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Frédéric Chesnais is a graduate of Paris Institute of Political Studies and holds degrees in Finance and Law. Frédéric Chesnais started his career as a financial consultant (Arthur Andersen) and practiced as a lawyer focused on merger and acquisitions (Archibald Andersen). He then worked for Lazard Frères from 1995 to 2000 From 2001 to 2007, he was part of the management team of the Atari Group, the videogame publisher, first as Deputy COO and Chief Financial Officer of the Group, and then as Chief Executive Officer of Atari Interactive. In 2007, he left Atari to create his own videogame production company. In 2013, he became a significant shareholder of the Atari Group through the purchase of Atari securities held by BlueBay.

I am 2x entrepreneur, investor, family office, author, speaker, and a (quant) value investor, seed investor in Coinbase. Interviewed and Quoted by Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, The Edge, Barron's. I am a general partner at Alpha Sigma Capital, a digital (crypto) assets arbitrage hedge fund. I am the founder and Chairman of AppAddictive, a S.W.A.T. team of engineers and data crunchers, who help CEOs and CMOs harness the benefits of data-driven, results-oriented social advertising. AppAddictive has over 50 million Facebook users in its web and Facebook platform, powering over 18 million fans, and 40000 businesses. AppAddictive has over 30,000 social apps created by its users. I managed a value oriented, long-term, concentrated hedge fund in Asian companies. Specialty: online businesses, spin-offs, post-bankruptcies, tender offers, engaged investing (as opposed to activist investing). Multiple winner of the best investing idea at ValueInvestorsClub.com, a 250 member only club that accepts hedge fund value investors only through the merit of your idea. Top-ranked analyst on SumZero. I discovered many spin-off ideas that generated high returns with low volatility, much earlier than the time bigger funds like Greenlight's Einhorn and Dan Loeb took their positions. I have time-stamp proof of my write-ups. I picked up event-driven special situations involving spin-offs, convertible refinancing and rights offerings in Southeast Asia, a region I am very familiar with because of my upbringing, my Chinese heritage and my relationships. I am an admitted Buffett follower and go to Omaha every year for the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting. Tom Murphy, James Sinegal, Ben & Jerry's are my favorite CEOs. Co-founded 123Jump and raised $15 Million. Prior to that, I was employee#3 and I worked with the 2 co-founders of GeoCities which was sold to Yahoo for $3.5 Billion in 1998. Prior to GeoCities, I worked at the Capital Group, a $1 trillion money management firm in Los Angeles, CA. I have a B.S. degree in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from UCLA. Moderator of a value investing group centered on my mentor, Marty Whitman

James Gardner, digital innovator, CEO & Founder of CREATETHE GROUP, an Englishman living in Soho, New York City. James started out as a Management Consultant for Accenture in London, specializing in Strategy & Technology. He moved to NYC in 1994 to work on Wall Street first with Goldman Sachs and later Merrill Lynch, where he was the youngest Technology Director and was a key force in automated and algorithmic trading. James founded CREATETHE GROUP in March 2004, the agency that has pioneered digital luxury for the world’s most successful fashion and retail brands. He has grown the company to over 150 people with offices in NYC and London. In 2009 he raised $12M second round financing to support further investment in CTS Platform, Ecommerce Platform of the Future as well as development of new Agency capabilities and service offering.

Chris Michalak is a Member Board Of Directors at GlideFast Consulting, Board Member at Virgin Pulse, and Senior Advisor at H.I.G. Capital Inc. and is based in Chicago, Illinois. He has worked as Director & Chief Executive Officer at Alight Solutions, Chief Executive Officer at ALIGHT INC. DELAWARE, and Chief Executive Officer at Buck. Chris attended Kellogg School of Management of Northwestern University between 1995 and 1998 and Michigan State University between 1984 and 1988.

Experienced Executive Director with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Sales, Sales Operations, Sales Management, International Sales, and Management. Strong business development professional with a Masters Level Diploma focused in Organizational Leadership from Oxford University - Said Business School.