Paul Sztorc

Founder and CEO at LayerTwo Labs

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Paul Sztorc is the founder and CEO of LayerTwo Labs and was previously Director of Research at Tierion and a research associate at Case Western Reserve University. He is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University.

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LayerTwo Labs

Founder and CEO

Bloq

Tierion

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Matthew Roszak

Matthew Roszak is Co-Founder and Chairman of Bloq Blockchain Technologies, Founding Partner of Tally Capital, Co-Founder of Vesper, and Founder of Metronome, a Next-Generation Cryptocurrency. He is a Leading Blockchain Investor, Entrepreneur, and Advocate. He also serves as the Chairman of the Chamber of Digital Commerce Blockchain Industry Association, Founder of Token Alliance, and a Board Member of BitGive. He is also the Founder of the Chicago Blockchain Center and the Producer of the industry's first documentary, "The Rise of Bitcoin".

Austin E. Alexander

Austin E. Alexander is the co-founder of LayerTwo Labs. He is a graduate of Florida State University.

John C. Vernaleo

John C. Vernaleo is Hemi's Head Engineer and Vice President of Engineering at Bloq. He holds a Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of Maryland.

Konstantin Wünscher

Konstantin Wunscher is the co-founder and CEO of OpenDelta and was previously the co-founder and CEO of Layer Two. He graduated from University College London and the University of Exeter.

Hadley Stern

Hadley Stern is Marinade's Chief Business Officer and was previously the founder of Fidelity Digital Assets and COO of Bloq. He is a graduate of Concordia University. He is committed to pushing technology and financial services forward within regulatory frameworks. From 2021 to 2023 at the Bank of New York Mellon, Stern led the development of the first bank-grade crypto-custody platform as the Global Head of Digital Asset Custody, integrating Bitcoin and Ethereum custody into banking systems under regulatory oversight. At Bloq, from 2018 to 2020, as COO, he significantly boosted revenue and managed operations, overseeing P&L and the product roadmap for a leading blockchain infrastructure company. His earlier role at Fidelity Investments from 2001 to 2018 includes serving as the Founding President of Fidelity Digital Asset Services, launching trading and custody services for digital assets, and leading initiatives in Fidelity's Blockchain Incubator starting in 2014.

Wayne Vaughan

Wayne Vaughan is Founder & CEO at Tierion. He founded a digital agency in the mid-90s and created one of the first SaaS marketing automation platforms. He brings twenty years of software and product design experience to Tierion. Wayne also serves on the Advisory Board of Blockchain Capital.

Jeff Garzik

Jeff Garzik is a builder, co-founder of Bloq Inc., Space Chain, and Vesper, and a proud son of a USMC F-4 pilot. He is a husband, father, futurist, author, Bitcoin Core developer, Linux kernel engineer, cloud computing hacker, armchair foreign policy nerd, and a kind of libertarian.

Jenna Pilgrim

Jenna Pilgrim is the Head of Platform at CoinFund, where she is responsible for reimagining the post-investment relationship between venture capital firms and portfolio companies.In 2019, she co-founded Streambed with Coindesk's Michael Casey.Prior to that, she was Head of Partnerships at Bloq Inc. Jenna holds a BBA in Finance from Trent University and was a member of the lightweight women's varsity rowing team. She is also a triathlete and golfer.