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Dean Swennumson is co-founder and head of operations at Superstate and was previously an operations associate at Compound. He holds a BA in Financial Economics and Accounting from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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Spencer Bogart
Spencer Bogart is a General Partner at Blockchain Capital and leads the firm’s research efforts. Spencer is a fundamental investment analyst with a rare combination of deep experience analyzing cryptocurrencies as well as traditional equity opportunities. Spencer joined in February 2017. Prior to joining Blockchain Capital, Spencer was a Vice President at Needham & Company, where he authored Wall Street’s first industry report highlighting the use-cases, companies and potential of blockchain technology. Aside from leading all research efforts related to crypto and blockchain during his time at Needham & Company, Spencer also covered public SaaS, FinTech, and internet companies, authored reports on those sectors and issued price targets on companies under coverage. Spencer is a CFA charter holder, holds an Economics degree from UCSB, and enjoys spending time with family in Ireland and California.
Yu Feng
Yu Feng is the Co-Founder & CEO at Veridise. He is a CS Professor at UCSB.
Geoffrey Hayes
Geoffrey Hayes is the Founder and CTO at Compound. Formerly Engineering Manager at Postmates. Founder of Safe Shepherd. Engineer at Applied Predictive Technologies. University of Pennsylvania 2008.
Colin Goltra
Colin Goltra is the former COO at YGG and the Director of Southeast Asia at Binance, the world's largest Cryptocurrency platform, where he is focused on expanding markets, access, and infrastructure for Crypto throughout the Philippines & Southeast Asia. Colin is an avid collector of NFT-based Crypto Art and an active proponent of Filipino self-empowerment in the Crypto-Metaverse. Along with Gabby Dizon, Colin co-created the Narra Gallery, a virtual gallery space and cultural capital fund meant to help bridge the divide between the Philippines and the crypto world. His thoughts on the Crypto Art movement have also been featured globally in 'The Wall Street Journal,' 'The New York Times Magazine,' as well as numerous other crypto and NFT ecosystem publications.
Shawn Tabrizi
Shawn Tabrizi is a full-time engineer living in Berlin. I was born and raised in the heart of the Bay Area, a breeding pool of technology and innovation. At the age of 13, I began programming, attempting to learn how to hack my PlayStation Portable so I could play free games. Through the PSP hacking community, I discovered the immense potential of computers, programming, and the internet. I graduated from the College of Creative Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, with a degree in Physics and Mathematics. Shortly afterwards, I joined Microsoft to work on Microsoft Azure, their cloud computing services. Recently, I joined Parity Technologies as a Core Developer, working on blockchain infrastructure and the future of decentralization on the web.
Robert Leshner
Robert Leshner is the founder of Compound, and he also founded Robot Ventures, which invests in early stage blockchain projects.
Matt Storus
Matt Storus is Head of design at Superstate and previously was Director of product design at Coinbase and head of design at Earn.com. He has a master's degree in architecture from Harvard.
Binyi Chen
Binyi Chen is Chief Cryptozoologist at Espresso Systems and holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Jack Sun
Jack Sun is professionally deeply immersed in the realm of Web3 and beyond. He currently serves as the Head of Crypto at Wonderstruck and holds the position of Venture Partner at Maverick Crypto. Jack is actively involved in multiple Venture DAOs, including GCR, Steel DAO, Hydra Ventures, and Punk DAO. His previous experience encompasses Research & Investment at Steel Perlot, Head of Operations at Overlay Market, and Partnerships Manager at TrustToken (TUSD). Recognized for his contributions, Jack has also built noteworthy projects such as SquadWealth and SmolQuants.
Wei Dai
Wei Dai focuses on zero-knowledge cryptography and protocol design. Prior to his work as a research partner at 1kx, W. Dai worked as a research partner at Bain Capital Crypto. He also held research positions at NTT Research, the University of Washington, and Visa Research, where he contributed to cutting-edge research in the field of blockchain technology. W. Dai obtained his Ph.D. from UC San Diego and holds B.S. degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics from the College of Creative Studies at UCSB, as well as a Masters's from UCSB.