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Sam Barberie is the Head of Strategy and Partnerships at Horizon. He graduated from New York University.
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Ian Ha
Ian Ha is the Co-Founder and CTO of Horizon Blockchain Games, a software developer based in New York. He is passionate about startups, design, and fashion.
Daniel Racca
Daniel Racca is Co-Founder and Head of Design at Horizon Games and SkyWeaver Game. I'm passionate about creating visually compelling solutions to real-world problems, and I believe that crafting a strong user experience is essential for any web product. Let me help you make your users love your product and grow your business through my skills in UI/UX for web and mobile, information architecture, interactive prototyping, concept ideation, growth experiment ideation, user-centric and data-driven design, usability workshops, illustration and icon design, and an eye for detail.
Mavis Xu
Mavis Xu is a Principal at Mirana Ventures, as well as a Venture Partner for Bybit and BitDAO. Prior to this role, she was a Senior Associate at Kraken Ventures, sourcing investments in FinTech and blockchain/crypto companies, and an Associate at Liberty City Ventures, investing in blockchain technology solutions and companies. Mavis also completed a capstone project with the sustainability team at Bloomberg Associates. She has a background in finance and holds a Bachelor's degree from New York University.
Michael Sanders
Michael Sanders is the Chief Storyteller and Co-Founder of Horizon Blockchain Games. He is an investor and advisor in various industries, including blockchain, clean energy, education, real estate, precious stones, music, and dance. He is also the author of the best-selling book, Ayahuasca: An Executive's Enlightenment. Michael is passionate about storytelling, exploration, athletics, and movement. He practices sound nutrition, regular introspection, daily meditation, and play. He strives to embody unconditional love and to treat each and every thing and person as a sovereign being that is free to make its own choices.
Peter Kieltyka
Peter Kieltyka is the co-founder and CEO of Horizon Blockchain Games, developing SkyWeaver.net and Arcadeum.net.
Dante Disparte
Dante Disparte is the Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy for Circle, a leading digital financial services firm building the most trusted treasury and payments infrastructure for the internet, including the fastest growing dollar digital currency, USDC. Prior to joining Circle, Dante served as a founding executive of the Diem Association, leading public policy, communications, membership, and social impact. He has two decades of experience as an entrepreneur, business leader and global risk expert, most recently as founder and CEO of Risk Cooperative, a strategic risk advisory and insurance brokerage based in Washington, D.C. Dante is also an appointee on the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) National Advisory Council, and a member of the World Economic Forum's Digital Currency Governance Consortium, helping drive global standards and regulatory harmonization for digital currencies. Dante is a frequent speaker and commentator on business and political issues shaping the world. His views on risk, economic competitiveness and security issues have been featured in Harvard Business Review, BBC, Forbes, and Diplomatic Courier, where he serves on the editorial advisory board. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School and holds an MSc. in Risk Management from the NYU Stern School of Business and a B.A. in International and Intercultural Studies from Goucher College. He is the co-author of “Global Risk Agility and Decision Making” (Macmillan, 2016) and was recognized as one of the 40 leaders under 40 by the Washington Business Journal and in the inaugural Powermeter 100 list.
Josh Schwartz
Schwartz is the CEO of Fordefi and has prior experience as the COO of Curv, a crypto security provider which was acquired by Paypal in 2021. He was also previously the VP of Sales at BitGo and the Global Head of New Business Development at Bloomberg Tradebook.
Jeff Gluck
Jeff Gluck is the Co-Founder at Holograph.
Ye Zhang
Ye Zhang is the co-founder of Scroll. He holds an undergraduate degree from Peking University and has been working on ZK proofs since 2018. Previously, he mainly studied ZK proof hardware acceleration and ZK cryptography algorithm principles, and his Ph.D. is also in the ZK direction.
Krish Chelikavada
Krish Chelikavada is the Co-Founder and CEO of 0xPass, a Venture Capital Fellow of DECODE, a Course Assistant at Stanford University, a Graduate Research Assistant at Stanford, a Product Manager at Microsoft, and a Software Engineer at Oracle. He holds a Master's degree in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Business.