Partner at Cipholio Ventures and EMURGO. Kaimin graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a BS in Computer Engineering and obtained a PhD in Computer Architecture from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Jack Lipstone
Jack Lipstone is Head of DeFi Business Development at Sei and was previously an investment partner at Chapter One. He founded Ambo Wallet, which was acquired by MyCrypto, where he served as Director of business development, and also founded DeFi Protocol Rari Capital. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
David Kemmerer
David Kemmerer is the Co-Founder and CEO of CoinLedger. He has been actively involved in the cryptocurrency industry since 2017.
Quinn Thompson
Quinn Thompson is Head of Capital Markets & Growth at Maple Finance and was previously head of institutional credit at Abra.