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Dr. Cathy Barrera is a Partner and Founding Economist at Prysm Group. With an impressive track record, Dr. Barrera has led economic advisory projects for Fortune 500 companies and prominent startups backed by renowned funds such as Andreessen Horowitz, Google Ventures, Sequoia, Union Square Ventures, and Y Combinator. She serves as an industry expert for executive education programs at MIT Sloan and Columbia Business School, and provides academic guidance to blockchain projects at the World Economic Forum. Previously, Dr. Barrera held tenure-track faculty positions at Cornell University's S.C. Johnson School of Management and served as the Chief Economist at ZipRecruiter.
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Joeri van Geelen
Joeri van Geelen is the Founding Partner at NxGen, and Founding & Venture Partner at Longterm Ventures.Mentor Blockchain at Outlier Ventures. Business Advisor (former Managing Partner) APAC at Prysm Group. Joeri van Geelen graduated from Harvard Business School.
Stephanie Hurder
Dr. Stephanie Hurder is an entrepreneur and Harvard-trained economist who operates at the forefront of emerging technologies, education, and economics. As a co-founder and Partner of Prysm Group, Dr. Hurder's expertise and leadership extend to Prysm Group's advisory, research, and educational development divisions. Additionally, Dr. Hurder's contributions to academia include co-developing and teaching the first course on economic design for distributed ledger technology at the University of Southern California's CCI. She serves as an advisor to the World Economic Forum and contributes as an Opinion Columnist for CoinDesk.
Reed Cataldo
Reed Cataldo is a business leader with an entrepreneurial background spanning the blockchain, consumer goods, entertainment, and retail sectors. With experience co-founding ventures internationally, Reed brings a wealth of expertise to his role at Prysm Group. His early career in the financial industry was as a trading assistant at the Eurodollar Options pit at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Within Prysm Group, as a Partner, Reed specializes in team strategy and plays a pivotal role in shaping the company's product offering and development. He holds dual Bachelor's degrees in International Business and Marketing from Loyola University of Chicago and has further enhanced his knowledge through executive education certificates in the economics of emerging technologies from MIT Sloan and the Wharton School.
Guido Molinari
Guido Molinari is a business leader and entrepreneur, currently serving as the Managing Partner of Prysm Group. With a diverse background spanning emerging technologies, consumer goods, and retail. He plays a pivotal role in Prysm Group, leading the firm's engagements with prestigious academic institutions, enterprises, investment funds, and government entities. Guido's extensive network includes collaborations with renowned organizations such as MIT Sloan, IBM, Microsoft, Sequoia Capital, Pantera Capital, DARPA, and the World Economic Forum. In addition to his role as a Managing Partner, Guido has a rich professional history, having worked as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch and served as a visiting lecturer in entrepreneurship at Columbia Business School and the London School of Economics. He has also acted as an Imperial College Master in Innovation business coach and is recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Guido holds a BA in International Economics and Management from Bocconi University, a Graduate Diploma in History of Art from the Courtauld Institute of Art, a joint MSc in International Management from HEC Paris and the London School of Economics.