The Blockchain Real Estate Podcast | Episode 19: Zoniqx The Global Fintech For Tokenizing Real World Assets

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Jennifer Tran

Developer Relations Engineer at DFINITY

Jennifer Tran is a developer relations engineer at DFINITY which is a major contributor to the Internet Computer. She is also a proposal reviewer and advisor to Somewhere Street DAO. Before DFINITY, she worked in front-end engineering at various startups in the Ethereum and Solana ecosystems. She also founded a token-gated NFT marketplace that raised over 1.7 million USD.

Axel von Goldbeck

Partner at MÖHRLE HAPP LUTHER

Axel von Goldbeck is partner at Möhrle Happ Luther (MHL), a multidisciplinary professional services firm, in Berlin. He is running the crypto group including legal, tax structuring and tax declaration. Axel gathered experience in Corporate/M&A and Finance including Asset Finance and Corporate Finance in various major law firms including White & Case and Andersen Legal/Luther. Axel was running the German Property Federation, the largest German real estate platform and lobbying group for a couple of years before returning to the legal profession. Amongst conventional corporate finance issues, he is specialized on advising platforms and corporates on regulatory issues and tokenizations under MiCAR and MiFID.

Karim Farghaly

Lecturer at The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction – UCL

Karim is a lecturer in Facilities Management: Built Asset Management. He joined UCL in August 2021. Before that, he worked as a research associate at Imperial College London and the University of Manchester. Karim has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, masters’ degree in structural analysis and PhD in BIM and Asset Management interoperability. Before starting his PhD in 2016, he worked in the construction industry as a structural engineer and BIM manager for more than 8 years.

Qizhou (Leo) Xiong

Real Estate Economist & Proptech Expert

An empirical economist specialising in real estate economics and data science with expertise in residential real estate, prop tech and retail real estate. Extensive experience analysing big data from the UK, Germany and the USA. Highly data-driven real estate research with a close connection to the financial market and macroeconomic condition. Qizhou used to work for Said Business School, University of Oxford, as a research fellow for the Future of Real Estate Initiative. He worked in academia for a decade before joining the industry. His research in the housing markets, energy efficiency premium in houses, PropTech and the financial market makes him the ideal co-founder to oversee the data platform building and cutting-edge technology incorporation.

Anh Nguyen

Head of Legal at DigiShares & RealEstate.Exchange

As the Head of Legal of DigiShares and REX, Anh Nguyen is a pioneer in the intersection between DLT and financial regulation. Anh is leading DigiShares’ regulatory efforts and engagement with regulators and relevant authorities, including DigiShares’ engagement in the European Blockchain Sandbox.

As an established player in the tokenization space, DigiShares is launching its real estate exchange (RealEstate.Exchange (REX)), an innovative digital trading platform that revolutionizes the way real estate assets are bought, sold, and invested in, using the transformative power of DLT. By tokenizing real estate assets, REX offers a secure, transparent, and efficient marketplace for investors of all backgrounds. REX allows companies to raise capital by issuing real estate tokens that can be traded on a secondary market.

Berke Bayhoca

Core Member of FIBREE

Berke Bayhoca is an innovator who works to bridge the gap between traditional finance and decentralized finance. He is dedicated to bring 21st-century transactions on-chain and onboarding the next billion to the blockchain ecosystem.

Laurens Swinkels

Associate Professor of Finance at Erasmus University Rotterdam

Laurens Swinkels is Associate Professor of Finance at Erasmus University in Rotterdam and Executive Director and Head of Quant Strategy at Robeco’s Sustainable Multi-Asset Strategies team. His area of expertise is empirical research on financial markets. He teaches Finance courses and has published his academic work in peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Financial Economics and Financial Analysts Journal. Prior to re-joining Robeco in 2016, he was a Researcher at Norges Bank Investment Management. He was a Researcher at Robeco from 2004 to 2012 and at PensionFactory and APG Asset Management from 1999 to 2004. Laurens is a member of the Board and Research Committee of Inquire Europe. Laurens holds a PhD in Finance and a Master’s in Econometrics from Tilburg University in the Netherlands.

Oscar Riegler

Legal Transaction Manager at Black Manta Capital Partners

As Legal Transaction Manager of Black Manta Capital Partners, Oscar advises on:

Next Generation Investment Banking – Tokenization as a Service
Incorporation of entities and setup of structures to raise funds from institutional clients (e.g. Securitisation Vehicles in Luxembourg)
Advising issuers on structuring capital market deals and private placements.
Advising clients in the area of blockchain / web3 / capital markets / Security Token Offerings

Bill Laggner

CEO & Co-Founder of Viña Eden

35 years of investment management, co-founded Bearing Asset Management with compounded annual returns of 21% from 2005-2012. Early investor in Bitcoin and global crypto wallet platform Uphold (2014).

Johannes Wirtz

Partner, Finance & Financial Regulation, at Bird & Bird

As partner in our Finance & Financial Regulation Group in Frankfurt, I advise our national and international clients on banking regulatory issues and finance law.

During the years working at Bird & Bird, I gained profound knowledge about the more and more regulated financial market and its trends. With this experience, I am focussing my daily work on regulatory issues regarding financial firms. Hereby, I am specialised on advising my clients on the interdependence of regulation and digitalisation, in a world changed by disruptive technologies, with the financial industry being no exception. Therefore, my advisory focus concerns fintech, insurtech and regtech companies as well as their investors on various matters from regulation through investment structures to ownership control. In particular, I am advising on the regulation of crypto-assets/token and related services.

Rob Simons

Manager Real Estate at Baker Tilly

Rob is Manager Real Estate at Baker Tilly. He recently graduated at the Amsterdam School of Real Estate (ASRE), where he conducted research on real estate tokenization from the perspective of Dutch real estate investors. At Baker Tilly, he supports clients in development strategy and financial management in urban development. Additionally, he conducts independent analyses of business cases, property valuations, and area development. Furthermore, he advises clients on making policy decisions regarding their real estate portfolio and improving their real estate organization.

Chris Sorensen

Chief Operating Officer at American Digital Realty

Chris works with early stage companies to enhance their go-to-market strategies, increase their Product Market Fit Score, improve their revenue and growth strategies, and make them more attractive to venture investors. He is an award-winning start-up executive and strategist and “do-er” with broad based hands-on operating experience as CEO, COO, Co-founder, and Product Manager. Chris has been a key player in raising over $30 Million in capital for early stage companies resulting in $140 Million return to investors. He is focused on leading new product design and development projects, business development, and executing market leadership strategies for technology and financial services companies.

Boon Chew

Founder of Tappollo Media

As the founder of Tappollo Media, Boon brings a wealth of experience in product and technology and a visionary approach to the startup ecosystem. His expertise spans a diverse range of industries, including education, wellness, hospitality, healthcare, gaming, media, and entertainment platforms. Boon’s strategic guidance and innovative mindset have been instrumental in launching startups now worth over $2 billion. Tappollo Media is a technology venture studio dedicated to helping visionary startup founders bring their innovative ideas to life. Based in New York City,

Tappollo Media excels in providing comprehensive support for early-stage ventures, blending strategic guidance with cutting-edge technology to transform ambitious concepts into successful businesses.

Fadi Massouh

CEO of AI Real Estate Consultancy

Mr. Fadi Massouh is the CEO of AI Real Estate Consultancy, the first RERA-approved AI real estate consultancy in Dubai. He has been featured in prominent news outlets such as Gulf News, Al Sharq Business, and Zawya, solidifying his position as a leading real estate expert and advisor in the Dubai market. A distinguished speaker, Mr. Massouh has participated in numerous real estate and technology conferences worldwide.

With extensive experience in construction and development, Mr. Massouh is revolutionizing real estate consultancy by maximizing revenue and savings for Real Estate Developers, Investors, and Private Equity Funds. By leveraging AI and advanced data analytics, he consistently delivers unmatched value to his clients.

Mr. Massouh holds a Bachelor’s degree in Finance from Concordia University, Montreal, and has completed the Fenestration Associate program through the American Architectural Manufacturer-Association in Illinois, USA. Fluent in English, Arabic, and French, he excels in building connections and communicating effectively in a global business landscape.

Scott Brown

Chief Executive Officer of Park Street Development Group

Scott brings over 25 years of business, finance, and real estate development experience as Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Park Street Development Group. Scott entered the hotel industry in 2005 when he founded ABA Hospitality. Scott has long-standing relationships with all the major hotel brands and many leading private equity firms. Scott has built, owned, and operated several Hyatt hotels and resorts in the United States. Mr. Brown was a regular speaker at Meet the Money, the national hotel finance and investment conference in Los Angeles. Scott and his team have developed and built over 20 hotels. Based in the Bay Area, Park Street is building a portfolio of hotel and lifestyle properties in iconic destinations. Prior to founding ABA Hospitality and then Park Street Development Group, Mr. Brown began his professional career in finance at Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner & Smith in San Francisco, California. While at Merrill Lynch, Scott had a successful career, overseeing over $2B in assets by the time he left the firm. In 2005, after a 10-year career at Merrill Lynch, Scott left to follow his passion for real estate and founded the company now called Park Street Development Group.

Scott Thiel

CEO & Co-Founder of Tokinvest

Scott is a futurist, multi-jurisdiction qualified and experienced lawyer, responsible officer for a regulated virtual assets business, fintech entrepreneur, value creator, passionate public speaker, and industry thought leader. Scott co-founded Tokinvest to provide the gateway to the world’s most desirable assets for all investors.

Scott has been a director of Hedera LLC for more than 5 years, having also been an observer for 2 years of the Hbar Foundation board and a Hedera governing council representative for several years. Previously, Scott was the Founder and Managing Director of TOKO – enterprise grade tokenization and digital assets management platform which secured the first full market Broker-Dealer and Exchange Services VASP Licenses and was responsible for helping TOKO to structure the world’s first debt tokenization transaction.

Scott has been the recipient of multiple industry awards and recognition, including:

– Recognised as “Most Innovative Lawyers”, Financial Times, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
– Scott Thiel ranked leading individual by Chambers & Partners Fintech Guide 2022
– Scott Thiel ranked by Chambers & Partners, TMT, Greater China Region 2022
– Scott Thiel recognised as a “Leading Individual for TMT”, The Legal 500, Hong Kong 2022

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Borys Pikalov

Co-Founder & Chief Analyst at Stobox

Borys Pikalov is a prominent entrepreneur and researcher. As a co-founder at Stobox, he is one of the most experienced professionals in the RWA industry, having studied hundreds of tokenization cases. Borys is an active educator, sharing his expertise via his YouTube channel, Stobox blog, and media resources. Borys Pikalov is a prominent entrepreneur and researcher. As a co-founder at Stobox, he is one of the most experienced professionals in the RWA industry, having studied hundreds of tokenization cases. Borys is an active educator, sharing his expertise via his YouTube channel, Stobox blog, and media resources.

Ciprian Filip

CEO of Fundshing

Ciprian Filip is a pioneering figure in the realm of real estate tokenized assets, bringing a wealth of expertise and a visionary approach to the industry. As the co-founder of Perty.io, Ciprian has been instrumental in revolutionizing how property investments are approached, leveraging blockchain technology to create accessible and transparent investment opportunities. In addition to his role at Perty.io, he serves as the CEO of Fundshing, where he continues to innovate in the financial sector, driving advancements in digital asset management and funding solutions. With an extensive background in both real estate and fintech, Ciprian Filip is at the forefront of transforming traditional markets into modern, tokenized ecosystems. His leadership and forward-thinking strategies make him a prominent and respected voice in the field of real estate tokenization.

Jonathan Mickles

Managing Member of Red Boot LLC

Introducing Jonathan Mickles, a seasoned Certified Project and Product Manager with an impressive 25-year track record of driving success. As a Managing Member of Red Boot LLC, Jonathan’s expertise shines brightly in the world of enterprise-level solutions, spanning diverse sectors such as private enterprises, government agencies, and the real estate industry. With a remarkable ability to manage budgets of up to $6 million and lead cross-functional teams of up to 25 individuals, Jonathan is the trusted choice for companies seeking transformative growth.
Jonathan’s visionary approach at the intersection of blockchain and real estate has made him an in-demand figure. His exceptional skill in crafting bespoke products and services that propel business growth is second to none. Whether you’re on a quest to create the next groundbreaking innovation or optimize existing processes, Jonathan possesses the experience and knowledge to make it a reality. With a proven track record, guaranteed results, and a passion for building connections, Jonathan Mickles is your ultimate resource for all your business needs.

Natanel Eisenberg

Founder & CEO of ConsumerBreak

ConsumerBreak® is fun, rewards-based gamification. The puzzle game immerses consumers in brand education through a dedicated mobile platform that provides competitive play and prolonged, incentivized engagement.
This platform adds value in the following ways:
– Educates consumers in an interactive, immersive way
– Promotes a competitive rewarding experience that is fun and generates social buzz
– Guarantees that audience spends considerable time interacting with brand content
– Incentivizes prolonged study and memorization of marketing images
– Motivates purchases and improves customer loyalty
– Engages consumers aged 18+ directly on their own mobile devices (U.S. only at this time)

Andrew Bull

Founding Partner of Bull Blockchain Law

Andrew is the founder of Bull Blockchain Law LLP. After finding Bitcoin in 2011, Andrew ran one of the first cryptocurrency mining companies in the U.S. as well as a digital asset hedge fund. Andrew’s background in blockchain includes extensive business, legal, and academic experience. Since writing a thesis on Bitcoin regulation in 2013, he has written several publications for legal journals, been quoted in Forbes on digital assets, spoken at international blockchain conferences, contributed to a European Union publication on U.S. blockchain legislation, and developed some of the first blockchain-focused courses for law schools and graduate programs. In 2020, he was one of the American Bar Association’s Top 40 Young Lawyer Award nominees, and is currently an adjunct professor of law at Drexel University’s Thomas R. Kline’s School of Law, teaching blockchain and cryptocurrency law.

Through his legal expertise in digital assets, experience in blockchain, and academic background in policy and regulation, Andrew offers a unique interdisciplinary perspective to address the wide range of issues his clients face. Andrew strives for advancement in the industry and believes bridging the gap between technology and law is essential to client services.

Evangelos Lianos

Co-Founder, Business Development & Regulatory, of STOmaker

Evangelos has practice in Portfolio Management of Subsidiaries, Associated Companies & Investments (Operational & Financial Performance Management) within large Groups, Conglomerates, Holding structures, Family Business Structures and is proficient in developing multi-million international investment ventures. He has an aptitude in Management Advisory, Business Development activities, appraising existing & new business and investment opportunities, defining the Corporate Strategy applying executing it for growth and profitability. Involved in Merger & Acquisitions, cooperated with Private Equity & Venture Capital Firms & Banks for financing Projects & Companies. An agile operational and financial C-level Executive with International experience in diverse business sectors (Top-Management Advisory, TMT/IT, Manufacturing, Hospitality, Real Estate, Pharmaceutical & Health, Renewable Energy, Agriculture, F&B, Construction) Experienced in projects and advisory on regulation and technology on digitalization/tokenization/trading of real world assets and entities via Digital Assets, Tokenization, Security Token Offerings. A realistic, engaged and operational Management Executive with P&L responsibility, with Board Member and Executive Committee participation experience – he has the empathy to build internal and external business and media relationships, to organize, lead and support teams and focus on delivering results and profitable options. Worked for multinational & multiethnic groups/conglomerates, mid-size companies, family driven companies and consultancy providers. He acts as pro-bono Mentor and minority Investor of innovative startups.

Henry Chong

Founder and CEO of Fusang

Fusang is a digital securities exchange connecting brokers and banks on a global scale to private markets and alternative investments. Fusang is built to serve, not disrupt, traditional financial intermediaries by enabling trading, custody and clearing of investments through our regulated ecosystem. Fusang bridges access to markets where global product distribution is underserved, and products present higher margin opportunities for brokers, including equities, bonds, funds, sukuk, and alternatives. Fusang’s next-generation technology and standardised legal frameworks power the world’s first truly global stock exchange.

Henry is a Member of the Fusang Exchange’s Exchange Committee, and is the Chairman of its Listing Committee.

Henry works closely with global institutional investors and financial regulators to bring professionalism and structure to the industry, and is a regular keynote speaker on the subject of digital assets. He is also a member of the University of Oxford’s Digital Assets Project at the Commercial Law Centre.
Henry is a Board Director of Portcullis: The Asian Wealth Manager. Portcullis is Asia’s biggest independent group of trust companies, and provides a one-stop shop for corporate, trustee and fund administration services to high-net-worth individuals, family offices, philanthropies, private banks, and investment managers.

Henry holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Philosophy, Politics & Economics, and a Master of Arts from the University of Oxford. Henry holds a Masters of Science in Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics & Political Science, where he wrote his thesis on the behaviour of family offices. He also holds a Diploma in Information Technology, that he completed at the age of 12, and a Certificate in Chinese Language & Literature from Peking University.
Henry is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and is a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society.

Follow him at: henrychong.com

Luke Chmiel

Business Development Lead, Institutions & Capital Markets, at Ava Labs / Avalanche

With five years of experience working in traditional and on-chain capital markets, Luke Chmiel is an expert in tokenization, on-chain asset management, and crypto market structure. Luke began his career at Goldman Sachs, where he worked on a number of fixed income desks and covered some of the world’s largest buy-side investors. After leaving Goldman, Luke spent time at FalconX, a digital asset brokerage, and then at Maple Finance, a leading DeFi protocol for on-chain capital markets. Today, Luke sits on the Institutional BD team at Ava Labs and is focused on furthering the adoption of Avalanche, the world’s fastest and most customizable smart contracts platform.

Alastair Caithness

CEO of Energy Tokens & Ziyen Energy

Alastair is CEO at Energy Tokens https://www.energytokens.io & Ziyen Energy. Ziyen-Coin SEC-compliant energy asset security token. https://www.ziyen.com/ziyencoin_future_currency_of_oil_industry/

Andres Assmus

Board Member of FIBREE

Andres is a forward-thinking, business leader and entrepreneur with several ventures under his belt. In 2014 he acknowledged Ethereum’s founders in Toronto, he started learning about Crypto & Blockchain. He has been working in several industries in Business development, for EMEA & The Americas market for almost 15 years. In 2019 he helped as a Cofounder the first PropTech Association in Latam & bootstrapped CityZeen as the “Netflix of Neighborhoods” to improve community living by leveraging DLT & UAV technologies.

Pablo Maffei

CEO & Co-Founder of Briken

After selling my company to Mobileum, and leading its transition, I decided to take a sabbatical year….I hiked the Himalayas, sailed across the Atlantic, while always thinking about new ideas. I then decided to build a research team, called Rabbit, by recruiting young and brilliant engineers with the idea of experiencing with some promising technologies, like augmented reality and neural networks. We enjoy a lot researching on these techs, while bringing innovative ideas into prototypes, which eventually will enter into a commercial phase one day. The Rabbit experience was incredibly rich in both human and technological aspects, and maybe its legacy was a new leadership mindset. Now I decided to retake the entrepreneurial path as a co-founder at Briken. I’m really lucky to do what I like to do: create companies, lead teams, evaluate difficulties and create solutions, motivate, collaborate, negotiate and share the conviction that making a better world is possible, at each one’s scale.

Jason Fishman

Co-Founder CEO of Digital Niche Agency

Jason Fishman is the CEO & Co-Founder of Digital Niche Agency, DNA, out of Los Angeles, CA. DNA is a Inc 5000 company that has worked with over 400 issuers to collectively raise 9-figures of capital across Content, Advertising, and Outreach Channels. Jason is also the host of the “Test. Optimize. Scale.” Podcast, a Forbes Agency Council Member, serves on the board of the Crowdfunding Professionals Association (CfPA), and speaks at a variety of conferences (including appearances in 8 countries).

Sid Powell

CEO & Co-Founder of Maple Finance

Sid Powell is the CEO & Co-Founder of Maple Finance and with his Co-Founder Joe Flanagan founded Maple in 2019. Sid comes from a background in debt capital markets and institutional banking. During his career in traditional finance, he participated in $3BN+ of corporate bond issuance, established and ran a $200M+ bond funding program, and managed Treasury at a commercial lending FinTech company. Sid and Joe knew that blockchain technology could solve inefficiencies in traditional markets and developed Maple to bring debt-capital markets onchain.

Garrett Krause

Chairman & CEO of WorldVest

As the Chairman and CEO of WorldVest, I lead and manage innovative and impactful global projects as an entrepreneur and investor with more than 38 years of experience. WorldVest is an investment and project development group that provides strategic capital, global relationships, and infrastructure to each project and portfolio company, enabling growth and success in an environment rich in resources and expertise.

My core competencies include deal structuring, private equity, emerging markets, and tokenization of real-world assets. I have led and participated in over 50 global transactions in various sectors, such as oil and gas, mining and metals, real estate, fintech, and media. Some of our key holdings include a global mineral development company that was one of the first to tokenize a real-world asset on the blockchain, and a new fintech focus on projects built on the Bitcoin Satoshi’s Vision Blockchain such as TroyMoney and Tokenized.

My mission is to advance global projects that deliver social and economic impact, while generating attractive returns for our investors and partners.

Mark Dencker

Head of Blockchain of DigiShares

Helping DigiShares with their DeFi efforts creating RealEstate.Exchange

Arnab Naskar

Co-Founder & Co-CEO of STOKR

Arnab, serves as the co-CEO of STOKR – a Luxembourg based investment and tokenization platform – is a strong believer in open capital markets. With his roots in law, he’s deeply interested in the convergence of law and technology. As the Finance chair of INATBA (EU crypto association) he’s played a pivotal role in shaping EU blockchain policies for more than two years. Additionally, he manages a crypto fund in Luxembourg.

Marcus Bourn

Co-Founder of SOUSTA

Marcus Bourn is a graduate student at the University of Nicosia in the Digital Currency and Blockchain program. He has been studying and consulting investors on tokenization since 2020 after first being exposed to the concept of tokenization in 2018. He and his partner Paul were recently winners in the Rootstock Bitcoin Scaling Hackathon for the use case of tokenizing on Rootstock, a Bitcoin sidechain. His background is in real estate investing and services. He has been actively investing in real estate since 2006 with experience in both residential and commercial real estate. Prior to real estate, he worked at the World Bank in Latin America and Africa regions. He believes in the power of Bitcoin and wants to grow the Bitcoin ecosystem.

Matthieu Merchadou

Co-Founder & CEO of Magma

Matthieu is the co-founder of Magma, a ground breaking platform designed for 21st Century Real Estate. He shares his time between Paris and Miami since 1998. Matthieu believes that Web3 is the Foundation for a new paradigm shift in the economy and his goal is to make Magma lead the way in this transformation and educate companies and people in this journey. They are launching simultaneously in Europe and the US.

Kevin O'Grady

Director of Kognitive

Kevin is Director of Kognitive, with over 35 years of Advisory services, specialising in Management, Commercial and Digital technology. Founder of Kognitive – a platform to help homeowners, landlords and local authorities to work towards lower utility bills and a roadmap to retrofits, working with Atkins, RICS and industry leaders to release a platform that provides the steps to reducing energy bills in a time of rising costs and the urgent need to reduce our carbon footprint.
Kevin’s experience covers both pre- and post-contract stages in the infrastructure sectors gained in the UK and Overseas. Kognitive-uk Owner advising on the latest technologies such as Reality Capture, Blockchain, 4G IoT sensors and 7D estimation.

Kevin is responsible for managing the organization’s resources, promoting the enterprise to stakeholders, and implementing strategic plans. Using a long history of successful project and string leadership, organizational skills, analytical thinking, strategic planning, time management, the ability to work under pressure, communication abilities, and supervisory skills. Holding in-depth knowledge of Commercial planning and with the ability to apply Systems technologies to ensure the most efficient and cost-effective options are selected during the design development stage. Founder member of the Construction SMART Contract Committee working with HS2 and TRU on digital passports for the golden thread of information. Board member of FIBREE a Blockchain organisation with members worldwide using the latest technologies to ensure the best metrics are tabled to improve efficiencies and inform circular economy aspirations.

Jeison Quraitem

Founder of Ynvest

Explore the dynamic world of real estate with me, Jeison Quraitem. With over 17 years in the industry, my career is marked by a distinctive path through various aspects of real estate, including sustainable construction with steel frame, property management, development, and leadership in cutting-edge initiatives such as BTS (Built to Suit) and BTR (Build to Rent). My expertise extends to data analysis and the innovative application of blockchain technology, positioning me at the vanguard of the real estate sector.

Key achievements in 2024:
– Completed over R$ 52 million in transactions in 2024.
– Structured portfolios for construction companies with a total GSV exceeding R$ 1.2 billion.

My professional mission revolves around offering unique real estate opportunities, emphasizing deals that not only promise profitability but also demonstrate significant value appreciation potential. My approach is always strategic and data-driven, ensuring that every investment opportunity is thoroughly vetted to maximize returns. As an enthusiast of innovation, I have been a pioneer in leveraging proptech and construtech, aiming to redefine the standards of efficiency and transparency in real estate through advanced technology. Beyond my core activities, I am the co-founder of REORA, the first real estate Oracle in Brazil, and I actively contribute to the real estate community as the Regional Chair in Santa Catarina for FIBREE. These roles underscore my commitment to fostering innovation and excellence in the real estate industry.

Roland H. Farhat

Regional Chair, Frankfurt, at FIBREE

Roland possesses over 20 years of extensive experience in real estate investment and development management. Before assuming the role of head of the audit business for DekaBank’s real estate organization in Frankfurt, assuring all operations of its remarkable €40 billion international real estate portfolio, Roland had successfully managed the real estate advisory business at PwC in Frankfurt.

In the early stages of his career, Roland demonstrated exceptional proficiency in building an impressive portfolio, amounting to €250 million, comprising both residential and commercial real estate projects. Over recent years, Roland has honed his focus on advancing digitalization and promoting sustainability principles within the real estate sector.

Roland is not only an accomplished real estate professional but also an Architect and holds a distinguished MBA. His academic journey includes studying at prestigious institutions such as Harvard Business School, Saïd Business School, IESE Business School, and the University of Augsburg. Roland’s commitment to innovation and industry advancement is evident through his role as a founding member of the Oxford Blockchain Foundation and as regional chair Frankfurt with FIBREE.

Leandro Pamplona

Founding Partner of Bonetti, Krugen & Pamplona Advogados Associados

Doctor and Master in Law (PUCRS). Professor at Faculdade João Paulo II – Porto Alegre. Founding partner of Bonetti, Krugen & Pamplona Advogados Associados.

Member of the BAR Real Estate Law Commission. Coordinator of the Real Estate Tokenization Working Group at BAR. Regional Chair of FIBREE. Legal Board Member of Netspaces.

Emil Stoyanov

CTO of ReCheck

Dr. Emil Stoyanov has 15 years of experience in software development and project management, and a PhD degree from the University of Stuttgart. Among the companies that use systems developed under his supervision are Deloitte, Henkel, Procter & Gamble, Danone and Volkswagen, as well as banks and government institutions. During the last 5 years, Emil Stoyanov has focused on blockchain development and he has become a leading blockchain engineer in Southeastern Europe.

Daniel Coheur

Co-Founder & CCO of Tokeny

Daniel Coheur is the co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of Tokeny. In this role he can lever the experience of his corporate background, which centered around the global growth of transactional based enterprises. In capital markets (Clearstream Banking owned by Deutsche Boerse), and telecommunication (Syniverse owned by The Carlyle Group). He is a genuine entrepreneur who mentored and funded several start-ups before creating his own investment boutique. Today, Daniel is working with investment banks, funds, assets managers and distributors to educate these actors on the digital era of finance and accelerate their adoption of distributed ledger technology.

Nathan Wosnack

Founder & CEO of Ubitquity

Mr. Wosnack, the Founder & CEO is an entrepreneur, futurist, and pioneer in crypto-currencies since 2009. He has been quoted by Reuters, CoinTelegraph, HousingWire, PanAm Post, The Wall Street Journal and many other news outlets. Nathan is on the Futurist Advisor Board – Lifeboat Foundation, and most recently as Advisory Board member for PropTech LATAM (Latin American) Summit and FIBREE (Foundation for International Blockchain and Real Estate Expertise) as corporate member via Ubitquity. Member Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO) Distributed Ledger Workgroup. He is Founder & CEO of Ubitquity LLC, the enterprise-ready blockchain secured platform for real estate and title record keeping.

Todd Miller

VP, Business Development and Partnerships at ChromaWay

Todd Miller is the Vice-President, Business Development and Partnerships for ChromaWay, a layer one blockchain software company with offices in Stockholm, Tel Aviv, and Washington. Its new public blockchain platform, Chromia, is hosting dApps across real estate, games, fashion, media, business, and government. Todd leads the Real World Assets (RWA) vertical at ChromaWay that has launched innovative projects incorporating tokenization, NFTs, and smart contracts. Chromia’s Ledger Digital Asset Protocol has been deployed with issuance partners globally. Previous to ChromaWay, Todd was a leader of digital mortgage initiatives at Fannie Mae. Mr. Miller earned a BA from the University of Wisconsin and an MPA from New York University.

