meet the team
Frederik is the former CEO of a Tier 3 data center in Sweden with a focus on high-end security. He also built and deployed Tier 1 data centers intended for digital assets mining and has a background in leadership and procurement in international OEMs such as Volvo, Siemens, and Bombardier. He has been active in the HPC space since 2015 and in digital assets mining since 2016 and has managed 100 MW of ASIC mining, both operational and under construction. Frederik has a master’s degree in international marketing, a Bachelor’s degree in programming, and an executive MBA from AVT Business School, Copenhagen.
Andri has over 12 years of experience in financial modeling specializing in alternative investment funds and business modeling. He spent more than 4 years as a Tokenization Lead for Swiss Crypto Advisors working on real estate tokenization projects. Before that, Andri worked as a Finance Manager at Amazon and Fund Manager at UFG Wealth Management in Luxembourg. Andri holds a master’s degree in real estate finance from ESSEC, a Master’s degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from Ecole National Supérieur de l’Informatique et de Mathématiques Appliquées de Grenoble (ENSIMAG).
A 15-year veteran of the Energy-Blockchain nexus, Alexandre has extensive knowledge of both. He got the chance to dive into blockchain technology after joining Ernst & Young in 2016 as an operations consultant and taking part in building the DLT expertise of the Paris EY digital lab. He led the Swiss national standardization initiative to define distributed execution platform principles for the power generation sector. He applied himself to the various aspects of DLT, including governance, mining, decentralized systems architecture, on-chain data management, crypto-economics, tokenization, etc.
Tilman has over a decade of experience working for startups in the sectors of web services, medical devices, and blockchain applications. In 2018, he joined Alpine Tech to architect enterprise-focused blockchain solutions. He worked on connected objects and the blockchain-based accounting of environmental impact, non-custodial staking solutions for private banks, and secondary marketplaces for security tokens. Tilman holds an MSc in Microengineering from the Swiss Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) and is a certified Blockchain Developer specializing in stable coin payment solutions.
Joe has been in the mining space since 2015 focusing on the US with companies such as Cryptech Solutions and Delv, focusing on several aspects of the industry including hardware sales and logistics plus site allocations. Cryptech Solutions is the largest distributor of Mining hardware in North America.
David comes with 20 years of experience in different technology markets. Since founding his own company in June of 2022, he has designed 25 megawatts of immersion-cooled mining facilities as a consultant for private clients. He is now working with Arctic Systems to deploy quality immersion solutions that maximize hash rate and minimize downtime.
He is also building off-grid and renewable energy projects but primarily focuses on heat recapture/reuse as the global economy moves towards more efficient energy management.
Florian is a seasoned attorney in Technology, Media, Telecom (TMT), digital, intellectual property, blockchain, and fintech law. He is one of the leading attorneys in Western Switzerland, advising some of the world’s major distributed ledger technology players. He also counsels tech companies on their businesses’ contractual and regulatory aspects, digital transformation, intellectual property, and data protection. Florian graduated from the University of Lausanne in 2004 and was admitted to the Bar in 2009. He obtained an LL.M. at McGill University Law School in Montreal in 2006.
Julien is an engineer with a master’s degree in computer science from Telecom Nancy Engineering School and more than 10 years of experience in consulting. He started his career as a tech consultant, after which he joined Deloitte and assumed a management position delivering high-value services (data, capital income and taxes) to private banks across Switzerland. He participated in many innovative projects, including a tokenization engine for a private bank running on the Ethereum blockchain. Since 2020, he has been a part of Citi Ventures as a Vice President. Julien is also currently enrolled in an executive MBA at the EPFL.
Francesco has been an entrepreneur in the blockchain space since 2017. He is the co-founder of Swiss Crypto Advisors, a boutique financial firm active in value creation opportunities around the blockchain asset class and in traditional asset management, featuring a range of proprietary regulated products in the blockchain space, and a multi-family office division. He also serves as the Chairman of the Board for 1Inch based out of Switzerland.
