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Roberto Talamas is a partner and head of AI and Data Science at Syncracy Capital and previously worked at Messari and BlackRock. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at SAN Antonio.
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Wilson Withiam
Wilson Withiam is a partner at Syncracy Capital, a former research analyst at Messari, and a former research analyst intern at Circle Research, researching and writing in-depth reports on various crypto projects, topic insights, analyzing and curating the latest topics in the weekly crypto newsletter, and forming partnerships within the industry to help their research projects grow.
Ryan Watkins
Co-founder of Syncracy Capital. Former research analyst at Messari.
Dan McArdle
Dan McArdle is Co-founder of Messari. He has co-founded multiple companies, such as the Digital Currency Council and Volara Voice. With his background in computer science and economics, he has been investing in Bitcoin and the cryptoasset space since 2011. Dan holds a degree in computer science and economics from Brown University.
Sami Kassab
Sami Kassab is a partner at OSS Capital and was previously a Senior Research Analyst at Messari. He graduated from Arizona State University.
Ben O'Neill
Ben O'Neill works in BD and Operations at Bridge and was previously Vice President of Business Development and Operations at Messari. He previously worked at Satis Group and Uber.
Ken Yip
Ken Yip is Director of product at Messari. He graduated from Cardiff University in England.
Ryan Selkis
Ryan Selkis is the Founder & CEO of Messari, and was previously an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at ConsenSys and a founding team member at the industry's most active investor, Digital Currency Group, and the largest media brand, CoinDesk. He is also working on new ventures and angel investing.
Mason Nystrom
Mason is an Investment Partner at Variant. Prior to joining Variant, Mason was a Sr. Research Analyst at Messari focused on Web3 protocols and cryptoassets. Before Messari, Mason worked at ConsenSys as a Content Marketer focused on marketing strategy for ConsenSys and its portfolio companies. Mason first entered the crypto industry as an Analyst at Gatecoin, the first cryptocurrency exchange to list ether, Ethereum’s native cryptocurrency. Mason obtained his Master’s in Business Management at Hong Kong Baptist University.
Mohammad Shaikh
Mohammad Shaikh is co-founder and CEO of Aptos and former director of Strategy at ConsenSys. Shaikh has also worked at Meta, The Boston Consulting Group, and BlackRock. Mohammad holds an MBA from the University of Rochester - Simon Business School and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Economics, and Accounting from Hunter College.
Peter Knez
Peter Knez is the Chairman of Venom Foundation.Peter Knez is a former Chief Investment Officer at BlackRock.Prior to that, Peter held positions with Lincoln Capital Management and Goldman Sachs, where he led quantitative research and fixed income. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Peter held professorship positions at Kellogg School of Management, University of Wisconsin and University of Chicago. Peter completed his PhD work at The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania and post-doctoral work at the University of Chicago, with a research focus on term structure models and asset allocation.