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Management

Von Lam
Chief Executive Officer | Director

Von Lam has over 20 years of experience across global technology venture capital, private equity, special situations credit and corporate development. He is the Founder and Managing Partner of Falcon Partners Limited (doing business as Increment Capital). He is also a Managing Member of Innomatrix LLC, a digital infrastructure real estate development company. His prior experience includes senior roles at Clearlake Capital Group, Warburg Pincus, UBS Asset Management, Acion Partners, Microsoft Corporate Development, and J.P. Morgan. He also served as an Independent Non-Executive Director of eCargo Holdings, which was previously listed on the ASX. Mr. Lam holds an A.B. in Applied Mathematics and Economics from Harvard.

Yuming Zou
Chief Financial Officer

Yuming Zou has over 20 years of financial and executive leadership experience. He is currently Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of Fangzhou Inc. (HKEX: 6086), where he oversees corporate finance, financial management, and investor relations. Prior to Fangzhou, he spent 15 years at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., serving as a trader and Executive Director. He also served as an Independent Non-Executive Director of eCargo Holdings Limited, a company previously listed on the ASX. Mr. Zou is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and holds an A.M in Statistics and an A.B. in Economics from Harvard.

Yuming Zou
Chief Financial Officer

Yuming Zou has over 20 years of financial and executive leadership experience. He is currently Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of Fangzhou Inc. (HKEX: 6086), where he oversees corporate finance, financial management, and investor relations. Prior to Fangzhou, he spent 15 years at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., serving as a trader and Executive Director. He also served as an Independent Non-Executive Director of eCargo Holdings Limited, a company previously listed on the ASX. Mr. Zou is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and holds an A.M in Statistics and an A.B. in Economics from Harvard.

Patrick Aber
Chief Operating Officer | Director

Patrick Aber is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Tornado, an AI-powered financial research and analysis platform. He previously served as an Associate Portfolio Manager at The Carlyle Group following its acquisition of Vermillion Asset Management, and earlier held quantitative and investment roles at Tower Research Capital and Beecher Investors. He holds FINRA Series 4, 7, 24, and 63 licenses and an A.B. in Applied Mathematics and Economics from Harvard.

Steven Maksymyk
Chief Strategy Officer

Steven Maksymyk is the Managing Partner of 229 Advisors, providing fractional executive and strategy consulting services. Previously, he held senior leadership roles at Sonder Holdings, Rocky Mountaineer, and InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), where he led operations, partnerships, and global strategy initiatives. His earlier career includes investment banking and capital markets roles at Scotia Capital and Bank of Nova Scotia. Mr. Maksymyk is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Manitoba.

Steven Maksymyk
Chief Strategy Officer

Steven Maksymyk is the Managing Partner of 229 Advisors, providing fractional executive and strategy consulting services. Previously, he held senior leadership roles at Sonder Holdings, Rocky Mountaineer, and InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), where he led operations, partnerships, and global strategy initiatives. His earlier career includes investment banking and capital markets roles at Scotia Capital and Bank of Nova Scotia. Mr. Maksymyk is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Manitoba.

Independent Directors

Sheldon Trainor-DeGirolamo
Chairman | Independent Director

Sheldon Trainor-DeGirolamo is the Founder and Managing Director of PacBridge Capital Partners and brings decades of experience in principal investment and investment banking. Before founding PacBridge in 2009, he spent two decades in high-level leadership roles, including with Credit Suisse Group AG Australia, Morgan Stanley Asia, as the Head of Investment Banking for Asia and as Vice Chairman of Merrill Lynch Asia. He has served on the boards of multiple public companies, including BitDeer Technologies Group, Foxconn Interconnect Technology, Macau Legend Development Company, and Athenex Inc. Mr. Trainor-DeGirolamo holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia.

Sheldon Trainor-DeGirolamo
Chairman | Independent Director

Sheldon Trainor-DeGirolamo is the Founder and Managing Director of PacBridge Capital Partners and brings decades of experience in principal investment and investment banking. Before founding PacBridge in 2009, he spent two decades in high-level leadership roles, including with Credit Suisse Group AG Australia, Morgan Stanley Asia, as the Head of Investment Banking for Asia and as Vice Chairman of Merrill Lynch Asia. He has served on the boards of multiple public companies, including BitDeer Technologies Group, Foxconn Interconnect Technology, Macau Legend Development Company, and Athenex Inc. Mr. Trainor-DeGirolamo holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of British Columbia.

Hope Ni
Chair, Audit Committee | Independent Director

Hope Ni is an experienced investor and executive with over 15 years of public company board experience. She currently manages the Abax Family Office and serves as an independent director of several publicly listed companies, including Zhihu Inc., Acotec Scientific Holdings, Visen Pharmaceuticals, and ATA Creativity Global. Her prior experience includes investment banking at Merrill Lynch and legal practice at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Ms. Ni holds a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Hope Ni
Chair, Audit Committee | Independent Director

Hope Ni is an experienced investor and executive with over 15 years of public company board experience. She currently manages the Abax Family Office and serves as an independent director of several publicly listed companies, including Zhihu Inc., Acotec Scientific Holdings, Visen Pharmaceuticals, and ATA Creativity Global. Her prior experience includes investment banking at Merrill Lynch and legal practice at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. Ms. Ni holds a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Derek Reisfield
Chair, Compensation Committee | Independent Director

Derek Reisfield is the Co-Founder and CEO of Edisource International, an AI content creation company, and a Senior Advisor to G2 Capital Advisors. He has held numerous executive roles, including CFO of Ondas Holdings and AllSci, and CEO of BBN Networks. His foundational experience includes co-founding MarketWatch, serving as President of CBS New Media, and leading media and telecommunications practices at McKinsey & Company and Mitchell Madison Group. He has sat on several public boards and is a director emeritus of the San Francisco Zoological Society. Mr. Reisfield holds a BA from Wesleyan University and an MA in Communications Management from the Annenberg School of Communications at USC.

Derek Reisfield
Chair, Compensation Committee | Independent Director

Derek Reisfield is the Co-Founder and CEO of Edisource International, an AI content creation company, and a Senior Advisor to G2 Capital Advisors. He has held numerous executive roles, including CFO of Ondas Holdings and AllSci, and CEO of BBN Networks. His foundational experience includes co-founding MarketWatch, serving as President of CBS New Media, and leading media and telecommunications practices at McKinsey & Company and Mitchell Madison Group. He has sat on several public boards and is a director emeritus of the San Francisco Zoological Society. Mr. Reisfield holds a BA from Wesleyan University and an MA in Communications Management from the Annenberg School of Communications at USC.

Advisors

Gary Linscott

Gary Linscott is a seasoned AI executive and researcher with deep experience in autonomy and large-scale ML platforms. As a published author in large-scale reinforcement learning with 68 patent applications, he is also known for Stockfish and LCZero, which have been the two world-leading chess engines for many years. He has held senior software engineering roles at DoorDash Labs, Zoox, Google (Cloud TPU and Bigtable), Goldman Sachs, and Microsoft. Mr. Linscott holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science from Queen’s University.

Frederick He

Frederick He is a Principal at Evermo, the capital markets and advisory arm of Antalpha Platform Holding Co. (NASDAQ: ANTA), where he focuses on institutional financing and digital asset–related infrastructure. Previously, he was a Director of Business Development at BITMAIN, managing strategic accounts across the United States and Latin America. Mr. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Public Relations from Boston University.

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