SPAC MEMBERS

WHO IS THE SPAC? LODE SERVICE PROVIDERS ALLIANCE COMMITTEE

BRUCE KAMM INTERTRADE CAPITAL GROUP

Bruce Kamm is the Founder of Intertrade, VirtualBarter, TradeBanc, Mutiplii Club and MerchantRewards. As an expert in digital payments, and trade commerce, Bruce also specializes in barter, reciprocal trade, countertrade, asset management, and alternative currency financial transactions to enable traditional and online transactions that greatly expand liquidity and bottom line profitability.

Bruce is reinventing non-cash payments, rewards, and digital trade commerce. Merging domain expertise in the reciprocal trade industry with extensive knowledge of commerce technology, payment systems, media and information services, Bruce’s role as a digital commerce payments strategist and ambassador for the Lode Project fosters a vast array of partnerships and use cases for Lodepay.

CHRIS MARSH PRESIDENT, BLOCKCHAIN FOUNDRY

Chris Marsh is the President of Blockchain Foundry. Previously, Chris spent 8 years at Richardson GMP and GMP Securities in Toronto, Canada, as an investment banker and corporate development executive. He also spent 4 years in London, England where he worked in corporate finance and asset management. Chris is a CFA charterholder and holds a Masters in Finance degree from London Business School and a Bachelor of Commerce from Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada. DAN WASYLUK CEO, BLOCKCHAIN FOUNDRY

Dan Wasyluk is the CEO of Blockchain Foundry and co-founder of the Syscoin project, a decentralized cryptocurrency. With over 15 years of enterprise software development experience, Dan first became involved with blockchain technology in 2013. In August 2014, he helped launch the Syscoin public blockchain. Dan holds a Bachelor of Science from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

DAVE GLASSON

Dave holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of British Columbia, Okanagan and has 20+ years experience in system design, programming, implementation and support. He’s worked in a variety of technology sectors including: Internet Service Providers, Web Hosting, Website Development, Employee Scheduling, Library Management, Education, Online Marketing and Cryptocurrency. Currently, Dave is focused on building scalable, automated, cloud based infrastructure supporting micro-service based applications for world-class FinTech products.

HABIB AKUDI

Over the last twenty years, Habibullah has focussed his career on stock and currency trading, and Islamic banking in the United Kingdom, Middle East and India. He assists clients in structuring downstream blockchain products to be compliant for the Islamic banking world. Habibullah creates hybrid strategies by merging innovative banking that provide solutions to the significant and growing population of the unbanked. Currently, Habib is a private banking, fintech banking and payments consultant. From 2007 to the present, he has worked with UHNI/HNI.

JAG SIDHU MATTHEW TAUB

Jag Sidhu is the CTO of Blockchain Foundry and a co-founder of the Syscoin project, a decentralized cryptocurrency, as well as its current lead developer. As an expert in blockchain technology, Jag also specializes in machine learning, artificial intelligence, client/server development and distributed systems with nearly 20 years of software development experience. Jag holds a Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science, from the British Columbia Institute of Technology.

MARC NICHOLSON

Marc Nicholson heads up sales for Blockchain Foundry and has worked in and around the LODE project since 2018. During this time, Marc has contributed to the LODE project in various capacities that include sales consulting and advisory and developing partnerships with industry participants to help further the LODE ecosystem. His sales experience goes back nearly 20 years with experience in industries such as promotions, financial services, consumer packaged goods, and enterprise business systems consulting. Matthew Taub brings over a decade of precious metals and markets experience to the LODE Project. In 2017, Matthew Co-Founded Fressora Media LLC. Fressora Media is a fullservice digital marketing firm specializing in content creation and management, social media marketing, and business development for the precious metals industry. Prior to Co-Founding Fressora Media, Matthew was the Director of Business Development and Corporate & Institutional Sales at CPM Group in New York. Highly regarded for its expertise in precious metals, CPM Group provides research and consulting services related to the financial management of commodities exposure, including fundamental market research and analysis, consulting and advisory services, commodities management, and investment banking advisory. During his tenure at CPM Group, Matthew worked across markets and industry participants from buy-side and sell-side analysts and institutions, to Governments, Banks, and individuals.

Matthew holds an MBA in Finance and Accounting from Fordham University in New York City and a B.A. from Clark University in Massachusetts.

MICHAEL HARRIS

Michael studied mathematics and computer science in university and has a keen interest in how things work, especially economics, finances, and data-driven decision making. During university, he worked on bioinformatics, using machine learning for lung cancer research. He also worked with big data in the online child safety space. His most recent focus has been blockchain and emerging markets and has taken on more in the way of business and product analysis, concentrating on data-driven decision making and token economics.

SPAC MEMBERS Continued

NICHOLAS PROUTEN PAUL TALBOT

With over 9 years of experience in the tech sector, Nick’s skill-sets are sharpest in connecting vision and direction to a path for execution that exceeds goals and promotes project growth.

