At Bleeding.Technology we track over 100,000 web 3.0, NFT, DeFi & crypto startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based President operating in the Bitcoin space. If you think a President is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Steven Becker
President and COO of MakerDAO
Steven Becker is President and COO of the MakerDAO Foundation. MakerDAO is a unique dApp that generates Dai, the world’s first decentralized stablecoin that facilitates economic growth on the blockchain and economic empowerment with the blockchain. Steven is responsible for the strategic business operations, risk management, partnerships, and marketing. An alternative investment professional with 20 years of experience. Steven is Chartered as an Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) by the CAIA Association and certified as a Financial Risk Manager (FRM) by the Global Association of Risk Professionals and is a member of both associations.
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About MakerDAO: Maker is a decentralized autonomous organization on the Ethereum blockchain.
Allen Piscitello
Vice President Of Product Management of Blockstream
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About Blockstream: Blockstream provides Bitcoin and blockchain technology solution for financial markets.
AJ Nelson
Co-Founder and President of Rain
Co-Founder of Rain
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About Rain: Rain is an operator and custodian of digital currency exchange intended to make digital transactions.
Jad Mubaslat
Vice President Of Engineering of Rain
Jad Mubaslat is Vice President Of Engineering at Rain.
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About BitQuick, Rain: Rain is an operator and custodian of digital currency exchange intended to make digital transactions.
Victor Ciardelli
President, Founder & CEO of Guaranteed Rate
Victor Ciardelli, CEO and president of Guaranteed Rate is a mortgage banking innovator. In 1992, Victor headed a traditional mortgage company. Not satisfied with the existing model for mortgage companies, Ciardelli put his ideas for a modern, streamlined operation to the test and founded Guaranteed Rate in June of 2000. By offering consumers low rates and fees, and the ability to evaluate the total cost of a home loan, Guaranteed Rate became Chicago’s largest independent mortgage lender within 3 years. Today, Guaranteed Rate is one of the largest independent retail mortgage lenders in the U.S. and the third largest retail lender overall. In 2019, Guaranteed Rate Companies funded $37 billion in loans, helping hundreds of thousands of homeowners with home purchase loans and refinances. The company’s focus on being the leader in developing and employing industry-leading technologies and processes is propelling its growth. Guaranteed Rate Companies has over 6,000 employees in nearly 700 offices across the U.S., and is licensed in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. In addition to Guaranteed Rate’s consumer advocate approach to mortgage banking, its ability to partner with top producing real estate agents nationwide has contributed to the company’s light speed success in the mortgage industry.Victor was named “CEO of the Year” at the 2014 CityLights Awards, sponsored by the Illinois Technology Association, which honor the city’s most innovative tech leaders and companies. In 2012, Ciardelli was named the regional winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award. Guaranteed Rate has been featured in Crain’s Chicago Magazine’s list of the Largest Privately Held Companies seven years running and was recognized for having the largest increase in revenue growth for 2009—an astounding 80% increase. Guaranteed Rate has also been on the Crain’s Fast Fifty list of the fifty fastest growing companies in Chicago every year from 2007 to 2013. The company was also named as one of “Chicago’s Top Workplaces” by the Chicago Tribune annual survey in three of the past four years, was #1 in Scotsman Guide’s “Top Mortgage Lenders” rankings for 2019 and was awarded HousingWire’s 2020 Tech100 award for its industry-leading FlashClose technology. Mortgage Executive Magazine named Ciardelli as their 2013 CEO of the Year. In addition, he was named to the MPA Magazine 2013 “Hot 100” list of most influential people in the mortgage industry.
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About Guaranteed Rate: Guaranteed Rate provides mortgage lending services such as home loans and home mortgage refinancing services.
Craig Lombardi
President, Online Division of Guaranteed Rate
Craig Lombardi brings a wealth of experience in the mortgage space as well as a rich background in sales, domestic call center management and revenue growth strategy. Most recently an executive with Quicken Loans, where he also served as Director of Mortgage Banking for nearly six years, Lombardi previously held positions as Vice President, Business Intelligence and Sales with Protect America; Director of Program Sales for Revana; and Telesales Channel Manager at Clearwire. “Guaranteed Rate is an amazing entrepreneurial success story and I’m thrilled to be a part of their next growth chapter,” says Lombardi. “What really strikes me is how authentically each person lives the company’s core values every day, values that I very much believe in and live myself. There is tremendous opportunity for further success and expansion with our already impressive Online Division team. I am excited to work with this organization and make an immediate impact.” An avid runner and philanthropist, Lombardi has run over 100 road races for various charities and most recently, became a member of the Guaranteed Rate Foundation Executive Committee. He enjoys playing darts and spending time with his four-year-old daughter, Josslyn.