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Mohammed Mahfoudh

CEO & Founder of Deca4 Advisory

Mohammed is the CEO and Founder of Deca4 Advisory, a boutique consultancy firm specializing in web3 and tokenization. Before Deca4, Mohammed had an extensive career working as an angel investor and advisor to multiple startups mostly in Europe. Deca4 started as a security token advisory since 2018, and it was involved in multiple RWA tokenization projects focusing on the development of the required materials to enable the projects to be ready for tokenization. Deca4 has a team in multiple countries from Latin America, North America, Europe, Middle East and India, with clients from various regions. It is currently involved in multiple government-sponsored Real Estate tokenizations models. Deca4 has since expanded to cover all aspects of tokenization as well as general web3 and blockchain projects, working with governments, enterprises, and large-scale web3 projects such as Sphera World, which is a JV with the largest sports portal in MENA region, among other projects.

Maurice Crespi

Partner at Schindler’s Attorneys

Schindler’s is the first law firm in the world to provide turnkey blockchain services, ICOs, ISOs and real world asset tokenization, with legal and tech all wrapped up in one.

Andres Dovale

CLO at Cooperativ.io

Andres is a Canadian lawyer working at Humber Bay Law in Toronto and is a LexDAO Operating Committee member helping to steer the organization as the world’s first Web3 Bar Association. Andres is also a member of the Real World Asset Consortium, and an entrepreneur mentor at the University of Toronto’s ICUBE incubator. Andres is also CLO at Cooperativ.io, where he works on designing and implementing regulatory compliance and reporting processes associated with tokenized real world assets. Andres has more than five years of legal experience working with entrepreneurs and small businesses in a transactional capacity, as well as with corporate/commercial litigation.

Chip Ridge

President at Millennial Title

Chip has over 20 years of experience in the title industry and opened his first title company in 2002. After building his company into a success, he sold it to a regional bank in 2007. In 2015, he opened Millennial Title in Tampa, Florida and has since grown to 11 locations with licenses in 23 states.
Chip is a graduate of Washington & Lee and received his MBA from the Owen School at Vanderbilt University. He is married to Carrie, and they have four children. When not watching his kids’ sports, his hobbies include golf and horse racing.

Antonio Enache

CEO & Founder of SENSE4FIT

Antonio is a successful entrepreneur who has worked in the last 15 years for his own business in wellness, health and fitness industry. He is licensed as Business Coach, Life Coach and Master Trainer, having more than 40 international specialized trainings completed. Since 2021, he got involved in the crypto industry and started to collaborate with many crypto companies in the field of marketing and business strategy.

Anniina Saari

Doctoral Researcher at Aalto University

Anniina Saari is a visionary doctoral researcher and a passionate advocate for the transformative potential of blockchain technology in the real estate sector. With over fifteen years of hands-on experience in Nordic commercial real estate, including roles in property development, commercial leasing, business development, and sales, Anniina brings a wealth of industry knowledge to her doctoral research at Aalto University.

Anniina’s Ph.D. research delves deep into the world of blockchain technology and its profound implications for the real estate industry. Her work aims to drive industry-level systemic changes by leveraging blockchain’s capabilities to advance economic, social, and environmental sustainability within the real estate sector.

Drawing on a comprehensive analysis of literature spanning from 2013 to 2022, Anniina has mapped out the grand promise of blockchain technology for real estate. Additionally, she has conducted empirical assessments of real-world blockchain applications, uncovering invaluable insights into current developments, implementation challenges, and the realized value. Anniina is excited to share her expertise and shed light on blockchain’s potential for the real estate sector. Join Anniina as she takes you on a journey into the world of blockchain-powered real estate. Together, we’ll explore how blockchain technology can shape the future of the real estate sector and drive positive change.

The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA) is a 501(c)(6) non-profit trade association created for financial market professionals, by financial market professionals. As we work to incorporate and adapt these powerful advances in technology – including the emergence of digital currencies – to the world of “Finance 2.0″, having an organized, strategic approach will help all participants involved in the global, distributed ledger ecosystem. Our mission is to guide and promote comprehensive adoption of distributed ledger technology across financial markets. We do this by engaging with market participants, regulators, policymakers and technology innovators through direct communication, comment letters, studies and more to guide the public dialogue about blockchain, distributed ledger and smart contract technology, so that the financial markets can realize the full potential of these capabilities. We seek to do this in a way that is effective, complies with all regulatory safeguards and ultimately paves the way for more efficient and profitable markets.

Liberty Real Estate Fund (LibertyFund.io) is an enhanced way to invest in the cash flow and stability of high quality commercial real estate with the combined advantages of liquidity and security of Blockchain technology. Liberty Fund is a real estate fund engineered for investors to achieve: Geographic diversification, industry diversification, and tenant credit strength. Our portfolio of Single-Tenant Net-Lease properties is constructed with brand name Essential Businesses, operating in high growth markets throughout the United States.

Bull Blockchain Law, LLP is a boutique law firm, and Philadelphia’s first firm to focus on providing legal services related to blockchain technology, digital assets, virtual currency activities, and other emerging technologies. The founders of the firm began mining cryptocurrency during law school and writing about the legal and public policy impacts of bitcoin as early as 2011. The attorneys at Bull Blockchain Law apply a deep and unique understanding of blockchain to save time and expense for each client. Bull Blockchain Law also services businesses and startups working in other industries, providing services related to corporate formation and governance, equity compensation, intellectual property protection, contract negotiation and litigation, capital raising, internet policies, and much more. Learn more at: https://bullblockchainlaw.com/.

Jacob Chase-Lubitz

Founder of Cooperativ Labs

Jake is the founder of Cooperativ Labs and a product strategist with nine years of experience designing multi-sided platforms and managing development projects. He served as Director of Product Development at Everybill LLC, where he led both the design of an award-winning concept for a healthcare payment platform and related legislative efforts. More recently, he worked as a product strategist and software engineer for Artory GmbH in Berlin, Germany.

Jake founded Cooperativ Labs to develop blockchain-based tools for solving common business problems. The company’s current work focuses on tooling for tokenizing private offerings.

Walter Strametz

Co-Founder & Board Member of FIBREE

Walter is active in the blockchain industry since 2014 and contributed to about a dozen blockchain projects in Switzerland working as executive board member in the consulting industry. For the German-Austrian-Swiss region he organizes the “blockchain-real.at” which is the largest annual conference on blockchain and real estate in the FIBREE ecosystem.

Rubens Neistein

Board Member of FIBREE

Rubens is a professional with experience in strategic planning and Blockchain applications for businesses and Real Estate market, mentoring startups and digital businesses. Since 1999, Rubens has developed several businesses in the Brazilian online market in partnership with other major entrepreneurs. Over the past 5 years Rubens has dedicated himself to promoting BlockChain technology and the digital assets market, contributing to the development and dissemination of new technologies that will provoke a new revolution in the way we deal with money and trust. He is currently a Country Manager for CoinPayments, a board member of FIBREE and and a Co-Founder at Insignia.

Specializations: Entrepreneur, E-commerce, Digital Mktg, Startups, Digital Assets, Blockchain, CryptoCurrencies, Security Tokens, Real Estate Tokens.

Makram Hani

Board Member & Regional Chair, Dubai, of FIBREE

Entrepreneur, Investor, founder of several successful startups, speaker and corporate trainer, professional consultant and Executive advisor, with Nineteen years Sales, customer service, development and portfolio management experience.

Founder and CEO of Arms &McGregor International Group® including Arms &McGregor Leisure, Vacations, Investments and Realty ®. Aside from running Arms &McGregor International Realty ® Makram is also the Founder of BBP a specialist media and tech agency and have co-founded other Real estate brokerages similar to Morgan’s International Realty and Clemson porter Properties. Regional Chair of FIBREE, the Foundation for International Blockchain and Real Estate Expertise. Makram is an author or 3 books and more than 200 articles. Makram’s vision is to Revolutionize real estate as an asset class by Liquifying, adding transparency, removing imperfections and making it accessible. Makram’s concept Real estate 6.0 is considered the future of what the asset class will become.

Achim Jedelsky

Co-Founder & Board Member of FIBREE

Achim is co-founder and board member of FIBREE, the Foundation for International Blockchain and Real Estate Expertise. He advocates the use of innovative technology and especially blockchain around the real estate life cycle and supports and invests in startups from this space.

He worked as architect and project manager in Germany, the UK and the USA, completed a MBA at Vlerick Business School and was for six years head of IT at Daimler Real Estate. Currently he is responsible for the Real Estate Digitalization at Vattenfall in Germany.

Santiago Cabezas-Castellanos

CEO of Datacasas PropTech

With over 20 years of experience in architecture, business management, and new technologies, Santiago Cabezas-Castellanos is the CEO of Datacasas Proptech and SpainClick, two innovative companies that apply metaverse, Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence to the Real Estate and inbound marketing sectors.

Harold Heard

Founder & CEO of A Real Blockchain Solution

Harold Heard is an esteemed Senior Executive with over 30 years of success across various industries, focusing on information technology and cybersecurity. His contributions span financial services, manufacturing, retail, healthcare, utilities, military, and government sectors. With a passion for innovation and transformational change, Harold drives new revenue streams through human-centered design, strategic methods, and creative solutions. He has worked on key initiatives, including the Federal Acquisition Architecture Council, International Standards Organization, Adobe’s CIO Council, and IBM Technical Advisory Council, contributing to developing worldwide standards and vital technological advancements. Harold has been integral to international records management and health informatics standards and has contributed to significant industry projects. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Electronic Engineering from Wichita State University and possesses TOGAF, ArchiMate, Lean Six Sigma, and Artificial Intelligence certifications.

Eni Shtini

Co-Founder & CEO of T-Blocks

Eni Shtini is the Co-Founder of T-Blocks, the 1st tokenization gateway providing trustworthy and compliant real estate investing opportunities in Albania and Balkans region, within EU regulatory framework. With a background in Management and Information Systems from University of South Florida, USA, Eni is an entrepreneur and leader in the Bitcoin and Blockchain sphere since 2017. He’s driven educational tech initiatives, raising over $10M in Albania.

Presently, he’s embarking on a visionary journey to transform real estate investment dynamics, bridging the realms of real estate developers and owners with global investors using distributed ledger and blockchain technology. Backed by a robust real estate asset portfolio exceeding $500 million in Albania, T-Blocks stands poised to establish itself as a pioneering force in the region, instigating a transformative shift in the contours of traditional finance through the innovative paradigm of tokenization.

Erik Meltzer

Co-Founder of Plutus Properties

Erik Meltzer is co-founder of Plutus Properties, a cryptocurrency-friendly real estate investing ecosystem. Based in Washington, D.C., he is a licensed real estate salesperson with TTR Sotheby’s International Realty, a real estate investor and cryptocurrency enthusiast. Erik is a certified AWS cloud architect and has served as a technology consultant for some of the world’s largest broadcast networks.

Gabriela Roberto Baró

Co-Founder of Nash21

Gabriela has a degree in Business Administration and PDD IESE Business School. She has worked for more than 15 years in the financial industry and in the Latin American entrepreneurial ecosystem. She developed her professional career in marketing, digital transformation, innovation, fintech and crypto assets. After being part of Ripio, one of the largest Exchanges in Latam, she Co-Founded Agrotoken, an agri commodity tokenization company that today has operations in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. Co-founder of Nash21 where, together with a team of references from the European crypto and real estate ecosystem, they set the goal of redefining the rental market through the tokenization of contracts.

Alec Beckman

Co-Founder and President of Advantage Blockchain

Alec Beckman is the Co-Founder and President of Advantage Blockchain, with 8 years experience in business development & growth. At Advantage Blockchain, Alec leads investor relations with a strong focus on fundraising, working with existing clients, facilitating grants across industries, and expanding revenue opportunities. Alec has held leadership positions for multiple blockchain organizations with a specialty in RWA applications, sales, and compliance.

Christoph Urbanek

Partner at Schindler Attorneys

Christoph Urbanek is a partner at Schindler Attorneys. He is a powerhouse in his field of real estate finance and law, and specializes in all key areas of the project and financing sector. Christoph’s clients include national and international investors, banks, project-developers, and various other companies from the real estate and renewable energy sectors. He is an expert in real estate transaction and financing, restructurings and investment law. Christoph studied law at the University of Vienna and is a member of the Austrian Board of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). He began his professional career at Kommunalkredit Austria as an in-house attorney in the treasury department. After a one-year stint at Cerha Hempel’s predecessor in Banking & Finance, he continued his clerkship in 2004 at DLA Piper in the Finance and Projects team and was admitted to the bar in 2008. He remained at DLA Piper Weiss-Tessbach in Vienna where he practiced for nearly 17 years, nine of which as an equity partner. Christoph joined Schindler Attorneys in 2021 where heads the Real Estate Finance and Law practice. In his advisory work, he focuses on international transactions, both in German-speaking countries and in all countries of Central and Eastern Europe. In addition to his expertise in banking/financing law and real estate law, he also focuses on M&A, and corporate agendas, corporate reorganizations in addition to private equity and regulatory issues in banking and investment law. Christoph has been a lecturer at the University of Vienna, FH Wien der WKW, FH Joanneum, bfi Wien and FH Donau Uni Krems for several years. He teaches regulatory banking law, financing and credit protection law, real estate law and insolvency law.

Cristina Campian

Vice President of FIBREE

Cristina is an innovative financial advisor and versatile licensed realtor (Investments, GDPR, contracts, Tax, Blockchain in Real Estate, Proptech) focused on improving real estate services. With over twenty years of experience in corporate finance and real estate, she is constantly working on digital transformation for the real estate industry, resulting in successful outcomes.
Cristina’s best aptitudes are creativity and resilience, allowing her to develop expertise in new tech development (Project Management, Agile, Lean Management, Design Thinking, etc.). As an Executive Board Member for FIBREE, she plays an active role in the use and application of Blockchain in the Real Estate industry, implementing new technologies such as Document Automation, collaborative platforms, chatbots, document review, and signature platforms. Cristina founded companies like royalestates.using and applyingpt, royalnomads.io, and the creator of innovative projects like smardeed.io. She is also the CEO of Mercury Vortex, Big Ed, and Vanguard 88, bringing innovation and speed to high-frequency digital asset trading.

