Matthew Le Merle, Managing Partner Keiretsu Capital #2019bullorbearcrypto

Matthew Le Merle, CoFounder Fifth Era & Managing Partner Keiretsu Capital, the world’s largest angel network and most active US venture investor. Matthew is a sought-after speaker and innovation consultant having worked at McKinsey, A.T. Kearney, Monitor, Booz and Gap. Matthew has degrees from Christ Church, Oxford (MA/BA) and Stanford (MBA). He was born in London, UK and now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife, Alison Davis, and their five children.

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Jamie Finn, CoFounder Securitize #2019bullorbearcrypto

Jamie Finn, CoFounder Securitize Jamie is an well traveled executive who has worked in 6 countries with startups & corporates. He is a currently the co-founder and President of Securitize, the leading platform for Security Token Issuances. During his more than 18 years of experience he has participated in over $500m worth of transactions including Kontera, Sansa Security, Jajah, Tokbox, RingRing Media and Zingy and has seen his share of meeting rooms across the globe. His previous employers include Ericsson, Telefònica o2 and AT&T and he has worked at numerous startups including Zingy, RingRing Media, Thumbplay, Kontera and Sansa Security and Aki Technologies. He has been in San Francisco for the past 5 years after spending 6 years in London and becoming a Chelsea supporter. Jamie grew up in Puerto Rico and is a native English and Spanish speaker.

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Robin Verderosa VP Product Marketing BitGo #2019bullorbearcrypto

Robin Verderosa VP Product Marketing BitGo Robin brings the knowledge of the crypto industry combined with the needs of the financial markets. She spearheaded the company’s expansion into custody and the launch of BitGo Trust Company, the first qualified custodian purpose-built for digital assets. Robin brings more than 25 years of product management and product marketing experience with financial services and fintech companies to her role. She spent most of her career at Interactive Data Corporation (acquired by Intercontinental Exchange in 2015), where she led the product management team that built web and mobile market data services for day traders, wealth managers, and futures and commodities traders. Robin joined BitGo from banking aggregator Envestnet | Yodlee, where she spearheaded the launch and go-to-market strategy for a machine learning solution aimed at enriching transaction data to increase customer engagement.

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