Jason Cohen

Jason has worked as a technology leader for over 20 years. His experience ranges from leading small teams as CTO to leading large scale development organizations of over 100 people. His focus has been on software and big data development technologies. He is a passionate technologist with a heavy focus on open source development utilizing the most current tools. Managing large scale data environments has been a particular focus area going all the way back to his software company consulting days. His more recent focus on blockchain has allowed him to rethink how Big Data is managed leading to his current role as CEO/CTO of Big Data Block

Simeon Schnapper

A creative and international team player, who has led several successful teams in the forefront of trending new industries. C-Suite level responsibilities included raising capital, building teams, market analysis, strategic planning and sustaining a culture to support the business mission and objectives. Practical experience includes executive management in technology, entertainment and nonprofits. An accomplished entrepreneur, who can lead teams to profitability and innovation. Simeon has been involved in blockchain and cryptocurrencies since 2011 and has led enterprise and data initiatives since the mid 90s across several large fortune brands.

Jim Falvey

Jim is a specialist in commodities, derivatives, securities and FinTech/Reg Tech, including all of the changes resulting from the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 and the JOBS Act of 2012. He works with financial exchanges and various market participants including, for example, futures commission merchants/broker dealers, commodity trading advisors, commodity pool operators, swap dealers, and investment advisers. Over the past 5 years, Jim has been very active in work on cryptocurrencies, Initial Coin Offerings and Blockchain. He has spoken at numerous conferences, participated as a guest on the world’s largest public radio station (out of the U.K.), written several articles and has been quoted in various media all on the “crypto-world.” He is currently working on three ICOs, as well as helping to establish a media company devoted to the crypto-world, FinTech and RegTech. Jim worked with Jason Cohen at Ocean Tomo (“OT”) approximately 10 years ago. Jim served as General Counsel for OT. Jim has also served as General Counsel at the Intercontinental Exchange (“ICE”)(which currently owns the New York Stock Exchange), EurexUS, RJ O’Brien and Green Key Technologies. He also previously was Chief Administrative Officer for the U.S. Futures Exchange. Jim has worked in a number of government positions, including as a Legislative Assistant for U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, Law Clerk for U.S. District Court Judge Richard Enslen, and appointed member of the Technology Advisory Committee for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Jim has taught courses on derivatives and FinTech at the Chicago Kent School of Law and a Commodity Market course at Penn State University. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a BA/Government; Georgetown University Law Center with a JD; and Northwestern/Kellogg School of Management with an MBA.

Brett Singer

Brett has worked at the highest levels of creativity across several industries during his career. His experience in design, film, video production and marketing goes back over 25 years. His experience brings a wide range of skills to his clients; Design, Writing, Production, Director, Editorial, Marketing or as a Creative Consultant. Brett knows that orchestrating creativity is more effective than ordering results, and that the best idea always wins. The single greatest professional thrill he enjoys is finding the right people, for the right job and making sure they have everything they need (time, resources, creative inspiration) to do what they love, and to do it better than they've ever done it before.

Stacey Billups

Making software easy for people to use has been Stacey’s mission for almost 20 years, which has culminated in expertise in user-centered design, systems thinking and strategy. Stacey’s interest lies is adapting emerging technologies into easy to use and impactful products. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from DePaul University.