Ron Quaranta

Chairman & CEO of The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance

Ron possesses over three decades of experience in the global financial services and technology industries. He currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance, the world’s leading non-profit trade association promoting the comprehensive adoption of blockchain technology and cryptoassets across global markets. Prior to this, Ron served as Chief Executive Officer of DerivaTrust Technologies, a pioneering software and technology firm for financial market participants. Ron is the editor and contributing author of the book “Blockchain in Financial Markets and Beyond: Challenges and Applications”, published Risk Books, as well as an ongoing contributing author to the “Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Regulation” reference guide, published annually by Global Legal Insights. He was named to the Top 100 Most Influential People in the Accounting Industry by Accounting Today in 2018 and is the Lead Author for the ISACA Blockchain Framework as well as a member of the ISACA Emerging Technology Advisory Group. He has been a frequent guest of major media outlets, including Bloomberg Radio, and is a sought-after speaker and writer regarding financial technology and innovation. Ron also serves as an advisor to multiple startups and corporations focused on fintech innovation and blockchain technology.

Denis Petrovcic

Co-Founder & CEO of Blocksquare

Denis Petrovcic is the CEO and co-founder of Blocksquare, the leading provider of real estate tokenization infrastructure. Under his leadership, Blocksquare has successfully tokenized over $100 million in real estate assets, spanning 22 countries and encompassing more than 120 properties. Denis and his team at Blocksquare achieved a significant milestone in 2023 by becoming the first company in the world to register a tokenized real estate property in the land registry of an EU member country. Additionally, in 2018, they made history as the first company to tokenize and publicly sell a real estate property to investors across four different continents. As a forward-thinking entrepreneur, Denis is dedicated to revolutionizing the real estate industry through blockchain technology, making it more efficient, secure, and accessible. Further highlighting his commitment to innovation in the field, Denis is also a co-founder and board member of FIBREE, a non-profit organization that conducts market research on blockchain applications in the built environment.

Sanjeev Birari

Co-Founder & CBO of Zoniqx

Sanjeev is a globally-recognized entrepreneur and strategic visionary with an illustrious 20-year career that spans various domains, including investor management, technology innovation, real estate, and blockchain. He serves as the Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer of Zoniqx, where he is the driving force behind pioneering initiatives in the digital lifecycle management of real-world assets.

With a track record of creating strategic alliances and fostering relationships across major global markets, Sanjeev has spearheaded key partnerships in Dubai, Singapore, Bahrain, and India. His finesse in investor management, coupled with his hands-on approach in handling multi-billion-dollar portfolios, underscores his exceptional ability to translate visionary strategies into significant sales growth. Sanjeev’s international acumen, rooted in his comprehension of diverse cultures and business landscapes, has catalyzed substantial growth for leading business conglomerates. His dedication to Tassets has positioned the company as a frontrunner in real-world asset modernization, leveraging cutting-edge technology and global insights. His academic achievements, including an MBA and certification as a Blockchain Specialist, further reflect his commitment to continuous learning and leading industry trends. Based in Foster city, California, Sanjeev’s influence extends beyond his local community. His dedication to technological innovation, international development, and thought leadership continues to substantially impact investor management, technology, real estate, and blockchain. In a world increasingly driven by digital innovation and cross-border collaboration, Sanjeev stands as a beacon of excellence and foresight, consistently pushing the boundaries of what is possible and setting new benchmarks for global business excellence. His insights, leadership, and relentless pursuit of excellence continue to shape the future of the industries he passionately serves.

Natalia Karayaneva

Founder & CEO of Propy

Natalia Karayaneva is the founder and CEO of Propy, WEF pioneer, – a Silicon Valley company revolutionizing home purchasing via smart contracts and AI. She is an award-winning real estate developer, software engineer, and a serial entrepreneur with extensive knowledge in real estate and cryptography. Natalia is a frequent speaker at web3 and proptech events globally. She is an advisor to Arrington Capital and a contributor to Forbes. Natalia has a degree in Computer Engineering, and a degree in Sustainable Urban Development from the University of Oxford.

Yael Tamar

CEO & Co-Founder of SolidBlock

Yael Tamar, CEO & Co-Founder, SolidBlock, a real estate tokenization company. Yael is a recognized leader in property tokenization and has a background that includes marketing, finance, trading, compliance and entrepreneurship in public and private companies. As an early mover in the blockchain space, Yael serves at the helm of FIBREE, Foundation for International Blockchain and Real Estate Expertise (the leading international network for exchanging knowledge in the real estate industry) and as a Founder of Women in Block. With over 100 blockchain speaking engagements and an educational podcast program, Yael is recognized as top 20 Proptech Influencer, Top 25 Blockchain and Crypto Speakers and Top 100 Women in Blockchain. As a global executive based in Tel Aviv and NYC, Yael leads the SolidBlock team on the mission to lead real estate tokenization. Yael earned her Bachelors and Masters in Economics from the City University of New York-Hunter College.

Jo Bronckers

President of FIBREE

As the President of FIBREE, the Foundation for International Blockchain and Real Estate Expertise, Jo Bronckers is an industry leader with over 20 years of experience in real estate finance and institutional investment. Jo has held key roles at various Dutch real estate corporates throughout his career, including FGH Bank, Rabobank Real Estate Division, DLL, IVBN, and Vesteda.

Jo’s innovative mindset and passion for business development have led him to explore blockchain technology since 2014, specifically focusing on its potential applications to real estate processes. As the founder of Blockchain2RealEstate, Jo offers consultancy services to organizations that are eager to explore, develop, or get connected to the right business partners for their blockchain experiments in real estate. With his extensive knowledge of the Real Estate industry and blockchain technology, Jo is a sought-after expert. He brings expertise to every project he works on and continually strives to push the industry forward. Jo’s dedication and commitment to innovation have made him a respected figure in the Real Estate community, and his work at FIBREE is helping to pave the way for the adoption of blockchain technology in the industry.

Claus Skaaning

CEO & Co-Founder of DigiShares

Dr. Claus Skaaning is a Co-Founder & serves as Chief Executive Officer & Board Member at Digishares. He serves as Board Member at REDO – Neuro systems. He serves as Chief Technology Officer at Aglance Solutions. He also served as External Associate Professor at Aalborg University. He Skaaning co-founded Dezide and also served as its Chief Executive Officer. He also served as City Managing Director at 7BC Venture Capital.

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Alper Aydinoglu

Alper Aydinoglu is a commercial real estate professional and an entrepreneur, with over thirteen years of real estate experience. Alper has hands-on experience with the acquisition, rehab, property management, asset management and resale processes of residential and multi-family projects. Alper is well versed in performing investment and credit analysis on all major property types, including multi-family, retail, hotels, office, mobile home communities and industrial properties, ranging anywhere between $1 million and $100 million. Additionally, Alper founded True Asset Capital, a fast-growing investment firm that specializes in investing in residential and commercial real estate properties that are not performing up to their potential. Alper’s team implements proven methods to help improve gross potential income, improve occupancy, and lower expenses in order to maximize the net income of the assets. Alper is a graduate of DePaul University in Chicago, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance and a minor in Economics.

Marcus Bourn

Marcus Bourn is a seasoned real estate professional with over 15 years of experience in commercial real estate services, acquisitions, asset management, brokerage services while also investing in residential and commercial properties.

His work in commercial real estate has taken Mr. Bourn all across the United States and Western Europe, but his core focus has been retail transactions on the Eastern Seaboard. His time in commercial real estate has given him exposure to various markets and negotiating both simple and complex transactions.

In 2014 Mr. Bourn was exposed to Bitcoin, but it was not until 2018 when he became very interested in blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies. It was while attending an event for the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance that he really connected the dots between blockchain technology and real estate. Since then, he has continued to network and learn more about blockchain technology. He recently completed the Blockchain Strategy and Cryptocurrency at University of Oxford.

Justin Kaufman

Associate at Ropes & Gray LLP

Justin Kaufman is an associate at Ropes & Gray LLP real estate investments and transactions group. Justin advises investors, private equity clients and other financial institutions on a broad range of transactional matters, such as acquisitions, dispositions, repurchase facilities and financing.

Justin also advises a broad range of clients on issues related to blockchain, cryptocurrency and NFTs. He conducts extensive research on digital assets and writes extensively on the legal and business issues associated with blockchain and cryptocurrency.

Eric Bleau

Director of Growth Marketing
Grocapitus Investments

Eric Bleau is a real estate investor that grew up in a family of real estate entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley at a time when computer technology was taking off. With a diverse background in real estate investing, development, and construction project management, along with his passion for computers and technical skills, he brings an innovative approach to marketing, referred to as “Growth Hacking”, which is often used by early-stage startups who need explosive growth. After seeing how effective this approach was for San Francisco tech startups, he realized that this marketing approach could be applied to multifamily syndication and has contributed to the rapid growth of Grocapitus Investments.

Grocapitus Investment uses cutting-edge real estate analytics technology to source, acquire, or build large multifamily and build-to-rent communities across the U.S., for nearly 800 investors. Current portfolio is over 4,800 units with over $1 Billion AUM.
Learn more at https://grocapitus.com

Jorge Ortiz

CEO and founder of Varsity Hype

Jorge Ortiz is the CEO and founder of Varsity Hype, managing partner of the Blockchain Group, and founding member of the Powder Keg Collective. Jorge has vast experience building companies and products from the ground up and applying innovative technologies to legacy business sectors. Some of the highlights of his career include launching GameDay Films, the “Uber” of filming for youth sports, being part of the developing group of a 29-acre community in the heart of Houston focused on entrepreneurs (The Founders District) anchored by the largest coworking space in the state of Texas (The Cannon Houston), and launching several Web3-focused projects and ventures. Jorge has extensive experience managing projects and leading teams in the Web3 world, sports technology, real estate, and software ventures.

Julio Caceres

CEO & Founder of BRiX

Julio Caceres, CEO & Founder of BRiX Financial Technologies Holding Corporation (BRiX) https://realtybrix.com. BRiX is a PropTech/FinTech located in Florida. The Company is developing a fractional real estate technology, which will be used to fractionalize real estate that we purchase and manage and will allow investors to buy and sell fractions of BRiX properties through an online marketplace. Julio has dedicated his life to the financial freedom of others. After 4 years of loyal service in the US Marine Corp, he started working for the US Department of Homeland Security. During his time there Julio received many awards & with his highest achievement being the co-development of the CBP ROAM app, saving taxpayers millions of dollars. “My goal is to help bring the power of real estate investing to the masses.”

Jeff Guillot

Chief Product Officer Inveniam

Jeff Guillot joined Inveniam as Chief Product Officer in March 2021. In this role he is focused on Product Strategy and Product Delivery for Inveniam.io and its portfolio companies. Over the course of his 35-year career, Mr. Guillot has been a product and technology focused executive and has lead strategy and delivery at industry-leading companies during historic periods of growth and change. Mr. Guillot has delivered projects successfully across a broad range of industries, including Oil and Gas, Communications, Manufacturing, Managed Services, Energy Services, Pharmaceutical and Wellness, and sustainable agriculture. His market-centric approach to delivering technology-based have been enriched through participation in transformational projects.

Grant Weiss

Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ROCKVAL™

Grant Weiss is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of
ROCKVAL™ since 2012. Rockval, Inc. is a leading property-technology company located in West Palm Beach, Florida that provides powerful and affordable technology solutions to the commercial real estate industry. Rockval helps CRE professionals underwrite, share, and present acquisition and development deals in a step-by-step, data-driven process.

“OwnProp is democratizing access to commercial real estate investing, enabling new economic opportunities for all to a once inaccessible market. Real estate yields the highest and most stable returns of any asset class, yet has previously only been available to the wealthy due to high minimums, low liquidity, and a significant knowledge gap. OwnProp is solving these problems by using blockchain technology to reduce overhead costs, increase transparency, and speed up the settlement of transactions. OwnProp’s tokenized investment opportunities include iconic properties that provide predictable appreciation as well as cash flow. The OwnProp platform is currently available to accredited investors as we work towards opening up to retail investors in summer of 2023.”

Ethan Blumenthal

Co-Founder & Engineering Lead of OwnProp

Ethan is the Co-Founder and Engineering Lead of OwnProp, a blockchain based platform that is democratizing access to commercial real estate investing by lowering minimums and improving liquidity. He previously worked as a Software Engineer at Rightpoint where he helped Fortune 500 companies drive business outcomes by implementing scalable technological solutions. He received a BA in Economics from the University of Illinois and is working towards a MS in Computer Science from the University of Texas. Ethan is passionate about the opportunity that smart contracts provide to revolutionize real estate, the largest asset class in the world.

Dave Hendricks

Founder & CEO of Vertalo

Dave Hendricks is the CEO and Founder of Vertalo and digital transfer agent and asset issuance platform that connects and enables the digital asset ecosystem. Prior to founding Vertalo in 2017, Dave was the co-founder and President of LiveIntent, the leading programmatic email advertising platform. Dave’s career started at Arthur Andersen where, as a consultant in the audit division, he got his first experience building databases for securitizing assets. After Arthur Andersen, Dave joined JE Robert where he led a technical team building asset securitization technology in support of a Goldman Sachs-led team that unwound the mess created in real estate markets in concert with the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC). At the completion of that work, Dave left to become an executive at Oracle Corporation where he led the worldwide relationship between Oracle and Arthur Andersen. A native New Yorker, Dave now lives with his wife, family and dog in Austin TX.

Mike Bardi

Head of Business Development at Rapid Innovation

Mike Bardi is currently Head of Business Development at Rapid Innovation where he helps startups launch their blockchain app in 90 days or less. Bardi has been actively involved in blockchain-based projects since 2016, with extensive experience in NFTs and tokenomics on EVM-compatible chains. Prior to Rapid Innovation, Bardi consulted for a real estate startup called Rexnet.io that aims to help real estate owners gain liquidity in their illiquid assets. As a side project, Bardi works on HEXMarket.com, an NFT marketplace that allows users to mint NFT artwork that’s backed by financial NFTs. Bardi currently resides in San Diego, California.

Darin Davis

Principal & Co-Founder of Presario Ventures

Darin Davis has over 16 years of real estate experience involving acquisition, development, management, and dispositions. In 2002, he founded his first with an initial emphasis on land entitlement, multi-tenant and Class B commercial retail centers. In 2009, Darin co-developed his first multifamily project in Austin, TX. Since then he and his business partners have focused their efforts on the multifamily sector primarily in the Texas marketplace. As a Sponsor and General Partner, he has directly participated in securing over $400,000,000 in debt and equity for acquisition and ground up construction. Darin is experienced in Public-Private Partnerships and HUD-insured loan products. He is an honored alumnus from the University of Oklahoma, and he and his family currently reside in the great state of Texas.

