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David Plisek is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Saltwater. He has also worked at Accenture and Deloitte. He is a graduate of the University of New South Wales in Sydney and the University of Wollongong in Australia.
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Marcus Lim
Marcus Lim is the founder and CEO of PEXX and was previously the founder and CEO of Zipmex. He is a graduate of the University of New South Wales in Sydney and McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.
JB Graftieaux
JB Graftieaux is the CEO of Bitstamp. Before that he was an executive director at eBay. He was also previously an executive officer and chief compliance officer for the EMEA region at PayPal. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Babson College.
Jake Kim
Jake Kim is the founder of Mitosis and was previously the co-founder and CEO of Everett.
Jake Fitzgerald
Jake Fitzgerald is the co-founder and Head of Product at Lyra, having previously worked at AirTree Ventures and Meta. He graduated from the University of New South Wales in Sydney and New York University in the United States.
Brian Chu
Brian Chu has over 13 years of experience in the technology and gaming industries. Brian began their career in 2007 as a Developer Marketing Intern at Salesforce.com. In 2008, they joined Deloitte Consulting as a Senior Consultant, where they consulted for various companies in the Interactive Entertainment, Software, and Mobile Content industries. In 2009, they became Lead Product Manager for CityVille at Zynga. Brian then moved to Identified in 2012, where they held the role of Vice President of Product. In 2013, they joined Blizzard Entertainment as Director of Global Brand Management, responsible for global brand marketing strategy, budget, and execution for Heroes of the Storm and StarCraft 2. In 2016, they became Director of Product at Rocket Games, Inc., a company acquired by Penn Interactive Ventures in April of 2017. Brian then joined Electronic Arts (EA) in 2017 as Director of Product Management, followed by Epic Games in 2019 in the same role. Most recently, in 2022, they were appointed Head of Product Management at Big Time Studios, where they are helping to shape the future of how game companies will utilize the blockchain to put more value and ownership into the hands of their players. Brian Chu received their MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business in 2008 with an emphasis on Marketing and Technology Management. Brian obtained their BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley in 2002.
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.
David Seroy
David Seroy is the head of Growth and strategy at Alpen Labs and previously worked at Deloitte. He graduated from the University of Arizona.
Ru Chiang
Ru Chiang is the CTO of Candy Shop. He began his career directly in the cryptocurrency industry, and has created solutions for various areas, including cryptocurrency exchanges, custodians, and web3 native applications. He oversaw the development of the custody product at Hex Trust, a licensed Hong Kong digital asset custodian, and helped to build the exchange/internal custody product at Crypto.com. He was also a participant of the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park incubation program, where he developed a platform for sharing community goods to reduce food waste. Before founding Candy Shop, he headed a team that built an NFT fractionalization product, which won first place in the Serum and Wormhole hackathon.
Chris Lee
Chris Lee is co-founder and partner of TKX Capital and Merkle3s Capital. He has served as partner of Black Hole Capital Group, CFO of Huobi, and CEO of OKX.
Ryan Silva
Ryan Silva is the Head of Trading at BlockTower Capital. Previously, he was a Senior Portfolio Manager at Celsius, where he led global CeFi Trading and Market Insights teams. Before entering the digital asset space, Ryan was a Portfolio Manager at KLS Diversified, a multi-billion-dollar global macro and fixed income relative value hedge fund in NYC. Ryan has extensive experience in traditional capital markets, having worked at RBS Greenwich Capital and Merrill Lynch & Co. Ryan is a CFA Charterholder, holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Northeastern University, and is an advocate for empowering people with disabilities to participate in athletics.