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About Guaranteed Rate: Guaranteed Rate provides mortgage lending services such as home loans and home mortgage refinancing services.
Jim Hettinger
Executive Vice President of Guaranteed Rate
Jim Hettinger heads up a number of Guaranteed Rate departments that are involved in multiple aspects related to a borrower’s loan file. From closing to post-closing quality control, Jim oversees it all. He is constantly striving to improve efficiencies, quality, and personnel. Among the specific departments under his watch are Closing, Post-Closing, Servicing, Shipping, Final/Trailing Docs, Government Insuring, Escrow Release, and Quality Control. Jim is a self-reliant soul, a proud father and Chicagoan, a fan of cooking, Cubs and college football, well-suited for the challenges that greet him every day.
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About Guaranteed Rate: Guaranteed Rate provides mortgage lending services such as home loans and home mortgage refinancing services.
Kasey Marty
Executive Vice President of Guaranteed Rate
Kasey J. Marty manages business risk and product development for Guaranteed Rate’s Secondary Marketing department. He started with the company in 2004 as a loan officer, moved up to branch manager and then transitioned to his current role in 2011, establishing a track record of phenomenal growth and creativity along the way. As the point man for relationship building with agencies, aggregators and insurers, he is the key player in advancing new business opportunities.
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About Guaranteed Rate: Guaranteed Rate provides mortgage lending services such as home loans and home mortgage refinancing services.
Matt Harmon
Executive Vice President of Guaranteed Rate
Matt Harmon is responsible for processing and production management within Guaranteed Rate’s retail branches across the country. He also oversees the company’s Appraisal, Co-op and Condo Departments. When Matt is not in the office, he can be found at the helm of his boat, treating his family and friends to pleasure cruises on the waters of Lake Geneva in Wisconsin. His life and work philosophies overlap according to an essential principle that has guided many throughout the ages. “I live by the Golden Rule, here and outside of work,” says Matt, a Roman Catholic who is actively involved with his church and community. “Treat others how you’d like to be treated. What I’ve always loved about Guaranteed Rate and Victor’s vision is the focus on helping people, and not just the customer. Whether it’s great employee benefits and the rooftop deck or the GR Foundation and all the volunteer activities we do, this is a company that really treats people the right way.” However, Matt cites the focus on customer satisfaction as the element that truly sets the company apart. “We’re different than any other company in the mortgage space because of a singular focus on how we impact the customer. People here are taught early on that we do things differently, that we don’t operate according to what other companies are doing or ‘how it’s always been done’. We have a specific model, a set of core values that binds us together every day. When we get into work we’re all fighting for the same cause: to be the best in class in processes, products, and especially service.”
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About Guaranteed Rate: Guaranteed Rate provides mortgage lending services such as home loans and home mortgage refinancing services.
Scott Ubersox
Executive Vice President of Guaranteed Rate
Scott Ubersox, Executive Vice President of Real Estate, oversees the national portfolio of more than 190 Guaranteed Rate offices around the country. His team is responsible for the establishment of new locations as well as supporting all existing branches. He also manages the team that handles various construction projects at each branch location and oversees improvements at the corporate offices. Among the most fulfilling of these was the rooftop deck at the Chicago headquarters. Additionally, Scott’s team is responsible for managing vendor relationships, ensuring they’re consistent with Guaranteed Rate’s core business values.
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About Guaranteed Rate: Guaranteed Rate provides mortgage lending services such as home loans and home mortgage refinancing services.
Greg Meredith
President of RChain Cooperative
Greg is the President of The RChain Cooperative. Previously he has worked as Principal Architect of Microsoft’s BizTalk Process Orchestration, Principal Architect of Microsoft’s Highwire offering as well as Principal Architect of ATM Network management solution for ATT/NCR and Co-designer and developer of MCC’s Rosette/ESS technology.
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About RChain Cooperative: RChain Cooperative decentralized applications platform is powered by the Rho Virtual Machine.
Alex Treece
Co-Founder, President of Zabo
Alex Treece is the co-founder of Zabo. Zabo is full bank with support for cryptocurrency. Zabo offers: – A full bank account: checking, savings, debit card, direct deposit, and more – Bitcoin and Ether wallets – Cryptocurrency exchange: buy and sell your crypto inside your bank account
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About The University of Dallas, Zabo: Zabo connects any crypto wallet to any application in a few lines of code.
Aaron Voisine
President of BRD
Founder at breadwallet
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About BRD: BRD designs, develops, and markets financial software.