Christopher Nelson

Co-Founder & Principal of Wealthward Capital

Christopher Nelson is the Co-Founder and Principal of Wealthward Capital, a private equity investment firm. Wealthward Capital invests in multifamily assets, self-storage and commercial debt instruments. We help investors preserve and grow their wealth by partnering with top performing sponsors/ operators who have a strong track record for successful asset management and meeting or exceeding investor returns. Christopher brings expertise to the real estate arena with experience from over 20 years in investing, due diligence, and financial operations. He has built professional services practices, run small businesses and helped take Splunk (SPLK) through an IPO and grow it to a billion-dollar company. Christopher has a proven track record of building strong partnerships, win-win negotiations and finding great deals.

Samuel Coon

Co-Founder & COO of NFTGamer.TV

Known as one of the most respected personalities in the NFT community, Sam, like many others before him, began his journey into the world of NFTs via the EOS blockchain game Upland. Making a huge whale splash on the scene, Sam purchased “Grand Central Station” in Manhattan, NYC, Upland for a cool $21,000 USD. This led to an interview with TD on the UPX Podcast, and a friendship was immediately formed. A few months later, he and TD came up with the concept for what would eventually become NFTGamerTV. Since then, Sam (aka Sany) has established himself as a staple in the WAX and ETH communities, and continues to expand his network with his charm, charisma, and general likeability.

Dugan Kelley

Co-Founder of Kelley Clarke PC

Dugan P. Kelley co-founded Kelley Clarke, PC, with the mission to deliver big firm expertise and experience to our local community. Kelley Clarke currently serves clients throughout the UnitedStates with its principal offices in Prosper, Texas, and Santa Barbara, CA. Mr. Kelley chairs the firm’s securities and real estate practice groups, assisting clients in all phases of multi-family, commercial, and residential acquisitions or sales. Mr. Kelley’s real estate expertise includes transactional services for clients ranging from commercial loan closings, real estate private equity capital raises, joint venture agreements, commercial leasing, business acquisitions and general commercial real estate services for multi-family syndicators, investors, and developers. In the last couple of years, he has handled combined transactions over 3+ Billion Dollars.

Throughout Mr. Kelley’s 20+ years of experience, he has also tried numerous cases in state and federal courts, administrative courts, and arbitration. With over $70 million in verdicts, settlements, workouts, and millions in settlements prior to trial, Mr. Kelley understands that there isn’t a one-solution fits all for every case. Mr. Kelley routinely advises real estate investors and other entrepreneurs about entity selection, corporate formation, risk assessment, and other related transactional needs. Mr. Kelley also represents a number of companies and family businesses in providing advice and counsel in the capacity as outside general counsel.

Mr. Kelley was previously a partner with Cappello & Noel, one of the nation’s foremost complex commercial litigation firms, in Santa Barbara, California. While at Cappello, Mr. Kelley successfully prosecuted and defended major commercial litigation involving a variety of commercial matters including Iender Iiability, contract and transactional disputes, and fraud.
Mr. Kelley and his wife Michelle currently live in the Dallas area actively raising their 3 boys.

Kirill Mishanin

Co-Founder of Infodriver Capital

Kirill Mishanin has been involved in the crypto space since 2017, is founder of the Infodriver Capital asset management fund in the UK and a blockchain consultant in UAE. He runs technical partnerships with TOP IT companies (IBM, Oracle, Alibaba, Lenovo). He also participates in the World NFT&DeFi Summit, World Blockchain Summit and Smart Summit. He is a Top 10 Leading Blockchain Entrepreneur.

Matthew Teifke

Founder of Teifke Real Estate

Matt is the Founder of Teifke Real Estate (TRE), Longhorn Construction & Development, TRE Property Solutions, and TRE Homes Property Management. As the Principal Broker of TRE he employs over 150 agents and staff. Matt also holds a Masters in Real Estate, Valuation, Analysis, Investment from Texas A&M University. Recently, he has returned to the classroom as a Professor at Austin Community College, teaching Real Estate courses with focuses in Law and Mathematics.
Teifke Real Estate was founded by Matt Teifke and Alex Coffman. Together, they seek to create the most enTREpreneurial real estate brokerage in the universe where there are no limits to what agents can do. They prove a solution for those that want to make massive change. This is Opportunity City! Current locations in Texas include: Austin MSA, Houston, Dallas and Corpus Christi.
“As a huge believer in the power of connecting and adding value, I seek to shine light on what is possible and grow with others.”
He earned his real estate license 13 years ago, at 18 years old, and is still just as passionate now about the Real Estate industry as ever. Grew up in Round Rock, Texas, currently has two baby boys and is married to Lexi.

Grant Powell

Founder & CEO of Curios

Grant Powell is the Founder of Curios, professional numismatist, and an ex-Googler. An expert in developing some of the most innovative technologies and digital products, some of Grant’s highlights include the first-ever live streaming platform for YouTube (for concerts such as U2, Alicia Keys, Coachella) and the first-ever application to integrate with Spotify’s web API for matching people based on their similar tastes in music. Grant is knowledgeable in a wide range of programming languages as well as being an expert in design and artistic direction.

Dana Samuelson

President of American Gold Exchange, Inc.

Founded in 1998 by James U. Blanchard III protégé Dana Samuelson, American Gold Exchange is one of the leading precious metals companies in the United States. AGE buys and sells the highest-quality classic U.S. gold and silver coins, European gold coins, and modern bullion coins and bars at low prices. Our primary mission is to consult with you to help you build and manage a profitable, private and rewarding hard asset portfolio. Owner Dana Samuelson is the past President of the Professional Numismatists Guild. The nonprofit PNG is composed of the country’s top rare coin dealers who pledge to follow a strict code of ethics in the buying and selling of numismatic merchandise and gold and silver bullion. In 2016 as PNG President, Dana conceived of and helped to create the industry anti-counterfeiting task force. In 2020 Dana assisted the CFTC in prosecuting an allegedly fraudulent precious metals dealer; the $180 million case is pending.

Edward Nwokedi

Founder & CEO of RedSwan CRE Marketplace

Edward Nwokedi is the Founder and CEO of RedSwan CRE, a Commercial Real-Estate platform and marketplace for digital real-estate, and asset-backed securities. He recently transitioned from being the Executive Director of Capital Markets for Cushman and Wakefield of Texas, to leading RedSwan.io into a $2.6b marketplace of institutional properties sponsored by industry leaders. Mr. Nwokedi is a serial entrepreneur who, prior to Capital Markets, has successfully started and excelled in multiple businesses; from automotive to internet technology and now blockchain. During his 19-year tenure in the Capital-Markets, Multifamily-Advisory field, Mr. Nwokedi leveraged his 23 years of experience in entrepreneurial leadership, negotiation, and technological skills to enhance the Commercial Real Estate industry where he focused on maximizing value for clients. Mr. Nwokedi assisted 100’s of clients with the acquisition and disposition of Class A and Class B institutional-grade, multi-family properties. He also represented clients in the USA, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, Mexico, and Canada. Mr. Nwokedi led the Multifamily Division for Cushman & Wakefield as Executive Director of Capital Markets. During his term, he was proven to be a Texas market leader culminating in more than $2.7 billion in multi-family sales. He was awarded the Houston Business Journal Heavy Hitter Award in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2017. In 2012, Mr. Nwokedi reached the Top 5 production level for Cushman & Wakefield, Houston office, and remained a Top 10 producer throughout his tenure. In January 2022, he was recognized as a 2021 Texas CRE Icon by REDnews.

John Belitsky

Co-Founder of Balcony Dao

John Belitsky is a seasoned entrepreneur, investor, technologist, and commercial real estate expert. With over two decades of real estate experience, John has overseen more than $2 billion in transactions across asset classes. He has an extensive background in joint ventures, investment sales, leasing, development, finance, construction, and management. John’s passion for leveraging innovation and technology to mitigate inefficiencies led him to become a savant in blockchain and web3 technology. He quickly grew into an enthusiast and developer, creating and building a groundbreaking ecosystem for real estate tokenization and investing.

As Co-Founder of Balcony DAO, a Web3 real estate investment platform, John focuses on business strategy and blockchain tech. His business acumen coupled with his extensive real estate background and technological prowess has been instrumental in creating the first-of-its-kind real estate NFT investment platform backed by real-world assets. In addition to his role at Balcony, John serves as President and CEO of Abraham + Martin, a boutique advisory and investment firm focused on real estate strategy, transaction, and investment services. He is also one of the founding members of Pitch DAO, a collaborative community for NFT founders and builders to share ideas and feedback. John compliments his professional career with his interest in filmmaking, photography, media and music production, art, and travel.

Thomas D. Walls

Liberland – Minister of Foreign Affairs

Thomas serves as the Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Free Republic of Liberland, the world’s newest country, and one founded on explicitly libertarian principles. Tom is a longtime libertarian activist in the U.S. and has long had a strong interest in the languages, culture and history of Europe, particularly Eastern Europe. He has worked in the German Bundestag and at the U.S. Embassy in Germany under the late Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, who went on to bring the former Yugoslavian republics together for the Dayton Accords. Tom is a travel consultant and is a professional translator.

Curios.com has your key to the metaverse with Web3 tools for every creator and business. Curios makes it easy for anyone to buy, sell and engage with NFTs. Curios makes it so easy no blockchain or crypto knowledge is required. Simple, easy peasy Web3.

Balcony DAO is a Web3 real estate investment platform providing access to real-world real estate, entirely on the blockchain. Balcony aims to revolutionize real estate investing through the use of its blockchain technology and the creation of the first-of-its-kind real estate-backed NFT (reNFT), which represents equity ownership in physical, income-producing assets. By merging the best attributes of real estate and Web3, Balcony’s platform provides investors with democratized access to high-quality real estate investments, increased transparency, and greater liquidity.

RedSwan CRE makes it easy, convenient and fast for investors to invest in highly curated commercial digital real estate such as off market multifamily commercial real estate.

Ben Suttles

Partner at Disrupt Equity

Ben is a seasoned entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience leading companies both in the IT world as well as in real estate. He has successfully built over a dozen companies, with current annual revenues approaching $40M. In his current role as Managing Partner at Disrupt Equity, he helps drive acquisitions and asset management, where they have successfully acquired and managed 3,500+ units, and currently hold $320M+ in AUM, primarily across Georgia, Texas, and Florida.

Feras Moussa

Partner at Disrupt Equity

Feras is a serial entrepreneur with a tech background. He holds a Computer Science degree from the University of Texas at Austin and began his career working at Microsoft as a Program Manager where he became an Invited Expert of the W3C to help define the next generation of the web. After Microsoft, Feras went on to start a successful software company developing mobile apps and backends. Simultaneously, he launched Open Spaces Realty in 2014, a company dedicated to rental property acquisition and property management. Feras continued his career in real estate by launching Disrupt Equity with Ben Suttles to focus on large scale apartment acquisitions. To date, Disrupt Equity has acquired 3,500+ units and $320M+ in AUM, primarily throughout Georgia, Texas, and Florida.

Invest On Main moves real estate investing from the Paper Stage to the Digital Age. Using blockchain technology, real estate ownership is transformed into easier access and liquidity. Invest On Main (IOM) is creating the Super App for obtaining high quality, cash flowing real estate and alternative investments with the easiest to use and most comprehensive capital raising platform/marketplace. IOM removes the hassle for sponsors (issuers) to raising capital and delights investors by simplifying access to high-quality, wealth generating opportunities. IOM is an easy-to-use real estate capital matching marketplace for both real estate sponsors and investors. It is designed to make real estate investing easier, faster and as frictionless as possible.

Our purpose-built real estate tokenization platform, designed by real estate experts, streamlines real estate sponsor capital raising processes and solves investor management/fund administration problems. Invest On Main provides a single user-friendly portal for raising capital, issuing tokenized tradable shares, fund reporting, paying distributions and maintaining capitalization tables as well as a real estate marketplace for crowdfunding and token trading. As the leading Tokenization as a Service (TaaS) company, IOM combines decades of real estate syndication knowledge with a team of real estate professionals, legal and regulatory experts, software engineers, seasoned investors and capital markets specialists. You can learn more about our opportunities at https://investonmain.com/.

Realto Group Inc. is a Silicon Valley based Web 3.0 technology company, focused on Real Estate Digitization through Tokenization & NFT, Digital Twin Solutions. We are primarily working in the Real Estate sector.
Three product verticals under Realto Group

White Label/Private Label Tokenization Solutions- B2B enterprise platform RealtoApps
NFT Solutions
Digital Twin Solutions

Flagship platform RealtoApps, built on secured Blockchain & AI technologies, enables real estate asset managers, property owners, portfolio and fund
managers to raise capital, sell real estate assets, and launch real estate NFT marketplaces in an efficient, secure and cost-effective manner. RealtoApps is the world’s innovator, utilizing Smart Contracts, NFTs and Digital Twins in the Real Estate & Hospitality Industries.

Inveniam is a fintech company, headquartered in Miami, Florida, with offices in New York City and Novi, MI. Founded in 2017, Inveniam has built Inveniam.io, a powerful technology platform that utilizes big data, AI, and blockchain technology to provide not only surety of data, but high-functioning use of that data in a distributed data ecosystem. Through Inveniam’s platform, users can obtain real-time pricing of private, infrequently traded assets, accelerate diligence, accurately price assets, and identify buyers for those assets. Inveniam’s platform credentials data to commute trust throughout the global financial system. Inveniam holds numerous patents pertaining to the ingestion of data into smart contracts.

John Dean Markunas

Board Member & State of Florida Chapter Chair at FIBREE

John Dean Markunas is a real estate industry blockchain advisor, strategist and business development consultant. He is the Principal Consultant with Power of Chain Global Consultancy LLC. Mr. Markunas’ work covers several distinct real estate sectors; property title insurance, transactional, cryptocurrency use, tokenization and land registry. He has been advising startups since 2017. Mr. Markunas is an active member of the following blockchain organizations: Government Blockchain Association, GBA’s Land Titling Working Group, Foundation for International Blockchain Real Estate Expertise.

Mr. Markunas is a prominent public speaker on blockchain use in the real estate industry, author of several articles covering a variety of topics on blockchain and its impact on real estate industry processes. With over 25 years in the commercial real estate industry, he has lived and worked in Mexico and Brazil as a real estate industry consultant, broker and appraiser. Mr. Markunas has a BS degree in Business Administration from Florida State University. He also holds an MBA in Finance and Marketing from the University of San Francisco, State of California. John is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.

