Team | Blockchain Education Network

The BEN Team

The Blockchain Education Network (BEN) team is a world-class team of recent graduates with combined decades of experience in the blockchain space.

Erick Pinos is the President of the Blockchain Education Network (BEN). Erick is also the Americas Ecosystem Lead at Ontology Network, a public blockchain project focused on decentralized identity and data. Erick has a BS in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he was the President of the MIT Bitcoin Club, as well as a researcher at the MIT Digital Currency Initiative.

Erick Pinos

President
Antonio is the past president of Gator Blockchain Club and a 2020 graduate of Warrington College of Business at U of F. With a proven talent for aligning business strategy, Antonio worked for over a year at Oracle Inc headquarters, as part of the ISV BDC Team. He now focus in enabling students in developing nations to acquire educational opportunities in blockchain technology. In his free time he enjoys sailing.

Antonio Gomes

Vice President
Jeremy Gardner (born January 20, 1992), is an American serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist based in Beverly Hills, California. He is primarily known for his early investments in Bitcoin, the CryptoCastle brand, and as a co-founder of Augur. His early investments in cryptocurrency made him a self-made millionaire. He was previously the founder and CEO of MadeMan, a men's skincare cosmetic company featured in publications Maxim, The Daily Front Row, and Wealth Magazine.

Jeremy Gardner

Board Member
Ba Minuzzi is the Founder & CEO of UMANA, Inc, and the co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Venture Studio and U House of Funds. At BEN she is our CFO.

Ba Minuzzi

Board Member
Dean graduated from the University of Delaware, while simultaneously leading two global non-profits in addition to several startups. Jumping into bitcoin in the summer of 2013, Dean accelerated a global grassroots blockchain education movement on university campuses across the world. A believer in “power to the people”, Dean uses non-orthodox strategies (swarmwise) for leading decentralized organizations which focus on empowering individuals to take local action on a global initiative. Born and raised in Wilmington, Delaware; Dean now lives in Amsterdam to work with APG, the largest pension company in NL, working on the future of pensions and life-security. When not in the office, you can catch him hosting meetup groups and grassroots blockchain initiatives.

Dean Masley

Advisor
Jinglan Wang is a blockchain career professional and the founder of Optimism, a blockchain-based protocol that enables developers to build and deploy decentralized applications (dApps) on Ethereum. She is a leading figure in the blockchain industry and has been instrumental in driving the development of the technology.

Jinglan Wang

Advisor
Mel Vera is a Colombia native raised in New York City. After graduating from Babson College, her degree in Environmental Economics inspired her to start Atlus, a nonprofit based in Medellin focused on reducing youth violence and unemployment through blockchain, AI, and ecology education. After serving as Executive VP for the Blockchain Education Network and aiding Business Development at Injection Protocol, Mel began directing Ecosystem & Education and later became director of Community & Communications at DoinGud, an NFT platform empowering creators and social impact organizations. While her time at DoinGud Mel founded NFTclassroom.org a non-profit focused on reducing the socio-economic gap by teaching minority students about NFTs, art, and financial literacy.

Mel Vera

Advisor

Notable Alumni

Michael Gord

Michael Gord

Founder, GDA Capital
Ryan Breslow

Ryan Breslow

Founder, Bolt
Jinglan Wang

Jinglan Wang

Co-founder, Optimism
Joey Krug

Joey Krug

Partner, Founders Fund
Bradley Miles

Bradley Miles

Co-founder, Roll
Eric Chen

Eric Chen

Founder, Injective
Dean Masley

Dean Masley

Founder, NestEgg
Ashton Barger

Ashton Barger

President, Zebu Live
Alec Shaw

Alec Shaw

CEO, Tenderize.me
Jeremy Guzman

Jeremy Guzman

Founder, Mass Adoption
Kate Stapleton

Kate Stapleton

Community Lead, Axelar
Bennett Thompson

Bennett Thompson

Founder, Blockbeam
Dev Bharel

Dev Bharel

Developer Advocate, Anagram.xyz
Matt Batsinelas

Matt Batsinelas

Founder, Glass Markets
Gal Stern

Gal Stern

Head of BD, deBridge
Andy Bromberg

Andy Bromberg

Co-founder, Coinlist | CEO, ECO
Robert Klages

Robert Klages

Co-founder, The Rollup
Jelena Djuric

Jelena Djuric

Co-founder, Noble
Roshan Mirajkar

Roshan Mirajkar

VP Marketing & Web3 Strategy, Mousebelt
Scott Spiegel

Scott Spiegel

Founder & CEO, BitBasel
Blockchain Education Network EST. 2014
625 Kenmoor Ave Suite
301-97251 Grand Rapids, MI 49546
All Services Operational
© 2023 Blockchain Education Network