Executive Officers

Peter Ort, 54
Principal Executive Officer and Co-Chairman

Mr. Ort has been a General Partner at Cambium Capital Management LP, a venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in the advanced computing sector, since January 2020. Prior to that, he was the Co-Founder of CurAlea Associates LLC, a customized software and advisory firm to wealth and asset managers, from 2010 to 2022. Mr. Ort began his career at Goldman Sachs in 1996 and most recently was Managing Director and co-head of the Investment Management Division’s Hedge Fund Strategies Group until 2009. Mr. Ort also served on the board of directors of the Concord Acquisition Corp, Concord Acquisition Corp II and Concord Acquisition Corp III (collectively, the “Concord SPACs”) from 2021 to 2022, 2022 to present, and 2022 to 2024, respectively, and has served as the chair of the audit committee for each of the Concord SPACs. Mr. Ort is also a member of the board or advisory board of a number of privately held technology companies and is an active investor in early-stage companies and venture capital funds in the digital asset and other sectors. Mr. Ort graduated from Duke University, obtained J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from New York University, and was a Fulbright Scholar in Japan.

Jeff Tuder, 51
Chief Financial Officer and Co-Chairman

Mr. Tuder founded Tremson Capital Management, LLC in January 2015 to invest in undervalued public equities and to make private equity and credit investments in partnership with a number of family offices. In addition, Mr. Tuder was the chief executive officer of each of Concord Acquisition Corp, Concord Acquisition Corp II and Concord Acquisition Corp III from 2021 to 2022, 2022 to present, and 2022 to 2024, respectively. In addition, Mr. Tuder has served on the board of directors of Inseego Corporation (NYSE: INSG), since April 2017, where he is Chairman of the Audit and Compensation committees. Mr. Tuder has also served on the board of directors of GCT Semiconductor (NYSE: GCTS) since March 2023 where he serves on the compensation committee. Mr. Tuder held various investment positions at JHL Capital Group, KSA Capital Management, and CapitalSource Finance. Mr. Tuder began his career as a private equity professional at Fortress Investment Group, Nassau Capital, and ABS Capital Partners. Mr. Tuder is currently an Operating Partner at Atlas Merchant Capital. Mr. Tuder received a B.A. in English Literature from Yale College.

Board of Directors

Kristin Smith, 43
Director Nominee

Ms. Smith has been the chief executive officer of the Blockchain Association since September 2018. Ms. Smith has also served on the board of directors and also as an audit committee member of Skybridge Opportunity and GII Funds since January 2022. Some of Ms. Smith’s achievements include being named the Washingtonian’s Most Influential People in 2023 and 2024 and named as Fortune’s 40 Under 40 in Government and Politics in 2020.

Rebecca Rettig, 45
Director Nominee

Ms. Rettig is a legal veteran in the digital asset space, having transitioned to the industry in 2017, after a number of years as a litigator at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. Rebecca has worked on legal and policy issues in the digital asset space for a number of years, first as a partner at a number of AmLaw firms and then as in house counsel at some of the largest software developers in the space, including but not limited to the Aave Companies (now Avara) (from March 2021 to March 2024), Polygon Labs (from January 2023 to January 2025) and now at Jito Labs (since January 2025), where she oversee the global legal, policy and compliance work. Rebecca currently serves as a member of the U.S. Commodity Futures and Trade Commission’s Global Markets Advisory Committee Subcommittee on Digital Assets as well as the New York Department of Financial Services Virtual Currency Advisory Board. She also serves as an advisor to a number of prominent digital asset companies across various parts of the industry. Rebecca has pioneered legal and regulatory solutions in permissionless and decentralized software systems and has worked with global regulators and policymakers on developing sound laws and regulations for the digital asset industry that both protect consumers and allow for continued innovation.

Thomas Trowbridge, 50
Director Nominee

Mr. Trowbridge has served as the chief executive officer of Cloudless Labs since September 2019. Mr. Trowbridge has also served on the board of directors of Stronghold Digital Mining (Nasdaq: SDIG) since October 2021 and sits on its compensation committee.