Casey Koenig

Director of Acquisitions at Fractional Capital

Casey has over a decade of experience in commercial and residential real estate, with a focus on rehab and value-add projects. He is a founding member of Fractional Capital, where he is pioneering the development of a tokenized multi-family investment fund that integrates real estate with blockchain technology.

Most recently, Casey is ac o-founder of Four Walls Plus, an innovative AI real estate company. This venture leverages AI to seamlessly match developers, real estate agents, and buyers/renters throughout the acquisition and buying process. Casey has been at the forefront of blending traditional real estate practices with cutting-edge technology.

Prasanth Kalangi

Founder & CEO of RealTo

Prasanth Kalangi is an accomplished Technology Leader & Entrepreneur with two decades of deep Tech Experience with Fortune 50 companies as a Chief Architect and Technology Strategist. Mr. Kalangi combined his blockchain technology expertise & his passion towards the Real Estate industry to create RealToApps, a turnkey white label SaaS platform from RealTo Group, Inc for Real Estate Tokenization & NFTs.

Jason Fishman

Co-Founder & CEO of Digital Niche Agency

Blockchain Marketing expert with over 15 years of experience leading Marketing Agency, Ad Network, and in-house Brand Marketing Teams. Jason is an expert in digital channels including Search Engines, Social Media Platforms, Programmatic Ad Exchanges, Influencer Networks, Email Automation, Content Marketing, and Partnerships. Jason’s accomplishments in these disciplines include surpassing industry performance benchmarks with both Fortune 500 companies and scaling startups, alike.
Over the past 5 years Jason has worked with over 600 brands, many of which in the FinTech vertical and over 300 focused on Investor Acquisition initiatives associated with 9-figures of funding. DNA has developed unique first party investor data that has been instrumental in the success of these campaigns across Blockchain and Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns.
Jason has been showcased in Panel and Individual presentations at a high volume of Tech and Marketing conferences, along with his “Test. Optimize.Scale.” Podcast. He is also committed to a number of Thought Leadership content projects for 2020, including the Forbes Agency Council. Jason manages a Los Angeles team with experience in all aspects of the user journey.

Evangelos Tzoulafis

SVP of ATS Services at Oasis Pro Markets

Evangelos is the SVP of ATS Services at Oasis Pro Markets. Evangelos’s core capabilities include new product development, trading platforms technology and project management. He has a successful track record of introducing new products, platforms and programs that drove profitable growth and improved customer engagement and value for companies such as Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase and GAIN Capital. Evangelos is a Series 7 general securities representative and a licensed real estate salesperson in the State of New Jersey.

Eric Martel

Owner of MartelTurnkey

Eric Martel has long been involved in real estate both in Canada and in the United States. Eric purchased his first multi-family property in Canada while still in college. After graduating in Actuarial Mathematics, Mr. Martel built a career in project management and business consulting. He started multiple business including MartelTurnkey, a turnkey rental providers flipping over 200 properties a year. Eric successfully built a large portfolio of cash flowing residential and commercial real estate. Eric decided to bring real estate investing to the masses and launched MartelInvest, the first tokenized real estate fund on the blockchain, currently accepting investments from Accredited Investors.

Daniel McAvoy

Shareholder of Polsinelli

Dan McAvoy takes a practical and knowledgeable approach to the law of digital assets, private funds, securities, and other investments from a transactional, regulatory, fundraising, and formation perspective. As co-chair of the firm’s FinTech and Blockchain practice, he frequently works at the intersection of all of these areas, particularly with respect to: the formation and launch of private investment funds, including those with a digital asset or FinTech strategy; offerings by and investments into organizations in the crypto and Web3 space; structuring decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs); navigating the launch of non-fungible token (NFT) projects; asset fractionalization and tokenization; coordinating complex international projects; and helping digital asset organizations comply with the rapidly-evolving regulatory environment. Dan has served as lead issuer’s counsel on a wide array of offerings, including private investment fund offerings, IPOs, Regulation A+ offerings, Rule 506(c) offerings, Regulation S offerings, offerings using an array of exemptions from registration under the Investment Company Act, and investment platform structuring. Dan is a trusted advisor to numerous investment advisers, digital asset projects, DAOs, fund sponsors, broker-dealers, and investors, and has represented a range of organizations, from startups to Fortune 500 companies to unincorporated entities through all portions of the corporate life cycle. Dan’s funds practice includes fund formation as well as private equity and private company secondaries, such as complex GP-led restructurings of private equity funds, secondary direct investments, and portfolio acquisitions. Dan also has in-depth experience helping overseas fund managers enter the U.S. markets for the first time, including marketing to U.S. investors, formation of parallel and feeder funds, making U.S. investments, acquisitions, and divestitures (including those with an investment adviser or broker-dealer component or that require regulatory approvals from the SEC or FINRA), and starting U.S. operations.

Laura Pamatian

Founder of HeightZero Real Estate & Consulting

Laura Pamatian, a South Florida resident, has 20 years of experience in the domestic and international marketing and sales of luxury resort and vertical real estate development. Specializing in investment products, she has represented numerous 5-star, globally recognized brands, including; The Ritz Carlton, Mandarin Oriental, Auberge Resorts and Grand Hyatt.

A key member of the growing FIBREE Miami Chapter (Foundation for International Blockchain and Real Estate Expertise – fibree.org), Laura is instrumental in branding FIBREE throughout the State of Florida. She is also a member of GBA (Government Blockchain Association – gbaglobal.org), and the Chair of FBBA’s Real Estate Committee (Florida Blockchain Business Association – fbba.io). She works closely with thought leaders in the space to organize initiatives and events to create more public and private sector awareness and understanding of the transformative technology blockchain brings to the Real Estate Industry.

Gabriel Sadoun

Head of Business Development at DigiShares

Gabriel is a former investment banking associate and has worked in NYC on capital raisings and M&A in the alternative investment management industry. After learning about the potential of blockchain technology to enable a new wave of democratization of capital markets, joined DigiShares in April 2021 in its mission to help bring automation and liquidity to real estate assets. Gabriel received Economics & Finance degrees from Paris, France and is based in Miami, FL.

Mohsin Masud

Founder & CEO of AKRU

Mohsin is the CEO & founder of AKRU, a He is an expert in real estate development & tokenomics, specifically utilizing dual and three token blockchain architecture for the tokenization of real-world assets.

Mohsin has over a decade of experience in Real estate investments and development & having run a successful Investment company. He has studied at York University, Harvard Business School, Graduate school of Design at Harvard University, and most recently at Said Business School at the University of Oxford, focusing on finance, real estate development, urban design & blockchain.

Dearonne Bethea

Founder & CEO of Band of Brothers Investment Group

Dearonne Bethea is a corporate business owner, real estate investor, founder/CEO of Band of Brothers Investment Group (BOB), Acquisitions and Key Principal for Tri-City Equity Group and a Chief Warrant Officer Three in the US Army. By applying the leadership, strategic, and operational skills he obtained in the military to his personal life, he has $60 million dollars in total assets through his businesses, real estate and private equity.
Throughout Dearonne’s military career and entrepreneur journey, he has had the unwavering support of his beautiful wife, Pamela and their five children. In 2016, Dearonne and Pamela created the non-profit organization, The Dearonne and Pamela Bethea Foundation which focuses on community outreach, entrepreneur internship opportunities for young adults that need a second chance, and housing for low income families. One of Dearonne’s mottos is “100 businesses, 100 streams of income.” He believes one of his main purposes is to educate others on financial literacy, give back to the community and provide the blueprint on how to create generational wealth.

Mauricio Rauld

Founder & Chairman of Premier Law Group

Known as one of the few lawyers that actually speaks English, Mauricio helps real estate syndicators, and those looking to tokenize their real estate offerings, stay out of jail by ensuring full compliance with Federal and State securities laws. With more than 22 years of securities experience, Mauricio is the premier real estate syndication attorney in the country and heads up the firm’s security token offerings (STO) practice.

Mauricio was recently featured on the cover of the Top 100 Magazine as a Top 100 Attorney and has previously been recognized as one of the top California attorneys under 40 by Super LawyersÒ magazine.

As an educator at heart, Mauricio regularly travels around the country speaking to real estate investors on how the legal regulatory piece fits into the overall syndication and capital raising puzzle.

Mauricio acts as legal advisor to KenMcElroy.com (Rich Dad Advisor and owner of 10,000 Units) and represents many well-known real estate syndicators, like Robert Helms (host of The Real Estate Guys™ Radio Show and Brandon Turner (former host of the Bigger PocketsÒ podcast).

A graduate of The University of California at Berkeley, Mauricio lives in Southern California with his wife Heidi, and their little angels, Adelina and Alessandra.

Courtney Moeller

Co-Founder & CEO of Invest On Main

Courtney is a US Navy veteran, #1 best-selling author, entrepreneur, international speaker, podcast co-host and blockchain expert! She proudly served five years in the United States Navy then drilled her way through West Texas in the oil and gas space for the last ten years which ultimately led to interest in other asset classes. As an entrepreneur, Courtney is the general partner for Diversified Investment Partners and Bitcoin Mining Women. She is focused on building a legacy for her family and others through passive investment options that offset ordinary income, capital gains and provide cash flow.

Richard Johnson

Founder & CEO at Texture Capital

Richard founded Texture Capital in 2019 to take advantage of the emerging opportunities in the digital securities space. Today the firm is one of the leading digital securities broker dealers, focused on leveraging blockchain technology to improve the market structure of capital markets.

Richard is a seasoned entrepreneur and accomplished securities industry executive having held several leadership roles at the forefront of finance and technology, have held senior positions at Societe Generale, Greenwich Associates, Liquidnet and ITG. Richard is a pioneer and thought-leader in electronic trading; former consultant to large organizations on equity market structure, blockchain and cryptocurrency and FinTech.

John Wu

President of Ava Labs

John Wu is President of Ava Labs, an Andresseen Horowitz backed technology company building the next-generation blockchain platform: Avalanche. John’s objective is to open up financial services and products to all. In this role, he leverages his expertise from over 20 years as a fintech executive and technology investor to create a blockchain-enabled solution for originating, issuing, and trading financial assets. John was previously CEO of the SharesPost Digital Assets Group, enabling compliant token trading of private shares and funds. Prior to that, he was a technology investor and the founder of Sureview Capital, a global hedge fund backed by the Blackstone Group. John began his investment career at Tiger Management, before managing a global technology portfolio at Kingdon Capital.

Ali El Husseini, PhD

CEO of Medici Land Governance

Ali El Husseini, Ph.D., is the CEO of Medici Land Governance (MLG), a company established in 2018.
MLG’s mission is focused on applying emerging technologies, including blockchain, to empower
developing countries’ governments at the local and national levels to verify and validate land rights for
their citizens and to develop interactive transparent, secure platforms and mobile applications that
provide new economic opportunities for landowners.
Under Dr. Husseini’s leadership, MLG has expanded its presence on the African continent by helping governments establish land management and administrative systems using 21st century technology, notably with gender equity as a priority. In the Republic of Zambia, MLG is providing systematic land titling, land administration and payment software to enable the issuance of 4 million Certificates of Title(COTs) on state land over a period of seven years. This represents the largest systematic land titling project ever embarked upon in the nation. MLG is the first external company to invest resources upfront for guaranteeing security of tenure by issuing titles to Zambians.

Tyler J. Harttraft, Esq.

Partner at Bull Blockchain Law

Tyler J. Harttraft focuses his practice on protecting the business interests of clients in various industries, providing efficient legal strategies for complex issues related to corporate governance, FinTech and digital asset regulations, and intellectual property matters. Tyler regularly counsels global and U.S.-based clients on regulatory and compliance requirements for cutting-edge technologies such as blockchain technology and digital assets, offering clarity in navigating complex federal regulations enforced by FinCEN, the SEC, and the CFTC, and overlapping state laws and regulations. Tyler also advises entrepreneurs, corporate clients, and fund managers on regulatory frameworks applicable to crowdfunding and private securities offerings, private investment funds, investment companies, private equity fund sponsors, broker-dealers, money services businesses. Tyler also counsels start-up clients on a host of legal matters, offering counsel on commercial transactions, developing protective website policies, and implementing brand protection strategies.

Brett Swarts

Founder of Capital Gains Tax Solutions

Brett Swarts is considered one of the most well-rounded Capital Gains Tax Deferral Experts and informative speakers in the U.S. He is the Founder of Capital Gains Tax Solutions, is an exclusive Deferred Sales Trust Trustee, host of the Capital Gains Tax Solutions podcast and an eXp Commercial Multifamily Broker in Sacramento,CA. His Millionaire Clients are challenged to create and develop a tax-deferred transformational exit wealth plan using The Deferred Sales Trust™ (“DST”) so they can create and preserve more wealth. Brett is the host of the Capital Gains Tax Solutions podcast. Each year, he equips hundreds of Millionaires to break out of capital gains tax jail. He also equips business professionals with the DST tool to help their high net worth clients break out too. Mr. Swarts is passionate about educating high net worth individuals in capital gains tax deferral with a Deferred Sales Trust, how to divest from a business, cryptocurrency, highly appreciated stock, primary residence or investment real estate to gain freedom from feeling hostage to capital gains tax or a 1031 exchange, then invest back into a new business venture or investment real estate at any time [all capital gains tax deferred] which he calls optimal timing.His experience includes numerous Deferred Sales Trusts, Delaware Statutory Trusts, 1031 exchanges and $400,000,000 in closed commercial real estate brokerage and Deferred Sales Trust transactions. He’s an active commercial real estate broker and investor with brokerage experience and ownership in multifamily, senior housing, retail, medical office, and mixed-use properties. He is a licensed California Real Estate Broker who has held series 22 and 63 licenses.

Siddhartha S

Founder & CEO of Intain Inc.

Experience in Financial Services operations and technology; as CEO of a State Street JV for custody and fund admin operation. and as the Chairperson of an FCA regulated Insurance Administrator. Established Intain in 2018 to reduce data and transaction inefficiencies throughout structured finance, with a focus on deal administration and enhancing the process through blockchain. As of July 2022, IntainAdmin onboarded multiple Trustees and services issues across asset classes including complex RMBS and CMBS structures, all modeled using smart contracts, with more $5B being administered on-chain. The next step is to tokenize structured finance using this administration experience in developing and deploying IntainMarkets for digital issuance and investment.

