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Karl Turner is the Vice President of North America at Crypto.com. With five years of experience in the cryptocurrency industry, he is spearheading the growth and development of Crypto.com's exchange and institutional business in North America. Before joining Crypto.com, Karl was the Head of Business Development at JST Capital, a quantitative trading firm focused on digital assets, and Head of Business Development in EMEA at Kraken Exchange. He began his career in the cryptocurrency sector by leading sales and business development at CryptoCompare, a cryptocurrency market data aggregator and indexing firm. Karl began his career in traditional finance, spending four years at MSCI and two years at BGC Partners in London.
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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.
Ru Chiang
Ru Chiang is the CTO of Candy Shop. He began his career directly in the cryptocurrency industry, and has created solutions for various areas, including cryptocurrency exchanges, custodians, and web3 native applications. He oversaw the development of the custody product at Hex Trust, a licensed Hong Kong digital asset custodian, and helped to build the exchange/internal custody product at Crypto.com. He was also a participant of the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park incubation program, where he developed a platform for sharing community goods to reduce food waste. Before founding Candy Shop, he headed a team that built an NFT fractionalization product, which won first place in the Serum and Wormhole hackathon.
Jason Marah
Jason Marah is Director Of Engineering at Kraken
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.
Ricardo Da Ros
Ricardo Da Ros is the CEO of Patex. He was ex-Head of Brazil at Binance & Crypto.com.
Parker White
Parker White is Head Of AI & ML Engineering at Kraken