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- CBIT bitcoin holdings: 6 sats / share
Team
- Management
- Directors
Antonin ("AJ") Scalia
Chief Executive Officer
AJ Scalia joins Cathedra from Galaxy Digital, a diversified financial services firm dedicated to the digital assets sector. While at Galaxy, AJ held various roles across the firm’s investment banking and principal investments divisions. He was also a founding member of Galaxy’s bitcoin mining business, which built out the firm's proprietary mining operation and offers financial services to North American bitcoin miners. Prior to joining Galaxy, AJ began his career in J.P. Morgan’s technology investment banking group, advising on mergers and acquisitions and raising capital for large-cap technology companies. AJ holds a BBA in Finance from the College of William and Mary.
Thomas ("Drew") Armstrong
President & Chief Operating Officer
Drew Armstrong joins Cathedra from Galaxy Digital. He was a founding member of Galaxy's bitcoin mining team and helped build out Galaxy's mining equipment finance ("MiFi") product. Drew also worked in the firm's investment banking and principal investments divisions. Prior to joining Galaxy, Drew began his career at Barclays' investment bank, where he focused on the origination of esoteric securitized products, such as data center securitizations and collateralized fund obligations. Drew holds BAs in Economics and Philosophy from the University of Chicago.
Tom Masiero
Head of Strategy
Tom Masiero co-founded Kungsleden Inc.’s predecessor entities in 2022 and has been responsible for growing Kungsleden’s power capacity under management to an expected 90 megawatts as Chief Executive Officer. Prior to Kungsleden, Tom worked as Cathedra’s Head of Business Development in 2022, deploying the Corporation’s fleet of over 4,000 latest generation Bitmain mining machines. Earlier in his career, Tom co-founded and served as Chief Operating Officer for Great American Mining, one of the first companies to mine bitcoin off-grid using flare gas in the oilfield, which was acquired by Crusoe Energy Systems in 2022. Tom brings decades of experience across internet and digital media, entrepreneurship, and bitcoin mining.
Gavin Qu
Head of Growth
Gavin Qu was an investor in and co-founder of Kungsleden Inc.’s predecessor entities in 2022. Prior to Kungsleden, he was an investor in and operator of over 200 megawatts of bitcoin mining capacity across dozens of sites in the United States in roles at various companies. Gavin began his career in Goldman Sachs’ sales and trading division in Hong Kong and holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.
Inar Kamaletdinov
Chief Financial Officer
Inar Kamaletdinov has years of experience in the Canadian capital markets as a finance executive across a range of high-growth sectors. He is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA). Inar is the co-founder of and Partner at Imperium Consulting, a firm providing corporate accounting services. He previously was a Senior Staff Accountant at Ernst & Young.
Rete Browning
Chief Technology Officer
Rete Browning is responsible for designing and commercializing novel applications of technologies for use in Cathedra’s bitcoin mining operations. Rete also leads the company’s R&D initiatives and assists in managing Cathedra’s manufacturing operations. Prior to joining Cathedra, Rete was a founding member of Great American Mining, where he served as Principal Engineer. Rete is trained as a chemical and petroleum engineer and as a technology and energy analyst. He brings to Cathedra his expertise in the energy industry—both conventional and alternative—and bitcoin mining industry.
Eric Chen
Growth
Eric Chen is an experienced bitcoin mining professional with a background in computer science. Eric began mining in 2017 and has since successfully managed and completed 220MW worth of bitcoin mining capacity across various states in the U.S. Eric specializes in sourcing electrical capacity and components and overseeing large-scale build-outs.
Gavin Qu
Chairman
Mr. Qu was an investor in and co-founder of Kungsleden Inc.’s predecessor entities in 2022. Prior to Kungsleden, he was an investor in and operator of over 200 megawatts of bitcoin mining capacity across dozens of sites in the United States in roles at various companies. Mr. Qu began his career in Goldman Sachs’ sales and trading division in Hong Kong and holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley.
Tom Masiero
DIRECTOR
Mr. Masiero co-founded Kungsleden Inc.’s predecessor entities in 2022 and has been responsible for growing Kungsleden’s power capacity under management to an expected 90 megawatts as Chief Executive Officer. Prior to Kungsleden, Mr. Masiero worked as Cathedra’s Head of Business Development in 2022, deploying the Corporation’s fleet of over 4,000 latest generation Bitmain mining machines. Earlier in his career, Mr. Masiero co-founded and served as Chief Operating Officer for Great American Mining, one of the first companies to mine bitcoin off-grid using flare gas in the oilfield, which was acquired by Crusoe Energy Systems in 2022. Mr. Masiero brings decades of experience across internet and digital media, entrepreneurship, and bitcoin mining.
Drew Armstrong
Director
Mr. Armstrong joins Cathedra from Galaxy Digital. He was a founding member of Galaxy's bitcoin mining team and helped build out Galaxy's mining equipment finance ("MiFi") product. Mr. Armstrong also worked in the firm's investment banking and principal investments divisions. Prior to joining Galaxy, Mr. Armstrong began his career at Barclays' investment bank, where he focused on the origination of esoteric securitized products, such as data center securitizations and collateralized fund obligations. Mr. Armstrong holds BAs in Economics and Philosophy from the University of Chicago.
AJ Scalia
Director
Mr. Scalia joins Cathedra from Galaxy Digital, a diversified financial services firm dedicated to the digital assets sector. While at Galaxy, Mr. Scalia held various roles across the firm’s investment banking and principal investments divisions. He was also a founding member of Galaxy’s bitcoin mining business, which built out the firm's proprietary mining operation and offers financial services to North American bitcoin miners. Prior to joining Galaxy, Mr. Scalia began his career in J.P. Morgan’s technology investment banking group, advising on mergers and acquisitions and raising capital for large-cap technology companies. Mr. Scalia holds a BBA in Finance from the College of William and Mary.
Marcus Dent
DIRECTOR
Mr. Dent is a media personality and thought-leader in the Bitcoin industry. He is the founder and owner of a Bitcoin and free markets-focused media company, which he operates under the pen name Marty Bent, that has educated millions of people about Bitcoin’s potential. He is also a venture partner at Ten31, a venture capital firm focused on making early-stage investments in the Bitcoin ecosystem. Previously, Mr. Dent was the director of business development at Great American Mining ("GAM"), a bitcoin mining company focused on off-grid deployments using non-rival energy sources such as natural gas that would otherwise be flared throughout oil fields.
David Jaques
DIRECTOR
Mr. Jaques was the founding CFO of PayPal and SVP of Silicon Valley Bank. He brings the viewpoint of a senior level financial executive with experience in private equity, early stage high-growth companies and banking. Mr. Jaques is currently the CFO of Greenough Consulting Group which provides advice to emerging, mid-market and private equity firms.
Matthew Kita
DIRECTOR
Mr. Kita is an experienced corporate attorney having spent time in both private practice and in-house, most recently as Chief Legal Officer of Axiom, a bitcoin focused finance company. Prior to joining Axiom, Mr. Kita served as general counsel of Cathedra as well as held various positions within the legal departments of BitGo and FIS. Prior to working in-house, Mr. Kita practiced at the law firms Reed Smith and Stevens & Lee. Mr. Kita holds both an undergraduate degree in Economics and a law degree from The Pennsylvania State University and a LLM in taxation from Temple University.