Tyler Chesser, CCIM

Co-Founder & Managing Partner of CP Capital

Tyler Chesser is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of CF Capital, a private equity real estate investment firm that focuses on acquiring and operating multifamily assets that provide stable cash flow, capital appreciation, and a margin of safety. Tyler is also the creator and host of the popular top-200 podcast Elevate, where he hosts discussions with world-class investors and other experts decoding mindset, mind expansion and personal development for high-performing real estate investing.

Bronson Hill

CEO & Founder of Bronson Equity

As the Managing Member of Bronson Equity (www.BronsonEquity.com), Bronson is a general partner in 2000 multifamily units worth over $200M. Bronson co-leads a large in person multifamily meetup in Pasadena, CA called FIBI Pasadena Multifamily (www.fibipasadena.com). Bronson is the host of The Mailbox Money Show and he understands the investor mindset, having spoken individually over the phone with over 1200 investors and having raised over $25M for real estate deals. Bronson is the author How to Use Inflation to Your Advantage and is a regular contributor to YouTube and his blog. Bronson is the Capital Raising Coach at Kingdom REI, a faith based group, helping investors find deals and raise funds for large real estate deals

Julian Kwan

CEO & Co-Founder of InvestaX and IX Swap

Julian was born and raised in Sydney Australia and has founded 6 companies over his 22-year career based in Asia, including social media/technology, real estate investment & development, proptech, and blockchain. He is currently focused on building key digital infrastructure connecting TradFi (Traditional Finance) + DeFi (Decentralized Finance). He is the co-creator of InvestaX a Singapore licensed digital asset securities platform, the world’s 1st Digital SPAC, IX Swap the 1st AMM/Liquidity pools for security tokens/digital securities/NFTs, and 1st Digital ESOP (DESOP). He was elected President of the Shanghai Chapter of the Entrepreneurs Organization (EO) from 2012 to 2014, a global network of 8,000 business owners in 38 countries. He is regularly invited and speaks at all major conferences worth attending on real estate crowdfunding and online investment. He lives in Singapore with his co-founder Alice and daughter Kennedy.

Russell Gray

Co-Host & Financial Strategist of The Real Estate Guys Radio Show

Russell Gray is co-host and resident financial strategist for The Real Estate Guys™ Radio Show. An avid student of economics, with a diverse entrepreneurial background in real estate, investing, financing and syndication, Russ brings unique and practical insights to help investors grow and protect their wealth and income through real estate and real asset investing.

Nicholas Halaris

Founder & President at Metros Capital and Real Vision Host

Nick Halaris is the Founder and President of Metros Capital, a company dedicated to investing in and developing transformative real estate projects. Nick believes strongly in the power of the built environment to shape lives and is dedicated to improving lifestyles in America’s great cities through a commitment to innovation, quality, design and sustainability. Metros Capital invests opportunistically in the urban core of America’s great cities and currently has projects in Los Angeles, Atlanta and Nashville.

Nick is also the author and publisher of Profit, a widely read monthly financial newsletter and a frequent contributor, host and moderator for many of the top financial news platforms in the world including Real Vision and Blockworks.

Samuel F. Grossman

Managing Director, Real Estate Services
inveniam.io

Samuel F. Grossman joined Inveniam in July 2021 as Managing Director, Real Estate Services. Prior to joining Inveniam, Mr. Grossman founded Fairchild Acquisitions in 2018 and is the companies Managing Partner. He has over 20 years of experience in the residential and commercial real estate industry, in development, value-add rehab, management, and brokerage. In 2014, Mr. Grossman founded The Fairchild Group, which focused on smaller value add multi-family building rehabs in downtown Chicago. From 2014-2018 TFG Purchased and rehabbed approximately $10 million of buildings resulting in an overall value of greater than $15 million.

Prior to that, Mr. Grossman was a district manager, at Related Management Company from 2008-2013. He oversaw a portfolio of over 2,000 units, managed and successfully completed over $80mm of rehabilitation projects. From 2003-2008 he was a partner in a Boston-based residential, management and development company, where he successfully focused on sales, leasing and development, of various types of residential buildings.

Mr. Grossman received his BA in finance from Boston University in 2002.

Kara Howard

Partner – Business Development, MBD Solutions

In her role of Partner, Ms. Howard is responsible for MBD Solutions’ corporate business development which includes sales and national accounts, in addition to consulting on marketing strategies and sourcing capital.

Ms. Howard has over nineteen years’ experience in alternative investments with a specialization in non-traded REITS, private placement offerings (under Regulation D) and private equity offerings. Prior to joining MBD Solutions, Ms. Howard held positions in sales, sales management and national accounts at Cole Capital, Lightstone Securities, Bluerock Real Estate, Realty Capital and as a financial advisor with Morgan Stanley.

Chris Lesak

CEO & Founder
Blackhawk Equity, LLC

Chris has managed real estate since 2000 and is a licensed Broker in Texas, become licensed in 2003. Chris has extensive knowledge and experience in residential and commercial acquisition, disposition and property management.

Barry Finkelstein

Head of North American Business Development at Algorand

Barry Finkelstein is working with Algorand to lead it’s North American business development efforts and assist in capital markets initiatives. Mr. Finkelstein was most recently at 23 Capital, a Sports, Music and Entertainment capital and solutions provider. Prior to joining 23 Capital in April 2017, Mr. Finkelstein was a Managing Director at UBS AG. He headed the Fixed Income Distribution/Structured Products and Solutions group. Mr. Finkelstein had responsibility for a number of senior institutional client relationships, primarily focused on structured products and solutions. Mr. Finkelstein focused on the origination, structuring and development of Structured Funding transactions and other capital raising endeavors for clients of the Bank. Mr. Finkelstein had management responsibility for the Structured Product Distribution and Solutions effort and had been a member of the UBS Fixed Income Executive Committee.

Vernon J.

CEO at EquityCoin

As a senior HR professional, managing director, and as a conFrom Brooklyn by way of Los Angeles, Vernon J. is a social entrepreneur and real estate investor with a passion for helping communities of color build generational wealth. Since 2005, Vernon has dedicated his life to community-building through multifamily acquisitions and asset management, facilitating over $100 million worth of real estate transactions around the United States. Giving back has always been a major part of Vernon’s career. Some of the community programs he co-founded in the last decade are Healthy NYC, Young Masterminds Initiative, NY for Seniors, Mastermind Connect, and EastNewYork.com, all of which are thriving today. With over 15 years of experience in the multifamily real estate industry, five years of immersive global Blockchain exposure, six continents traveled, and a growing affordable housing portfolio, Vernon looks forward to using his contacts and broad expertise to uplift underserved communities from coast to coast. Vernon graduated from Northfield Mount Hermon, one of the nation’s top-ranked prep schools, and attended Seton Hall University, majoring in finance. For more information about Vernon, go to VernonJ.com or connect with him on LinkedIn and Instagram.

Laurent Chemla

Co-founder & Chairman of
Estatoken

Laurent is a serial entrepreneur and investor with more than 25 years of experience building and managing successful companies in the digital space. He’s the co-founder and Chairman of Reel Deal Group the first B2B digital marketplace for trading TV and Film Rights and Reel Track a blockchain-based decentralized universal registry for the audiovisual industry. As CEO of Estatoken, a full-service marketing firm focused on Real Estate Digital Securities Offerings, he pioneered the tokenization of La Estancia Golf Resort located in The Dominican Republic. He sits on the board of StangaOne1 a leading offshore digital production center with +280 employees based in Sofia, Bulgaria with offices in Serbia, London and Paris.

Darcy Van Orden

Cheif Revenue Officer
Ubitquity.io

CRO at Ubitquity.io – Pioneers in blockchain and real estate industries. Provide Blockchain as a service platform to record residential and commercial title to Title companies and county governments. In the process of launching our newest product SmartEscrow which allows the purchase and settlement of real estate using crypto currency and stablecoins. www.ubitquity.io and www.SmartEscrow.us

CEO at DVO Consulting – Development shop which specializes in Big Data and cybersecurity projects supporting federal agencies (DHS and DOD). Also build Blockchain projects for commercial clients. www.dvoconsult.com

Advisor & Board Member to BallotTech, a blockchain voting platform.

Grew up in the DC area and lives in Utah with her 13 year old daughter, Darcy started in the crypto space back in 2014.

Website: https://SmartEscrow.us

Alexander Rapatz

Founding & Managing Partner of Black Manta Capital Partners

Alexander Rapatz is Founding and Managing Partner of Black Manta Capital Partners (BMCP), a BaFin regulated and MiFID II compliant financial service institute for all technical, financial and legal aspects of Security Tokenization. Alexander is a legal and corporate finance expert, board member of the European Super Angels Club and lecturer at the Business Angel Institute. Furthermore, he is an independent expert for the Horizon Europe program of the European Commission and arbitrator at the Arbitration Court of the Vienna Chamber of Commerce.

Ganga Tarwady

Performance Coach & Real Estate Syndicator

With over 7 years of experience in financial services and a lifetime spent around money, Ganga Tarwady is best known for giving exponential value to her clients, who produce phenomenal results aligned with their intentions through her value-packed performance coaching, marketing and sales programs and workshops. With 14 years of coaching experience using neuro linguistics, havening and Time line, and having worked with every type of person ranging from women, men, non-binary, children and teens, veterans, people with trauma and abuse, and top executives, Ganga knows what it takes to make every type of client successful. Ganga was the #9 top performers in BBVA bank out of 350+ branches nationwide and has trained over 1,000 people in performance and sales. She was the Head of Business Development and regular contributor on the Business on the Edge radio program on the Wall Street Business Network KDOW 1220 AM has had various speaking engagements with the radio show’s Business Club. Ganga was the Director of Business Development of the Reaping The Profits radio show on 1220 AM. Ganga was also a recurring guest on Health Roots on 1170 AM. In addition, Ganga has spoken to audiences totaling over 3,000 people at networking events, leadership conventions, and personal development Workshops.

Remy Jacobson

CEO & Co-Founder of RealT

Remy Jacobson personifies the currency he evangelizes—permissionless, innovative, and visionary. When he first discovered Bitcoin, it was the answer to his Libertarian schoolboy dreams. Remy’s appetite for disruption was evident early on. At age 16, he turned his back on the educational system that failed to engage his intellect and nascent entrepreneurial spirit and went to work for his father in the investment industry. There, he cultivated a deep understanding of the global financial ecosystems and institutions whose paradigm of wealth he was born to challenge. He began to focus his energies on real estate, buying and developing commercial and residential properties in the US and Canada. In 2011, he founded J-Cube Development with the aim of ensuring high returns for stakeholders and revitalizing historically disinvested neighborhoods. Remy created community spaces while renovating rental units, foregoing ground floor rents to build environments for people to gather and connect, nurture their dreams, and transform their circumstances. Remy was a blockchain early adopter. In 2011, he founded one of the first commercial Bitcoin mines—Liquid Bits—at a time when Bitcoin was the subject of derision and fear. He became a Bitcoin evangelist, on a grassroots mission to demystify crypto technologies and expand the scope of decentralized finance.In 2013, Remy began building the non-profit Bitcoin Embassy in Montreal with his brother Jean-Marc. A first-of-its-kind brick-and-mortar establishment, the Bitcoin Embassy was a tangible landmark that helped a skeptical community embrace an intangible concept. The building enabled Bitcoin innovators to come together as a community and served as both a startup incubator and a global example promoting the use of a new peer-to-peer currency—one divested of government control and designed to give barrierless access to previously closed asset classes. In 2019, Remy and Jean-Marc founded RealT, a groundbreaking platform for tokenized real estate operating at the intersection of their knowledge of real estate, blockchain, and a core belief in the right of all individuals to own property. By building a platform for tokenized real estate on the blockchain and embracing its inherent transparency, the Jacobson’s have created a frictionless platform for a new and innovative real estate ownership experience. Remy remains dedicated to furthering the integration of Blockchain and DeFi into the traditional real estate ecosystem to embrace the full potential of an accessible, autonomous, and transparent liquid blockchain backed value-exchange.

Ryan Zega

Associate Director of Business Development & Capital Markets at tZero

Ryan Zega is an Associate Director of Business Development & Capital Markets at tZERO. He spearheads the firm’s real estate and other real asset issuances. Ryan has an extensive institutional real estate background. Prior to joining tZERO, Ryan was Director of Acquisitions & Business Development at Paramount Group, Inc. (NYSE: PGRE), where he was tasked with acquisition, disposition, and debt origination across Paramount’s Trophy and Class A office portfolio in New York, San Francisco, and Washington D.C. Ryan has also worked at Normandy Real Estate Partners, a vertically integrated real estate fund operator, focused on office product in the Northeast and Mid Atlantic regions. Ryan began his real estate career as an investment analyst at Prudential Real Estate Investors.

Panchum Gupta

Co-Founder & Fund Manager of Mesos Capital

Pancham is the host and founder of The Gold Collar Investor podcast, a professional real estate fund manager and a co-founder of Mesos Capital which controls over $60M in assets. He earned a Masters from Carnegie Mellon University. Using his engineering background and his 14 years experience in the FinTech industry, he has created systems and successfully built a portfolio which is cash-flowing over 10%. He has invested in 5 different states and internationally. He is passionate about teaching personal finance. He is a co-founder of the popular Multifamily Mastermind NYC group and has been featured on investment panels, conferences and podcasts.

Mohsin Masud

Founder & CEO of AKRU

Mohsin is the CEO & founder of AKRU, a real estate Investment platform working towards democratizing commercial real estate investments. He is an expert in real estate development & tokenomics specifically utilizing dual and three token blockchain architecture for the tokenization of real world assets. Mohsin has over a decade of experience in Real estate investments, development & having run a successful Investment company. He has studied at York University, Harvard Business School, Graduate school of Design at Harvard University and most recently at Said Business School at University of Oxford with a focus on finance, real estate development, urban design & blockchain.

Lee Bratcher

Founder & President of the Texas Blockchain Council

Lee Bratcher is the President and Founder of the Texas Blockchain Council. The Texas Blockchain Council is an industry association with more than 100 member companies and hundreds of individuals that seek to make Texas the jurisdiction of choice for Bitcoin and blockchain innovation. The TBC helped to research two pieces of blockchain legislation that were passed in the 87th Legislative session and an addition two bills in the 88th Session that were signed into effect by Governor Abbott. Lee and the TBC team have a specific focus on the regulatory environment around Bitcoin mining in Texas. The TBC hosted the Texas Blockchain Summit in Austin at which speakers like Senator Ted Cruz, Senator Cynthia Lummis and SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce addressed the sold-out audience. He is also a Captain in the US Army reserves working as Tech Scout for the 75th Innovation Command that supports Army Futures Command. Formerly, Lee was a political science professor at Dallas Baptist University teaching international relations with a research emphasis on property rights. Lee was awarded a master’s in International Relations from St. Mary’s University and is in his sixth year as a Ph.D. candidate at UT Dallas with a research emphasis on blockchain land registries. Lee lives in Richardson, TX with his wife Becca and their three daughters.

