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Ryan O'Shea is Head of operations at Maple and was previously Head of strategy at Kraken and co-founder and CEO of AltaBid.com.
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Devan Purhar
Devan Purhar is a co-founder of Firewall and was previously a software engineer at Kraken and a founding engineer at Staked. He graduated from the British Columbia Institute of Technology.
Caroline Friedman
Caroline is the Head of Operations at Bastion and former Chief of Staff on the a16z crypto team. Prior to joining a16z crypto, she was at Kraken Digital Asset Exchange, where she held a Chief of Staff role and a Regulatory Strategy Counsel role. Before that, Caroline worked as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado. She has prosecuted cases related to cyber-crime, international terrorism, and the illegal export of sensitive U.S. technology. Caroline has also worked as an associate at Jones Day, and has experience at INTERPOL and the Bureau of Industry and Security at the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Shimon Lazarov
As Global Head of Growth at OKX, Shimon Lazarov oversees the company's international user acquisition and retention. He is responsible for a range of marketing channels, including paid, organic, out of home, TV, and affiliates, among others. Prior to OKX, Shimon was Head of Growth at Kraken, CEO of LiveCoach, and a consultant at Boston Consulting Group. He has an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and a BS in biology and business administration from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Tim Ogilvie
Tim Ogilvie is Head of Staked at Kraken and was previously co-founder and CEO of Staked. He was co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of AdBuyer.com, which was acquired by Mediaocean in 2011. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Yale University.
Matthew Howells
Matthew Howells is VP of Growth at Kraken and formerly served as Chief Marketing Officer at Decentral Games.
Sebastian Gawenda
Sebastian Gawenda is Bybit’s Head of Options Business. He previously led the institutional sales team for the Crypto.com spot and derivatives exchange. Prior to his role at Crypto.com, Sebastian played a key role in leading Kraken’s institutional relations and solutions division across the EMEA region.
Jesse Powell
Jesse Powell is the Founder, Chairman of the Board of Kraken. He has been involved with digital currencies for over 15 years, and previously ran an online gaming startup for over a decade. Additionally, he is the founder of Verge Center for the Arts.
Mark Jennings
Mark Jennings is the Chief Executive Officer at Crypto Facilities. Presively he was COO, Europe Operations at Kraken.
Steve Hunt
Steve Hunt is the VP Of Engineering at Kraken. Presively he worked at Jump Trading Group and Goldman Sachs.
Steven Christie
Steven Christie joined Binance in January 2022 as Senior Vice President of Compliance, leading Binance's global regulatory policy team to ensure Binance meets its regulatory obligations to the highest standards. Steven will also work closely with global industry leaders, policymakers and regulators to contribute to the development of sustainable regulatory frameworks. Steven has more than 20 years of experience in financial services and regulation as a regulator and policy maker. He spent over nine years with the FCA and 12 years with the Gaming Commission. Prior to joining Binance, Steven worked at the FCA as Strategy and Engagement Manager for the Data, Technology and Innovation division. He was involved in the development of the FCA's encryption guidance and led policy working groups focused on the UK, EU and other countries.