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Thomas Chippas was previously the CEO of Argo Blockchain and has served as CEO of ErisX and COO of Axoni. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Will Wang
Will Wang is a Founding Partner at TKX Capital, a full-service crypto investment bank in primary and secondary markets. Prior to this, he was the Head of Investment and Business Development at Huobi North America, a leading global crypto trading exchange.
Seif El-Bakly
Seif El-Bakly is the former COO at Argo Blockchain. He has over 16 years of experience in the capital markets and trading sectors. Prior to joining Argo, Seif founded a fintech startup and worked for TMX Group, where he was responsible for leading the strategy and business management efforts for the entire Markets Business. Seif is fluent in three languages, holds a degree from Concordia University's John Molson School of Business, and is a CFA Charterholder.
Manish Gupta
Manish Gupta previously served as Executive Vice President of Engineering at Coinbase and also served as Vice President of Engineering at Lyft. He is a graduate of the University of Mumbai and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Matthew Shaw
Matthew has over 25 years of experience as an international banker, corporate adviser, and serial entrepreneur, specializing most recently in the technology and cryptocurrency sectors. His current portfolio of leadership roles includes Protos Asset Management, a Swiss company he founded that manages a cryptocurrency fund, and he is the President of a proprietary family investment company investing in digital assets, fintech, and other technology sectors.
Niraj Pant
Niraj Pant is the Co-Founder at Ritual. Presively he was a General Partner at Polychain Capital, where he invests in early-stage cryptocurrency projects. Prior to this role, he researched privacy in the Decentralized Systems Lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Niraj has also served as a Member of the Board of Directors for CoinDCX, an Ambassador for Sequoia Capital, and Co-Founder and CTO of Source Networks. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Kevin Lehtiniitty
Kevin Lehtiniitty is CEO of Borderless and previously was co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Fortress Trust Company and Chief Product Officer of Prime Trust. He holds a master's degree in computer engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Peter Piekarczyk
Peter Piekarczyk is the founding engineer of Backpack. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Nicholas Garcia
Nicholas Garcia is founder and CEO of Fortunafi and founder and partner of Space Whale Capital. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Elliot Feeny
Elliot Feeny is the DeFi partner lead at Fortunafii and previously was Director of business Development at Blockdaemon. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Ethan Chan
Ethan Chan is the CEO and co-founder of Allium and previously worked at Microsoft. He is a graduate of Stanford University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