Michael Carpentier

Co-Founder & CEO of Vesta Equity

Michael is an entrepreneurial business leader with 25+ years of experience building innovative, digitally focused companies. He has worked with Canadian, US, & European enterprises, providing him with a global perspective. His skill sets include product development, high yield revenue management, digital marketing & acquisition, branding, sales management, customer success, fundraising, investor relations, P&L, team building, & partnerships. He is now focused on the intersection of business strategy & blockchain technology & is a CIO Certified Blockchain Professional. He is also an amateur competitive OCR & ultra-marathon racer.

Ben Suttles

Partner at Disrupt Equity

Ben has been an entrepreneur for 15 years, first starting his career in IT sales and business development then onto management. His background in management and sales has helped him propel into commercial real estate, first starting in 2013. Over the last 7 years, he has been involved in the acquisition & asset management of ten multifamily properties, through partnerships and Disrupt Equity, totaling over $100MM in AUM and the purchase and sale of over 2,000 units.

Keith Meyer

Principal at Symphony Capital Group

Keith Meyer is a purposeful real estate investor who has participated in a diverse set of investment vehicles within the industry. Keith’s family has owned and significantly increased the worth of several large mobile home parks over the past 25 years, and he is especially adept at deriving value from affordable workforce housing projects. Keith has participated in commercial property syndications including retail and office space, and has invested on the debt side as well through hard money loans. Keith is a Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt excelling at implementing systems to manage complex projects. He has experience both at working effectively with brokers and at contacting commercial property owners directly, a tactic which has become increasingly important in the current real estate environment. Keith is an engineering graduate of the University of Michigan and currently resides in San Diego, and he has no plans to return to the Midwest though he does love the people, the food, and the availability of cash-flowing properties.

Viktor Viktorov

CEO of REINNO

Viktor Viktorov is a serial entrepreneur with over 12 years of experience. After discovering blockchain technology, he decided to quit his position as a CEO of a successful online retailer and started a new venture. Now he is the CEO of REINNO – a commercial real estate tokenization and lending company with a focus on providing liquidity. He has been working in the blockchain lending space since 2017. In June 2021, Viktor joined MakerDAO’s Real World Assets committee to reduce the governance burden and speed up the process of onboarding real-world assets on the decentralized protocol. Security Token Market called Viktor “an industry leader in the midst of arguably the largest financial transformation ever.”

Steven Baum

CPA & Partner at Friedman LLP

Steven is a leader in the firm’s Public and Private Company Assurance group, where he helps clients address issues relating to digital currency and emerging technology, and assesses the potential impact of blockchain in various scenarios and industries. Notably, Steven works with colleagues with Friedman to develop software that is among the first generation designed to ensure the accuracy of audits involving digital assets, and to build audit procedures involving a unique class of assets. He brings substantive experience to transactional engagements involving Initial Public Offerings, Regulation A Offerings, Private Placement Offerings, business acquisitions, mergers and other equity or capital raises.

Stephane De Baets

Founders & President of Elevated Returns LLC

Stephane De Baets is a Belgian investment, real estate, and hospitality entrepreneur. He is founder and president of the Aspen-based, international asset management firm Elevated Returns, which controls the Aspen St. Regis Resort in Aspen, Colorado and other commercial properties in the United States, Europe, and Southeast Asia. De Baets is a pioneer in blockchain-based real estate investing. Through his firm Elevated Returns, he facilitated the first major commercial real estate transaction using blockchain technology to sell ownership stakes in the Aspen St. Regis Resort. He was also formerly part-owner of OptAsia Capital, a Bangkok-based investment firm founded in 2008, until he divested in 2018. The firm’s portfolio of Class A real estate investment assets, which include properties in the United States, Southeast Asia and Europe, are collectively valued at more than US$1 billion. The firm is a pioneer in digitizing traditional financial assets using blockchain-based technology. In 2018, Elevated Returns launched the first major digital tokenization of a commercial real estate asset with the St. Regis Aspen Resort. In February 2019, Elevated Returns announced plans to digitize its entire portfolio of real estate assets using the blockchain technology Tezos.

Baxter Hines

CFA, Co-Founder and CIO of Honeycomb Digital Investments

Baxter Hines, CFA, is managing partner with Honeycomb Digital Investments. He co-founded the firm in 2020 to provide income producing solutions for clients. His firm manages portfolios consisting of traditional assets, security tokens and digital assets. Mr. Hines was a managing director, portfolio manager and co-lead for several internationally focused value strategies during his 12 years with NFJ Investment Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of Allianz Global Investors. Prior to his time with NFJ, he was an analyst with the Teacher Retirement Systems of Texas and worked as financial systems specialist for Reuters. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in economics from the University of Virginia and an MBA in finance from the University of Texas. His investment philosophy and market outlook have been profiled in several financial publications including Barron’s and The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Hines holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Society of Dallas.

James C. Row

Founder & Managing Partner of Entoro Capital

James C. Row, CFA, is the Founder and Managing Partner of Entoro Capital, LLC, a middle-market investment bank based in Houston, TX. Mr. Row has over 25 years of experience in various areas of deal structuring and energy finance, including: producer finance, project finance, drilling programs, A&D, securities, and risk management. He has originated and arranged funding, debt (senior and mezzanine), and equity on over $10 billion of energy projects. At Enron, Mr. Row specialized in structuring bids for power, E&P, energy services, and water privatization projects worldwide. Jim is a Chartered Financial Analyst and maintains Series 7, 24, 28, 63, 7,9 and 99 FINRA securities licenses. Mr. Row serves as a member of the Houston Society of Financial Analysts, Houston World Affairs Council, Houston Producers Forum, TMA, IPAA, and AIPN and is an author on a number of oil and gas issues and a regular speaker at energy conferences world-wide.

Jim received his bachelor’s degree in Finance from University of Wyoming and his Master’s of Business Administration from Arizona State University. He also completed the American Graduate School of International Management, CAS – Thunderbird.

Mat Sorenson

Co-Founder of Directed IRA & Directed Trust Company

Founder and CEO of Directed IRA & Directed Trust Company, is an attorney, best-selling author, and a national speaker and expert on self-directed retirement accounts.

Mat has been at the forefront of the self-directed IRA industry since 2006. He wrote The Self-Directed IRA Handbook, which is the most widely used book in the self-directed IRA industry that has sold over 30,000 copies.

Mat is also a VIP Contributor at Entrepreneur and has been cited, referenced, or quoted by the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and The Guardian on self-directed topics.

Brian Elders

Partner at Black Manta Capital Partners

Brian Elders is a Partner as Black Manta with a long track record as a leader in international financial and professional services based in Ireland, Poland, Hungary, Singapore and Hong Kong. He has a degree in Business and Law and qualifications in accounting, treasury and quant finance. Brian is a great believer in innovation and passionate about the impact blockchain and digital assets can have in global finance.

Outside of work, Brian has a great little family and, if there is any time left in the day, he indulges in watching and playing all sorts of sports, including soccer, darts, skiing and marathon runs.

Christian Platzer

Co-founder & Managing Partner of Black Manta Capital Partners

As a senior HR professional, managing director, and as a consultant, Christian has broad experience from startups to a global enterprise (Groupon). He managed complex international teams in a high-growth environment, operating in 30+ countries. He lived and worked in Berlin, Zurich, Sydney, Malta, and Vienna. Christian is passionate about blockchain and finance, digital assets and financial markets, as well as people operations and organizational design.

Jen Katsev

Performance Coach, Serial Entrepreneur & Real Estate Investor

Jen Katsev is a performance coach, #1 best selling author, founder of renowned real estate investment groups, serial entrepreneur, and commercial real estate investor. She helps real estate entrepreneurs reach their goals through her company syndicationinabox.com and is a passionate community builder who runs 506 Club, a curated and experienced investor network. Prior, she served as the Director of Marketing at a Silicon Valley private equity firm, raising capital for over $200M in commercial real estate, and was also the founder of the successful Bay Area Commercial & Multifamily (BACOMM) investment club, hosting top industry expert speakers including the Chief Economist of Fannie Mae.

Pat LaVecchia

CEO of Oasis Pro Markets

Pat is CEO of Oasis Pro, Inc. and Oasis Pro Markets LLC, the first US-regulated alternative trading system (“ATS”) authorized to allow its Subscribers to trade digital (“blockchain”) securities and make payment for those digital securities in digital cash. Pat also had a global leadership role with the highly-regarded decentralized finance platform, MakerDAO Foundation. He brings to Oasis Pro a deep track record of success in both traditional finance and DeFi/Blockchain and has the unique skill set and experiences to bridge the Regulatory Compliance and Blockchain verticals.

Over his 25+ year career as a CEO and investment banker, he has successfully led a number of companies and spearheaded over $20 billion of financing, acquisitions and/or sale of well over 150 companies across a variety of industries, including technology, fintech, and blockchain.

Tom Burns, MD

Author of Why Doctors Don’t Get Rich; Renowned Surgeon and Real Estate Investor.

Tom Burns, MD, is a retired orthopedic surgeon from Austin, Texas and a physician for the United States Ski Team. Dr. Burns has over 20 years of real estate experience and has participated in the acquisition and development of over $350 million of office and multifamily real estate. In addition to his real estate experience, Dr. Burns has co-founded, managed and sold a free-standing full-service hospital. He is co-founder and principal of Presario Ventures, a private real estate company focused on apartment development and private equity in Texas.

He is the author of Why Doctors Don’t Get Rich, a personal finance book for professionals, and he is listed in the acknowledgment section of Robert Kiyosaki’s book, Rich Dad Poor Dad. Dr. Burns has been financially independent for a decade. His mission is to help people create financial independence so they can pursue their true purpose in life. He is a sought-after speaker and coach, and is frequently featured in nationally circulated print articles and popular real estate-oriented podcasts.

Jamie Finn

Co-Founder & President of Securitize

Jamie Finn is the Co-Founder and President of Securitize, Inc., the leading platform for issuing digital securities. Jamie has a background as both an operating entrepreneur and corporate executive with over 20 years experience. Jamie is both an exceptional technology entrepreneur and an innovative executive pairing a global vision with excellent tactical execution.

Prior to Securitize, Jamie worked at Telefonica, o2, Ericsson, and more recently AT&T in Big Data Product Innovation, as well as startups including Kontera, A.Ki, Thumbplay, Zingy, and others in a variety of senior roles. He has participated in over $700M worth of transactions on the buy and sell side in Tech M&A over the course of his career. Jamie earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Management from Babson College.

Robert Helms

The Real Estate Guys Radio Show

Robert Helms is a professional real estate investor with investment and development experience in nine states and six countries. As a former top-producing real estate agent, Robert ranked in the top 1% of sales in the world’s largest real estate organization. For 4 years, he taught Real Estate Practices & Appraisal at the college level. Robert’s investment and development companies have past and current projects valued at over $800 Million. He is the co-author of Equity Happens – Building Lifelong Wealth with Real Estate and the host of the nationally syndicated radio show The Real Estate Guys™, now in its twenty-second year of broadcast. The podcast version of the show is one of the most downloaded podcasts on real estate and is heard in more than 190 countries.

Adam Carswell

Entrepreneur & Podcaster

Adam J. Carswell is an Entrepreneur, Podcaster, a LinkedIn Power-Networker, and New Media Marketing Maverick. Adam’s expertise in communication sets him apart from the crowd. He is the Co-Founder of RaiseMasters, the #1 Mastermind for Elite Capital Raisers. Adam earned the moniker “The Voice of Liberty” as the Master of Ceremonies at Liberland national events, and as one of the minds behind AnCap Radio. Over the years, Adam has interviewed Grant and Elena Cardone, Doug Casey, Marc Faber, and Rick Rule. Adam is a former semi-pro basketball player, and was inducted into the hall of fame at his alma mater for his accomplishments on the court as well as on the track. In his spare time he is a world-class DJ and Tech House Music Producer.

Jason Ricks

COO & Co-Founder of Liberty Real Estate Fund

Jason Ricks, CCIM, is a Concordia Equity Partners principal whose primary focus is on acquisitions, leasing, and development. Jason is a native Texan, professional real estate investor and certified commercial investment member (CCIM). Jason’s background in retail leasing and asset management make him an invaluable member of Concordia’s team for developing strategies to unlock the value of a property. Jason also has extensive experience and familiarity with south and southwestern US markets. Jason’s most recent experience is with AMLI Residential as the Vice President for Retail Asset Management where he established and has led the mixed-used Retail Asset Management team working on premier properties worth hundreds of millions across the country. Prior to that, he served as an Asset Manager for BH Properties where he oversaw a 2.2 million square foot value-add retail portfolio throughout Texas and Oklahoma. Jason broke into the commercial real estate business as a Shopping Center broker for Tarantino Properties. He received his BS in Business Management from Oklahoma State University, where he was a Team Captain for the Oklahoma State Football Team (The Cowboys). Jason is an active member of the International Shopping Counsel of Centers (ICSC). Most recently, he was featured in the #1 Amazon bestselling book: DESIRE, DISCIPLINE & DETERMINATION (2019).

Michael Flight

Founder & CEO of Blockchain Real Estate Summit

Michael Flight was named the Godfather of Blockchain Real Estate by Forbes Crypto. Michael achieved that distinction by co-founding Liberty Real Estate Fund, the World’s First Net Lease Security Token Fund, creating the Blockchain Real Estate Summit. More recently co-founding Invest On Main (IOM.ai) the Real Estate & Alternative Asset marketplace of the future!

Michael is a real estate entrepreneur and real estate tokenization pioneer who is an expert in retail real estate investment, redevelopment and real estate on the blockchain. He started his commercial real estate career in 1985, and then co-founded Concordia Realty Corporation in 1990, which continues to partner with some of the world’s most well-known banks, insurance companies, hedge funds and institutional investors in many successful investments.

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Pioneering Tokenization of Real-World Assets in Fintech

From Early Beginnings to a Global Leader in Asset Tokenization

Making Blockchain Investment Accessible and Compliant for All

Strategic Partnerships and Global Influence in the Tokenization Space

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