Mike Blais-Cohen
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Mike is a systems engineer who has been directly involved in digital asset mining since 2013. Mike actively participates in the blockchain industry as an advisor, systems architect and investor for leading industry stakeholders, regulatory and industry bodies, and enterprise customers.
SJ Oh
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer
SJ traded equities for over twelve years in both the capacity as a Korea specialist and Asia generalist. The latter half of his career was spent in Morgan Stanley. He joined the crypto scene Jan 2018 as an OTC trader at OSL, leaving the firm as Director, Head of Custody & Prime sales in early 2021 to focus on Pow.re full-time.
Ian Descoteaux
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Ian became involved in digital asset mining in 2010. Soon after, he left his job in aerospace to pursue digital asset mining full-time and quickly scaled his mining business to an operating capacity of 40MW. Before joining Pow.re, Ian was overseeing a top-ten mining pool and cloud mining platform.
Calvin Tay
Chief Financial Officer
Calvin has been delivering customized solutions to financial institutions for over a decade. Starting his career at Citi's Corporate and Investment Banking solutioning for Financial Institutions in Singapore, Calvin most recently served as Head of Custody Product at OSL and was heavily involved in the group's strategic and regulatory aspirations. He brings a keen sense of financial planning and compliance strategy to the Pow.re team.
Maxime Bisaillon, Eng
Director of Engineering
Maxime comes from a solid engineering background in the food & beverage industry having most recently worked for Laporte Consultants. He has a master's degree in Digital Currencies and a deep understanding of integrating novel digital currencies within the traditional infrastructure of financial markets.
Jimmy Kim
Director, LATAM
Jimmy has launched and scaled a successful business that was awarded the Business for the Future award from the Paraguay Christian Corporate Committee. Additionally, he is an executive director of the Union Industrial Paraguaya, the largest private collective in Paraguay and serves as director of Un Pacto Global, a collective advancing human and labor rights as well as anti-corruption and environmental issues.
Drew Picklyk
Operations
Drew has been designing and implementing digital media and marketing programs for the last ten years. He's worked for major organizations such as Ziff Davis and Energizer Generators as well as worker focused non-profits. Drew ensures efficient and effective product launches whilst managing operations at Pow.re.
Eric D. Landheer
Capital Markets
Eric has more than 20 years experience spanning traditional finance, gaming, and digital assets, and has built a track record of success in management, team building, business development, and fundraising. Most recently, he served as Head of Capital Markets Strategy and MD for HKEx listed and SFC licensed fintech / digital asset firm BC Technology. Before moving into the digital assets and crypto space, Eric held senior management and board positions in the gaming industry and also previously served as an SVP at HKEx and Head of Asia Pacific at NASDAQ.
