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Marat Kichikov is the director of Bitfury Capital with the Bitfury Group. Marat is a serial entrepreneur with more than 20 years of experience in the financial industry. He is the founder of several successful companies, including a consumer finance bank, and a securities and currencies brokerage. He is also an angel investor in several financial and e-commerce startups. Marat has a master's degree in finance and a bachelor's degree in law.
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Ellen Gormley
Ellen Gormley is Chief Financial Officer of Sky Mavis, and previously was Chief Financial Officer of Bitfury and Chief Financial Officer of RDX Works.
Brian Brooks
Brian Brooks is a board member of MicroStrategy. He was previously CEO of Bitfury, CEO of Binance US, a member of the FDIC Board of Directors, and Chief Legal Officer of Coinbase. Brian Brooks is a graduate of Harvard University.
Rostyslav Shvets
Rostyslav Shvets is the Founder and CEO at Stroom Network. Presively, He worked as Product Manager at Lido and Bitfury.
Slava Zhygulin
Slava Zhygulin is the Co-founder & CTO at Stroom Network. Presively he worked as Researcher at Bitfury.
George Kikvadze
George Kikvadze is the Executive Vice Chairman of the Bitfury Group - the world's leading emerging technologies company. Prior to joining Bitfury in 2013, George has worked at GCF Fund, York Capital Management, AFK Sistema and Morgan Stanley. He obtained his MBA in Finance from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and his MA in International Relations and Economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). George is a member of the Europe One YPO Club and is a Founding Member and Board Director of the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC).
Valery Vavilov
Valery Vavilov is the CEO and founder of The BitFury Group, the world's leading full-service blockchain company. Valery's entrepreneurial experience and passion for blockchain technology led him to found the company in 2011, when the technology was just beginning to capture the world's attention and imagination. As a native Latvian who experienced the challenges resulting from the collapse of the Soviet Union, Valery was inspired by blockchain technology and saw an opportunity to build technological solutions that could improve the lives of people around the world. Valery first focused on the hardware solutions that would ensure security and trust in the Bitcoin Blockchain, leading Bitfury to develop five generations of cutting-edge mining chips and state-of-the-art data center designs. Under his leadership, the company has expanded its focus to provide custom-designed software, consulting solutions, and advanced hardware, all while maintaining its position as one of the major public Bitcoin Blockchain security and transaction providers. Prior to founding Bitfury, Valery spent more than 15 years in a variety of technical and leadership positions. He received his MS from Riga's Transport & Telecommunication University in Latvia.
Tyler Page
Tyler Page is the CEO of Cipher Mining and has worked at BitFury, NYDIG and Goldman Sachs. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan.