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Yibo Ling is the Chief Business Officer at Binance. Yibo was previously the Chief Financial Officer at Bird, where they built the finance team from the ground up and led go-public efforts. Prior to that, they were the Director of Corporate Development at Uber, where they worked on select deals including the divestiture of UberChina to Didi, the divestiture of Uber's Russia and CIS businesses to Yandex, and the divestiture of Uber's Southeast Asia businesses to Grab. Yibo also oversaw Uber's acquisition of e-bikes startup JUMP and its strategic partnership with Lime. Before joining Uber, Yibo worked as a Project Leader at The Boston Consulting Group, where they served clients across industries and topics. Yibo started their career as a Research Associate at IBM and NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Yibo Ling's educational career includes obtaining a Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Engineering and Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering & Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a BSE in Biomedical Enginering from the University of Michigan, and a Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature/Letters from the University of Michigan.
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Matt Shroder
Matt Shroder is the former VP, Operations at Binance. Prior to Binance, Matt served in a variety of leadership roles at Uber, most recently as Head of Product Operations for its global driver, safety and marketplace programs.
Andy Goldin
Andy Goldin is Binance's global head of data analytics. Prior to Binance, Andy served as Senior Analytics Director at PWC and Uber. Andy holds Bachelor degrees in Finance, Marketing and Information Systems from the University of Sydney and received a GPA of 4.0 in a Masters in Predictive Analytics from Northwestern University.
Brian Tsang
Brian Tsang is the former Head of Product and data at Rarible, who has also been a product manager at Uber and a data analyst at LinkedIn. He graduated from the University of Michigan and Hopkins University.
Leon Sing Foong
Leon Foong is the former head of Asia Pacific at Binance and was previously the CEO of SOCAR Malaysia. He graduated in Economics from Oxford University.
Hon Ng
Hon Ng is the Chief Legal Officer of Bitget. He has more than 20 years of legal experience and was named one of the top 20 legal leaders in the world by the Financial Times. Prior to joining Bitget, he served as General Counsel and Head of Government Affairs and Policy at Binance. Prior to that, he worked for Uber and helped it grow from a startup to a global technology giant. Before entering the technology field, Hon Ng worked as a corporate and M&A lawyer at law firms Latham & Watkins, White & Case, and Herbert Smith Freehills.
Justin Jow
Justin Jow is Vice President of Finance at Scale AI and previously was Vice President of Finance at OpenSea. He has worked at Uber and Google. He graduated from Harvard University and MIT-Sloan School.
Ninad Naik
Ninad Naik is Mira's chief Product Officer, and previously served as Director of product management at Uber. Naik also worked at Amazon and Barclays Investment Bank. Ninad holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan.
Arun Devabhaktuni
Arun Devabhaktuni is a professional with a background in systems biology, physics, and biology. He is currently a Lead Researcher at Mirana Ventures and an Angel Investor at Valhalla Capital. He has also served as the Chief Technical Officer and Co-Founder of ZenMaid Software. Arun has received a PhD in Systems Biology from Stanford University School of Medicine and a BS in Physics and Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Hakuna Xie
Hakuna Xie is an Investment Director at LD Capital. She has previously worked as a Partner at BlockArk and PR at Binance. She received her education from Nanjing University of Finance and Economics in Shanghai, China.
Theo Diamandis
Theo is pursuing an Electrical Engineering and Computer Science PhD at MIT, where he works on algorithms for and applications of mathematical optimization. These interests inevitably led to him being nerd sniped by Guillermo into working on crypto. When he’s not working on optimization solvers for DeFi-related applications, Theo can be found backpacking or skiing in the California Sierras.