Peter Bordes
Vice President, Events & Sales of CoinDesk
Peter Bordes is the Head of Events & Sales at Messari.
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About CoinDesk, Messari, Stetson Real Estate: CoinDesk provides news and analysis on the trends, changes, technologies, companies, and people in the Bitcoin and digital currency world.
Andre De Castro
Co-Founder, CEO & President of Blockchain of Things
Andre De Castro is the CEO and Co-Founder of Blockchain of Things, Inc. He is a long-time crypto currency specialist who has an expert’s insight as to the field’s potential and is working towards making that potential a reality. Andre has been an active participant in the Bitcoin community and industry since 2010. Andre’s experience includes being a software developer, investor, trader, advisor, and US policy influencer. He is an avid public speaker and panelist for financial technology events including GE Global Research, Perkins Coie, Wedbush, and the NY Bitcoin Center. His early grasp of the unrealized potential of blockchain technology to revolutionize multiple sectors of the industry led him to found Blockchain ofThings in 2014, and drive the development of the Catenis EnterpriseTM platform. Graduating with honors from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Andre earned a B.S. in Computer Science, with concentration in artificial intelligence. A prolific inventor, he is the holder of two U.S. patents that streamline the installation of electronic products in automotive circuits. Most recently, Andre was a keynote speaker at the Blockchain Summit in Beijing), The Blockchain Event in Las Vegas, Canaccord Genuity’s Annual Growth Conference in Boston, and the Blockchain World Congress in NYC.
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About Blockchain of Things: Blockchain of Things created the first globally accessible blockchain enabled device network.
John T. Perrone
President & CEO of BitWallet
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About BitWallet: BitWallet is a high-security cryptocurrency wallet and exchange for both individuals and businesses.
Kieren James Lubin
President of BlockApps
Kieren is President and CEO at BlockApps. He architected and implemented BlockApps RESTful API and surrounding products and components, including the authorization framework, peer to peer networking code, Node.js client, and third party integrations.
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About BlockApps, BlockApps, BlockApps, Blockskye, Enterprise Ethereum Alliance: BlockApps is a Blockchain as a Service company with customers ranging from startups to Fortune 500 organizations.
Marc Grens
Co-Founder & President of DigitalMint
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About DigitalMint: Bitcoin ATM and Point-of-Sale Integration Network
Thomas Anderson
President & Chairman of the Board of DrawBridge Lending
Thomas Anderson is the MD Business Development – Prime Services at Galaxy Digital.
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About DrawBridge Lending: DrawBridge offers a lending loans with no margin calls backed by Bitcoin holdings.
Chad Anderson
President of MTDigital Assets
Chad “Aroo” Anderson is a blockchain + cryptocurrency expert and ICO advisor who serves as President and Co-Founder of www.MTDigitalAssets.com a leading fund in the hyper growth blockchain industry. Chad started his career working in the finance department at Hewitt Associates a fortune 500 company now called Aon. He worked directly with the CFO, Director of Budgeting and Forecasting, and the Controller. Chad then moved on to myspace.com from 2004-2008 as a strategic marketing consultant. During that time the site grew to over 500 Million active users, and was acquired for 580 Million Dollars. His team worked on events including Lollapalooza, Sundance Film Fest, Ultra Music Fest, SxSw, and more. Upon leaving Myspace he joined the team at Engage BDR an LA based Ad-Tech firm in Strategic Marketing and Biz Dev Role. He helped grow the company to reaching over 500 Million monthly uniques. Chad left there in 2014 to found Aroo Industries a talent management and marketing company. His clients have worked with some of the biggest brands in the world including Calvin Klein, Victoria Secret, Coca Cola, Virgin, Patron, Grey Goose, Google, Paramount, Sony, Warner Bros and more.
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About MTDigital Assets: MTDigital Assets is a leading crypto currency fund based out of Southern California.
Jon Holmquist
President of Marketing of Coinabul
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About Coinabul: Coinabul is a proprietary bitcoin system that offers resources to secure earnings.
Misti Mostiller
Executive Vice President, Director of Consumer Strategy & Innovation of Extraco Banks
14+ years of management, alternative channel delivery and implementation experience and almost 9 years banking experience. As Director of Consumer Strategy and Innovation; I am responsible for all alternative delivery channels, including the call center, website, online banking, mobile banking, grocery store locations, and social media channels. Also responsible for all retail training, hiring and a variety of innovation projects and initiatives at Extraco. Previously responsible for all retail bank lobbies.
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About Extraco Banks: Extraco Banks is a banking firm that provides banking, mortgage, and investment services.
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