About Us

Our Tribe

Team is everything. Ours is dedicated, fun and aggressive

Erick Calder
Founder

A technologist with decades of experience in finance whose customer base includes TCW, Western Asset, MUFG, and other large enterprises, Erick currently advices numerous projects on blockchain matters, inter alia uPrime, New Ocean, Cryptospace, Infiom, Vevue and Tripp

A serial entrepreneur, Erick has founded many startups across the years, such as Memiki, an IRC-based p2p network, bitXpress, a bitcoin solution for the unbanked, Skilscore, a technical talent marketplace, and most recently Abaku Capital, a firm bringing to market the world’s first tokenised SDR

Pamela Alexandre
Founder

Ms Alexandre's extensive background began in public relations for the NBC Television Network, NYC, migrated to Los Angeles in the same capacity for Playboy Enterprises and morphed into launching her own fine jewellery business catering to the elite of Beverly Hills

During her time in Paris, she developed a membership-only concept with partner Frank Orenstein, co-founder of The Four Seasons Resort Hotels, bringing French and U.S. businessmen together at Le Palais, then continued to create additional members-only and subscription venues under the umbrella of The Eligere Group

Jaylyn Handley
Social Media Coordinator

A graduate of UCSB (University California of Santa Barbara) with a bachelors in Mass Media, and Masters in Entrepreneurship, Jaylyn is a veritable marketing machine

A Tiktok influencer with over 1.5 million followers, Jaylyn is “in the know” when it comes to social media algorithms and what it takes for content to go viral. Additionally, he’s well connected in influencer circles managing lifestyle projects for various brands

Originally from Florida, Jaylyn now resides in Los Angeles

Jack Wang
Asia Liaison

With many awards for innovation and entrepreneurship, Jack actively embraces technological development in China

Having established a brain science enterprise with Professor Daniel Reed Cook of Berkeley University, Jack serves as a channel for Sino/American US business cooperation, helping American start-ups land in China and find appropriate teams and funds

At the same time, Jack has helped scientists start businesses in China and establish business relations networks. Jack is not only proficient in IT technology in many fields, but also experienced with the legal affairs of different countries

 Personally, Jack has always embraced peace. The most important thing about world peace is the exchange of civilisations. He believes that NFTs can provide protections for artists and knowledge creators and that this technology represents the future of human creativity

Our Advisory Board

Rees Morgan
CEO Qubechain

Mr. Morgan graduated George Washington University with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering followed by graduate studies. He began his career with the CIA/Logicon in Langley, Virginia, which was followed by three separate careers at Microsoft during his 8-year tenure. His first retirement occurred in 1996, however just one year later, his entrepreneurial spirit surfaced and Rees founded Hudson Morgan Investments, a private equity firm with partner Arthur Hudson

Hudson Morgan Investments has made considerable investments in Technology, Real Estate Holdings, High-end home construction, Real Estate Development, Residential Real Estate Sales, Global Repair Parts distribution, Aviation, Staffing, Sports, and more. Hudson Morgan Investments incubated QubeChain with its focus into the BlockChain ecosystem. Rees is currently working in the Healthcare and Supply Chain space and, as he has in the past, holds positions on several Board of Directors and Board of Advisors. Additionally, he has been the CIO of two publicly traded companies. Mr. Morgan’s speaking skills have been sought at conferences and events for over 30 years

Mariana Danilovic
Managing Director, Infiom

Ms. Danilovic manages Infiom, a global blockchain, DLT, AI, AR/VR, quantum computing and other disruptive technologies accelerator focused on later stage ventures. Infiom partners with Fortune 500 companies and global accelerators to enable adoption and further acceleration of the blockchain and other disruptive technologies markets. 

Prior to Infiom, Ms. Danilovic was a Managing Director of BitAngels, the original blockchain angel investor network formed in 2013. While relaunching the BitAngels globally, Ms. Danilovic worked with many of the CEOs of top tier blockchain companies as well as the original crypto currencies investors. 

Ms. Danilovic is also the Founder and CEO of Hollywood Portfolio, a crowd-centric accelerator launched in 2001 that develops and operates Entertainment, Augmented, Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and digital media start-up companies. Through Hollywood Portfolio and Infiom, Ms. Danilovic launched and helped develop numerous technology and digital media companies, and served as the CEO and Director of ultralivetv, served on the Board of Directors of Emerge Digital, serves on the Board of Directors of Vortex Immersion, Board of Advisors of System 9, Knowbella Tech, Transmosis, NightFlight, VARcrypt, Scanta, WeScreen, and SuperWorld. 

Ms. Danilovic was the EVP Business Development for NTN Buzztime, Inc. (AMEX:NTN) and Head of Business Development, Content Aggregation and Programming for MediaZone, a broadband video company owned by NASPERS media conglomerate. She also founded and directed the Digital Media Incubator at KPMG LLP, which launched about two-dozen technology and digital media companies. The companies Ms. Danilovic helped develop received institutional funding from KPCB, Sequoia Capital, Hummer-Winblad, Constellation Partners, Softbank, North Star Ventures, HP, and Intel. 

Ms. Danilovic headed business development for Peter Guber’s Mandalay Entertainment and was on the management team of the venture fund at Sony Pictures Entertainment, investing in media companies worldwide. Ms. Danilovic also worked for Michael Milken’s Knowledge Exchange and at the Twentieth Century Fox International Television Group. She serves on the Board of Directors 

of C3, the Arts and Media Node of the Millennium Project, served on the Board of Directors of the Producers’ Guild of America, and is a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. 

She previously served on the Board of Directors of Tim Draper’s Zone Club and was a member of former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan’s Digital Coast Roundtable. Mariana earned a Masters in Business Administration from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics, with a Minor in Biomedical Engineering from University of California, San Diego

Nathan Chandra
Creative Directory & head of Roland Lifestyle

Nathan is the founder of SHINES, a creative director, builder, DJ, and public speaker. Over the last few years, Nathan has shared international stages at major events with the likes of Gary Vaynerchuk, Steve Wozniak, Naval Ravikant, Common, Nassim Nicholas, Brock Pierce, and many others. As a creative businessman and technology entrepreneur, Nathan’s entrepreneurial journey started in high school when he found himself deep in the music industry working with Sony recording artist Jon B on his first two studio releases which sold over 3M copies. All the while Nathan learned the vinyl and apparel manufacturing process for his independent label. After going on a global music tour Nathan earned an MBA from Pepperdine University and then dove into the world of Silicon Valley where he helped build the AT&T Developer Program and co-founded a social data startup, WeLink. After his success in San Francisco, Nathan followed his passions of music and technology bringing him back to Los Angeles and he founded a mobile app called RYSE which is a social music company that delivers opportunities to artists; the app has been praised by the Apple App Store. In 2019, Nathan organically started SHINES Creative as a response to a demand from his business network to engage his unique skills as a venture builder. SHINES extends brands into the lifestyle category and his most recent project is the launch of Roland Corporation’s Lifestyle brand. Nathan resides in Los Angeles where he thrives at the intersection of music, tech, fashion, and culture.

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