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Anthony Gallippi co-founded BitPay in 2011 after recognizing that businesses could not easily accept bitcoin payments. BitPay was the first bitcoin payment processor and was founded to bridge the gap between consumers and merchants. Gallippi served as CEO until May 2014, when he became Executive Chairman. In addition to overseeing the day-to-day operations including sales, marketing and customer service he is responsible for BitPay’s external affairs. He dedicates his time to building partnerships and broadening business relationships, liaising with investors, expanding BitPay’s international presence, and ultimately ensuring BitPay is contributing to the overall bitcoin ecosystem. Gallippi has fifteen years of experience in sales and marketing within the Robotics industry. Before co-founding BitPay, Gallippi was District Sales Manager at Aerotech, and he served as Regional Sales Manager at Industrial Devices Corporation. Gallippi has a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.
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Lucy W.
Lucy W. is the Vice President of Marketing at Horizen and previously served as Director of Brand and Marketing at Horizen Labs. She is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis and the London School of Economics in the United Kingdom.
Danny Aranda
Danny Aranda is the co-founder of PartyDAO and previously the Managing Director of Ripple Europe. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Jon Charbonneau
Jon Charbonneau is the co-founder and general partner of DBA. He also co-hosts the Uncommon Core 2.0 podcast. Previously he was Head of L1, L2 and MEV Research at Delphi Digital. Prior to entering the cryptocurrency industry, he worked as a structured credit banker at Deutsche Bank in New York.Jon holds a B.A. in Economics from Duke University.
Sahil Thaker
Sahil Thaker is the co-founder of Hyperline and previously worked at Microsoft, Uber, and Meta. He is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Oakland.
Christina Kallitsantsi
Christina Kallitsantsi is head of operations at Anagram and previously served as chief of staff at Polychain Capital. She graduated from Tufts University.
Nathan Zou
Nathan Zou is vice President of product at Trust Wallet and was previously head of Web3 product at OKX. He also worked at PayPal and Ant Group. He has a master's degree in electrical engineering from the University at Buffalo.
Esteban Ordano
Esteban Ordano is the founder of Decentraland and currently serves as a consultant for the project. Previously, he co-founded Zeppelin Solutions and created Streamium, the first app to implement payment channels, a technology crucial for scaling blockchain payments. As a former software engineer at BitPay, he co-created the leading Bitcoin infrastructure library, known as Bitcore. He was also part of the teams behind Copay (a bitcoin wallet), Insight (a bitcoin blockchain API), and Poet (a blockchain-based publication tool).
Marie-Amélie Siegrist
Marie-Amelie Siegrist is the head of marketing at Kiln and previously worked at Airbnb. She graduated from Sogang University and Nantes School of Economics and Management in France.
Ernest Oppetit
Ernest Oppetit is the co-founder and chief Product Officer at Kiln, having previously worked as a product manager at Improbable. He graduated from McGill University in Canada and Durham University in the United Kingdom.
