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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.
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Hiroki Kotabe
Hiroki Kotabe is Head of research at Leniscap and was previously Principal at Inception Capital, Head of Growth at Qredo, and a researcher at The Block. 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.
Kaleb Jessee
Kaleb Jessee is the CEO of The Block. He has a Masters in Public Administration from Western Kentucky University.
Steven Zheng
Steven Zheng is The Director of Research at The Block and previously worked on blockchain and cryptocurrencies at Radicle, a startup analytics firm. He graduated from St. John's University of Technology.
Larry Cermak
Larry Cermak is President of The Block and previously served as CEO, Director of Research, and was responsible for a 30-person research team that provided insights to institutional clients. Prior to that, he worked as an analyst at Diar, and his other experience includes Ernst & Young, Google, Microsoft, and Vodafone.
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.
Lars H.
Lars H. is Senior Director of Research at The Block and previously worked at Credit Suisse. He graduated from Tsinghua University and ESB Business School, Reutlingen University.
Igor Igamberdiev
Igor Igamberdiev is Head of Research at Wintermute, formerly at Paradigm and Director of Research at The Block.
