Executive Team
Our award winning team has proven track records across blockchain and crypto, traditional gaming, financial technology, and music and entertainment industries
J.D. Salbego
CEO & Founder
Adam Kramer
Chief Operating Officer
Leandro Gonzalez
Chief Gaming Officer
Sean Murrin
Chief Strategy Officer
Chintan Thakkar
Chief Technical Officer
Dan Crane
Head of Digital
Chris Casey
Head of Community
Sean Hart
Head of Production
OUR TEAM IS GRATEFUL TO HAVE WORKED WITH SOME OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES IN THE WORLD
Advisors
Jack Statza
Venture Capital & Corporate Development
Jack Statza is a Principal at Alumni Ventures’ Blockchain Fund. He brings over a decade of fintech investment experience from firms such as Allstate Ventures, Lazard, Livingstone, and Northern Trust. He’s been involved in the blockchain space since he first mined Bitcoin in 2010 and is a lifelong gamer excited to see the video game industry evolve with crypto. He has an MBA from Chicago Booth, BBA from UW-Madison, and he is a CFA charterholder.
Ash Kalb
Operations Strategy, Biz Dev & Regulation
Ash Kalb is a serial founder, advisor, board member, investor, who currently is the Co-Founder and COO of 1o. Before that he was the COO / GC of Sentieo. Ash also co-founded Human (formerly White Ops), a leading cybersecurity company, and other innovative companies. He serves on a number of boards and advises companies including Gemini Exchange, Doingud, SolarSkyrise, SecuritiesGrid, Reinno, NuOp and Flype. Ash received his law degree from Columbia Law School and worked as a Corporate/ M&A attorney prior.
Liz Rabban
FinTech, Growth &
Expansion
Liz Rabban is an early-stage investor, decades-long entrepreneur, advisor and Executive Director at DriveWealth, the leading fintech firm. Prior, Liz was on the founding team of Celsius Network (1.8Bn+ MCAP), the crypto interest-earning platform. Liz earned global accolades for record growth and built the institutional lending offering to include over 200 of the largest companies in digital assets. Before crypto, she worked with a variety of new technology and BPO companies including the areas of assistive technology, VoIP, publishing, biotech, and healthcare verticals.
Jared Polites
Venture Capital, Startups & Marketing
Veteran early-stage blockchain and crypto VC, PR/Marketing expert, and writer (Forbes, Entrepreneur and Hackernoon). Jared has extensive experience in VC, tech, and blockchain marketing.
Kyle Chasse
DeFi Ecosystem & Strategy
Kyle Chasse, founder and CEO of Paid Network and Master Ventures that are 2 of the top projects and VC funds in DeFi. An industry thought leader and influencer with a notable track record, he has been involved in the blockchain space since 2012 when he first invested in Bitcoin. An early investor in Ripple, BnkToTheFuture, Pundi X, Bitstamp, Kraken, Shapeshift and Coinpayments amongst others.
