Chairman of the board
John Burton
John is President of Stormseye Associates LLC, a Vermont-based advanced technology consulting firm. He was Founder and President of NPI Technology Management, a technology services firm where he provided advanced technology consulting for executives throughout the Northeast. His recent engagements beyond DLGA include consulting with the VT Futures Project around business innovation and entrepreneurship and consulting around cyber incident response. john@dgla.org
Executive Director, Board Member
Jeremy Friesen
Jeremy is an ex-central banker who spent 15 years on Wall Street in capital markets strategy in Toronto, Hong Kong, and New York including 7 years with Morgan Stanley. Jeremy has been involved with several technology-related startups, being first introduced to peer-to-peer and distributed ledger technology as EVP of corporate development at BitTorrent and subsequently starting two DLT-related companies in San Francisco. Jeremy holds a business degree from TWU and an MA in economics from McGill. jeremy@dlga.org
Board Member
Steven Lupien
Steve is the director of the University of Wyoming Center for Blockchain and Digital Innovation. Accomplished executive and educator possessing over 30 years of cross-functional leadership experience in industry-diverse public, private, and NFP organizations, spanning high technology, consumer packaged goods, and business services. Steven is a sought after thought leader on blockchain technology, and has testified as an expert domestically and internationally on digital assets. steven@dlga.org