Alberto William Dahik

Economic Advisor

Mr. Dahik is a graduate of Princeton University in the fields of economic development, international trade and finance, monetary and exchange policy. He has an extensive career in the field of economics, finance, and monetary policy. The former congressman, vice president, and minister of finance of Ecuador. He was part of the Central Bank of Ecuador. In addition, he was the economic advisor of the Monetary Board of Ecuador.

Mr. Dahik was an economic advisor to the presidents of Ecuador and Paraguay. Currently, he is the Vice President of the Grupo Empresarial Amazonas. He has multiple publications in the fields of finance and economics.

Julio Marquez

Capital Market Advisor

Julio has 30+ years of experience in cross-border principal investments and M&A. He is the Managing Partner of New York Bay Capital, one of the leading cross-border boutiques in New York. He is also Managing Director at Young America Capital, a FINRA-licensed broker-dealer, where he heads the Latin American department.

Julio previously worked at institutions such as Global Emerging Markets Group (Managing Director and Head for Latin America), Violy Byorum & Partners (Director and Head of Analytics — Latin America), Wasserstein Perella (Vice President-International), Citibank (Latin America Private Banking) and Morgan Stanley (Analyst).

He has developed particular expertise in structuring foreign investments in Latin America in industries as diverse as media/telecom, manufacturing, retailing, energy, oil & gas, plastics, and steel. Julio holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, a master’s degree with honors in systems engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Juan Lorenzo Martinez

Legal, Auditing, Taxes, and Accounting Advisor

Mr. Martinez is president of JLM & Associates, a CPA firm, and Information Systems Consultants. He has extensive experience in the fields of accounting, taxes, auditing, higher education (university professor) and information systems. He has worked for KMPG, the University of Puerto Rico, as chairman of the UPR Accounting Department and Dean of Academic Affairs. He was the former President of PR Society of CPAs, financial analyst for the Chanel 11 TV newscast for Univision and Member of the Board of the Ricky Martin Foundation. Mr. Martinez has a BBA in Business Administration from the University of Puerto Rico, PhD from New York University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Puerto Rico. He practiced law in the Federal District Court and the Supreme Court of the USA.

Shauna Mei Devand is the co-founder of QBX Global, a blockchain company, and most recently the EVP of Global Operation of Binary Financial, a market leading crypto brokerage and OTC company. Formally, she worked at ConsenSys while incubating a real estate crypto project. She has served in multiple crypto companies’ boards such a LynQ, Good Money, Reserve. She is also a co-founding member of SHEOS.org, a female EOS block producing candidate and a co-founder of Y2X, a crypto advisory company specializing in security token offerings. She is the founder and former CEO of AHAlife, a publicly traded company she took public in 2015 on the ASX. Formally worked by Goldman Sach. Shauna graduated from MIT in engineering.

Gabriel Cumbe

Web & Multimedia Management

Mr. Cumbe is a graphic design engineer, graduated in the Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, with professional experience in corporate identity management, creation of web pages for public and private entities. has won local, regional and world competitions in photography and design.

He has great expertise handling design software with a focus in image editing, videos, and web, as well as knowledge in handling 3D programs. bilingual Spanish and English

Juan Camilo Vélez

IT & Blockchain Development

IT Specialist and Blockchain Developer, graduated as Audiovisual Producer in The Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Microsoft Certified Professional in Web Development, specialist in Computer Graphics and Digital Sciences in IGACD.

As Bitcoin Core Developer, he developed and implemented the Bitcoin Exchange cpcex.com and other Bitcoin projects such as cryptomultiplier.io and cryptobinary.io

He has extensive experience of 18 years in the development and implementation of web solutions for private institutions, such as Dole, Reybanpac,  Banco Bolivariano, Banco Amazonas, Seguros Confianza, Ecuasuiza de Seguros, Agunsa, Naportec Banana-Puerto, Torres y Torres, Marglobal, DePrati, and more.

Developer specialized in ASP.NET C#, Php Codeignater, Java, Solidity for Ethereum, SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase and MySQL databases.

Ernesto Kruger

Innovation & Technology Advisor

Mr. Kruger has over 27 years of experience as a business architect and specialist in Blockchain, Cyber security, business strategy and e-government. He also is an expert in R + D + I (research, development, entrepreneurship and innovation). Mr. Kruger is a promoter of engineering projects in the area of Energy, Transport and environment. He is a CO-founder of KRUGER CORPORATION, a multinational with operations in Spain, Peru, USA, Chile, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Ecuador and Bolivia. He also is a Founder and CEO of KRUGER LABS startup accelerator.

Carlos Ugalde

Exchanges and Crypto Advisor

Mr. Ugalde has over 30 years of experience as IT solutions in the private and public sectors. His experience includes executive positions as a CEO, Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) Certificate Consultant for technology projects qualified Latin-American. He has been involved in over Implementation of IT solutions in 298 companies nationwide. Mr. Carlos is a Founder of Capitalika and Payphone. Mr. Ugalde received a degree in Systems Engineer from the University of Cuenca in Ecuador and he also graduate of the University of Azuay with a degree in Finance and Business Administration. He has a Diploma in Database Management by NASA (United States) and Management of Apple Enterprise Technologies and Sales Strategy Planning in Apple Latam.

Katherine Escandón

Customer Solutions

Ms. Escandón is a business administration engineer specialized in business management, with minors in finances and international finances, graduated in the University of Specialties Espiritu Santo. She also has an image consultant and personal branding international diploma in C&E Institute Image, Argentina. Ms. Escandón has professional experience in areas of administration, international negotiations, customer service and sales, focused on providing exceptional service to customers. Bilingual in Spanish/English.

Monica León

Operations and Compliance

Mrs. León has 20 years of banking experience. She has a strong professional background in Finance with an impeccable career in several banking institutions, holding positions like Chief of Continuous Improvement and Processes in Banco Amazonas, Manager of Organizational Development and Manager of Financial Products in Banco del Pacífico. She is a Process Management expert, with a Green Belt Six Sigma International Certification.

She is considered an expert in the fields of processing, compliance, and operational auditing. Mrs. León is formed in Business Administration from the Catholic University in Ecuador.

Charlie Seminario

Strategic Business Development

Mr. Seminario has been interested in the world of cryptocurrencies since 2014. He has explored developing or participating in mining and other related crypto projects. Mr. Seminario has vast experience in real estate and finance. He has held his real estate license for over a decade being a top producer and leading many successful real estate investment companies and ventures. He has worked for Merrill Lynch as an International Financial Advisor. Mr. Seminario obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Excelsior College. Mr. Seminario is bilingual in English and Spanish.