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Alex Alexandrov
Chairman & CEO of CoinPayments
Alex Alexandrov is extremely well-versed in financial markets, and a pioneer in crypto-currency. Mr. Alexandrov was a technical Forex and Options trader and EA developer for MT4 platform. He then chose to venture into direct sales before branching out on his own to successfully develop and manage coincable.com, an online bitcoin mining hardware supply store that was based out of Vancouver. Alex brings over 15 years of combined experience in IT and business management to his latest venture as the owner and CEO of Coinpayments.net, a premium Bitcoin, Litecoin, Etherium and other alternative crypto-currency payment processor. Coinpayments’ services are trusted by over 600,000 vendors across 182 countries.
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About CoinPayments: CoinPayments is a cloud wallet solution and a payment gateway for merchants that integrates a checkout system for numerous cryptocurrencies.
Joseph W Fodor
Chairman of Roadman Investments
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About Roadman Investments: Roadman Investments is an investment issuer that focuses on investing growth capital in private and public companies.
Michael King
Chairman of Credits
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About Credits: Blockchain Platform-As-A-Service
Michael King
Chairman of Credits
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About Credits: Blockchain Platform-As-A-Service
Gary Yurkovich
Founder and Executive Chairman of Espresso Capital
Gary is an active angel investor, independent board member, fund manager, and philanthropist. As a seasoned technology executive, Gary was the Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Service for Creo Products where he helped grow the company from $6M to over $125M in revenue over a 3 year period prior to being purchased by Kodak for $1B. He was also the VP Sales and Corporate Development for BrightSide Technologies which was purchased for $28M by Dolby Labs in 2007 and was also COO of Resolution Health in San Jose, Ca which was recently purchased by Wellpoint. Gary started his career with Digital Equipment Corporation where he served in a variety of management and operational positions, and was one of the most highly recognized contributors in the company’s history. He is a BCIT graduate in Electronics and has a B.Sc. in Biochemistry and Genetics from the University of British Columbia. Gary is the Managing General Partner with Espresso Capital and currently sits on the Board of Directors of several technology companies including Clevest Solutions, Rapid Electric Vehicles, Wolf Medical Systems, and BC Social Venture Partners.
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About Espresso Capital, Wolf Medical Systems Corp.: Espresso Capital offers lines of credit and term loans to enable entrepreneurs to grow their businesses.
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