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Mawadda Basir is Product Lead at Tea, and was previously founder and CEO of Hunt Analytics and Senior Product Manager at Polymath.
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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.
Jake Kim
Jake Kim is the founder of Mitosis and was previously the co-founder and CEO of Everett.
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.
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.
Aaron Kern
Aaron Kern is a partner at 6th Man Ventures and previously was a partner at Red Beard Ventures. He is a graduate of the University of South Carolina, Dalamore Business School.
Daniel Castagnolii
Daniel Castagnolii is the co-founder of Selini Capital and previously was Director of Engineering at bitsCrunch. He graduated from Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich.
Meltem Demirors
Meltem Demirors is Chief Strategy Officer of CoinShares, the digital asset manager. She is also a cryptocurrency investor, advisor, and advocate, with a unique blend of experience in both legacy and blockchain-based finance and cryptocurrencies. At CoinShares, Ms. Demirors builds asset management products to provide institutional investors with exposure to crypto assets and blockchain companies. Prior to this, she held a senior strategic and investing role at Digital Currency Group.
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.
Mudit Gupta
Mudit Gupta is Chief Information Security Officer at Polygon, Technology Partner at Delta Blockchain Fund, and previously a blockchain engineer at Polymath Network. He has done web development, systems programming and 2d games development in the past. Currently, he is mainly working with public blockchains like Ethereum. His expertise lies in smart contract development using Solidity and core blockchain development using Rust.
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.