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Hiroki Kotabe
Hiroki Kotabe is the Principal of Inception Capital and previously was Head of Growth at Qredo. He is a graduate of Columbia University and the University of Chicago.
Forest Bai
Forest Bai is the co-founder of Foresight Ventures and serves as the chairman of the board of directors of The Block. He has served as an investment manager at Huarong Securities. He graduated from Tsinghua University.
Michael Tanguma
Michael Tanguma is co-founder and CEO of Onramp and a former partner at Ten31. Previously, he also worked at The Block, GoLinks, WeWork, and Google.
Mike Dudas
Founder and General Partner of 6th Man Ventures, Co-Founder and Chairman of LinksDAO, Advisor and Business Development at Paxos, and Founder of The Block.
Eden Au
Eden Au is Research Director at TheBlock. He specialises in blockchain technology, DeFi, machine learning, and control theory. I usually code in Python and Solidity. He obtained a Master's degree in Engineering in Information Engineering from the University of Oxford.
Tim Copeland
Tim Copeland is the editor-in-chief of The Block and previously served as deputy editor-in-chief of Decrypt. He is a trained journalist focused on the crypto industry. He's interviewed Vitalik Buterin, Changpeng Zhao, Roger Ver, Justin Sun, John McAfee, Craig Wright and other high-profile figures in the space.
Igor Igamberdiev
Igor Igamberdiev is Head of Research at Wintermute, formerly at Paradigm and Director of Research at The Block.
Matthew Vitebsky
Matt Vitebsky is the Vice President of Product at The Block. Previously Matt was Sr. Director of Flagship Products for AccuWeather, a global weather and digital media company. Prior to joining AccuWeather, Matt served as a product manager and data architect for various companies, including TIME, Money.com, Fortune and CitiBank. During his tenure in product management, he has been responsible for the launch of franchises, such as TIME’s “Person of the Year,” The 2017 and 2018 Fortune 500, and Money.com’s “Best Places to Live.” In addition to his extensive professional experience, Matt is also a passionate traveler, avid snowboarder, and enjoys playing soccer, softball, and biking. Matt received his Bachelor of Science in Information Technology from Marist College, and resides in New York City.
George Calle
George Calle is vice president of research at The Block and formerly served as Market Intelligence Lead for R3. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania.
Michael Price
Michael Price is Head of Frontend Engiineering at The Block. Michael has been making magnificent software since 2005. At his previous gig, Michael took on a role as a Lead Developer at Mindfulware where he developed and oversaw the core architecture development for their insurance enrollment platform. Prior to that, Michael made miracles happen as a Senior Developer at PlutoTV, where he co–developed some of their key technologies responsible for bringing live TV experiences to the web. In his spare time, Michael enjoys contributing to open–source projects, long walks on the beach and spending time with his wife and 3 crazy kids.