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Marshall Beard is the COO at Gemini, where he leads and manages the marketing, business development, and strategy & corporate development teams. Prior to joining Gemini, Beard worked for the digital media brand Barstool Sports as their Chief of Staff, focusing on corporate strategy and operations. He previously worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers as a management consultant in their Mergers and Acquisitions Advisory group. Beard began his career at Prudential Financial, with a focus on corporate finance. He holds an MBA from the University of Massachusetts, and earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Southern Maine.
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Cameron Winklevoss
Cameron Winklevoss is the Co-founder and President of Gemini, a next-generation Bitcoin exchange. He graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Economics and earned an MBA from Oxford University. In 2008, he represented the United States at the Olympics Games in Beijing, China, where he placed 6th. Since 2003, Cameron has been an angel investor and entrepreneur in emerging technologies. He began participating in the Bitcoin economy through direct investment in 2012.
Shane Molidor
Shane Molidor was CEO of Business Development at AscendEX, former Global Head of FBG One, which is the client-facing trading division of FBG Capital. FBG One operates an over-the-counter (“OTC”) desk to service clients seeking to trade large quantities of crypto assets, as well as a designated market making program to support token projects following issuance. FBG One trades upwards of $1B per month, and the team consists of over 20 professionals across trading, IT, and business development. Prior to joining FBG One, Mr. Molidor worked in business development at Gemini Trust Company, LLC: a fully regulated New York-based cryptocurrency exchange and custodian founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. Mr. Molidor has worked alongside premiere trading institutions, token projects, and regulators in the cryptocurrency ecosystem since 2015. His experience has equipped him with an intimate understanding of exchange infrastructure, custody solutions, evolving regulation, and marketplace dynamics. Mr. Molidor holds a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University and also attended The London School of Economics where he studied Economics.
Simon Wu
Simon Wu is the co-founder of Meex and formerly served as the chief security officer of Huobi.
Vanessa Grellet
Vanessa Grellet is a managing partner at Aglaé Ventures and was previously head of portfolio growth at CoinFund and executive director at ConsenSys. Prior to joining ConsenSys, she was the CEO of IIH, an innovative Wealth Management firm, a key member of PwC's global wealth management team, and a Corporate Strategy Executive for the NYSE, focusing on M&A.
Adam Karren
Adam Karren is the co-founder and CPO of Exchange Art and previously worked at Pricewaterhousecoopers. He graduated from Indiana University.
Lorny Pfeifer
Lorny Pfeifer is the Grants Lead at Safe and was previously the community Manager for NEAR Protocol.
Zirui Zhang
Rui co-founded gumi Cryptos Capital (gCC) at the beginning of 2018. Through gCC, he invested in the early rounds of companies and protocols, such as OpenSea, Qredo, YGG, 1Inch, Agoric, and Celsius. Recently, he launched the $110 million gCC Fund II, continuously investing in the early-stage blockchain and crypto sector. Before gCC, Rui led the global investment of gumi Group, investing in gaming, social media, VR&AR markets. His successful investments include inXile (acquired by Microsoft), Beat Games (via VR Fund, acquired by Facebook), and Theta Network. Rui also had a successful entrepreneurial experience before entering the VC industry. After around seven years of banking and consulting firm experience in his early career, he co-founded Zenith Group Holdings, which successfully exited via acquisition.
Matthew Werner
Matthew Werner works in engineering at Bridge and was previously Product Director of Gemini Wallets, Engineering Manager at DFINITY, and Engineering Manager at Coinbase.
Robert Materazzi
Robert Materazzi is the CEO of Lukka, the leading provider of enterprise software and data for crypto middle and back office solutions. Robert has extensive experience leading product, customer, risk, marketing, and other teams. Prior to Lukka, he spent six years at PricewaterhouseCoopers leading large-scale risk, cybersecurity, and technology transformations. Before joining PwC, Robert was a Marine AH-1W Super Cobra pilot for nine years.
Lily Zhang
Lily Zhang is the CFO of Xinhuo Technology and the co-founder of D11 Labs. She was previously the CFO of Huobi. She was responsible for the US stock listing of Canaan Technology (CAN.US), worked for Guotai Junan Securities and PricewaterhouseCoopers, and has more than 10 years of experience in corporate financing, auditing, and mergers and acquisitions. Zhang Li graduated from Tsinghua University.