He is a veteran public speaker and team leader able to pitch projects, ideas, and solutions concisely and effectively while motivating and driving on target, measured results. As a firm believer that diversity is strength, Nicholas has been fortunate to have worked in a wide array of industries ranging from Cybersecurity, Gaming and Real Estate, to Entertainment and Blockchain.

His successes include: Leading product/project teams through feature build/test/implementation and scale, Building/updating agile processes/procedures for team unanimity and continuous improvement, Increasing organizational efficiency to promote pivot/growth needs, Increasing departmental performance evaluation quality and efficiency.

PATRICK GRUHN

Patrick founded his first IT Startup at the age of 18, that operated its own data center in Germany. He is a cofounder of a power supply company with more than 150,000 customers. Also, he is the CEO and owner of the catholic TV network - K-TV. As a consultant, Mr. Gruhn has supported leading European companies such as Deutsche Bahn, Postbank Gruppe, Arvato Bertelsmann, SAP, E.ON, Trelleborg and many others. Patrick is a Partner of K&G Lawyers, a Swiss law firm specialized in digital asset transactions. Paul Talbot has over 40 years’ experience working in Business Development, Advertising and Sales. The first 12 years of his career were spent working in Advertising Agencies in both England and Canada where he gained a diverse knowledge of the Advertising, Branding and Marketing industry.

For the past 28 years, Paul has worked in the print industry in Senior Management roles overseeing executive teams of 100+ employees. He has worked extensively to develop and implement plans to increase productivity, decrease costs and propel sales. Over the span of his career, Paul has worked with clients on small local projects to International product launches for large worldwide corporations.

STEVEN SOKOHL

Steven has over 25 years of professional accounting and management experience, having worked in a range of businesses from large multinational banks to privately held family office structures. He jointly manages WB Financial Group’s financial advisory business in the Cayman Islands and has a particular focus on clients in the funds industry, including investment managers and funds in the hedge, private equity and venture capital sectors. He is primarily focused on directorships, financial and management accounting and the regulatory aspects of these businesses.

Steven formerly worked for Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young in their U.S. audit and tax practices, particularly for financial services clients. Subsequently, he worked primarily within the financial services sector in major money centre jurisdictions such as New York, Paris, Hong Kong and the Cayman Islands.

Steven has a BS (Hons) from the American University, and is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the Cayman Islands Institute of Professional Accountants.

LODE COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

DON GRANT JOSE MARCOS SEBASTIEN DIMICHELE

Don is currently retired from a significant career in banking and entrepreneurship. He is a long time silver stacker and advocate for sound money Don holds the honour of being the first contributor to the LODE Project, and his insights and guidance helped shape the efforts during the early days of the project. He remains a staunch and impactful member of the LODE SPA team by supporting efforts on the front lines as Communications Ambassador for the LODE Community.

HUMBERTO MORALES

Humberto has been an entrepreneur and business developer for over 20 years, his background in electronics and communication engineering has allowed him to design and develop forward thinking technology business models.

After moving to Canada from Mexico in 2001, Humberto designed and implemented the first portals for internet video delivery, video editing apps for iPhone and Community based internet tv stations for local and regional markets. Later, he combined mobile video editing tools with online delivery platforms which were implemented in several universities and private corporations.

Humberto has been a LODE Ambassador since late 2017, and currently supporting Media, Communications and Community Support for the project. José, resides in the South of France, he is a Self-taught entrepreneur from an early age. He created his first company at the age of twenty and after ten years of operation, he changed sectors of activity and created his second commercial company, which he made prosper in parallel with real estate investments.

Passionate about precious metals for many years, he studies their various investments and comes to be interested in cryptocurrencies, especially those backed by them.

He brings together a community of investors who appreciate his expertise and his acute knowledge in the field, as well as his aptitude for human relations. He communicates his enthusiasm and positivity to those around him.

SARAH BENALI

Sarah Benali is a professional copywriter and content creation specialist with a background in communications, PR and marketing consultancy services for precious metals, blockchain, cryptocurrency, and digital transformation-related projects. She holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Concordia University, an dual MBA in Digital Media from IE Business School. Sarah was a Senior Media Producer for Kitco News. Sébastien DiMichele is Co-Founder and Director of Marketing & Public Relations at Blockchain Foundry and co-founder of the Syscoin cryptocurrency. Sébastien has 19 years of experience in the Telecommunications industry, from Service and Quality assurance to his last role as Project Manager, specializing in Service Delivery Carrier Relations. Sébastien was first involved in blockchain projects in 2013 and in August 2014, he helped launch the Syscoin public blockchain and has since been contributing efforts to the success of the project.

LODE is the birthplace of the honest money revolution. A global system built with real money, created by the people, for the people.

GOVERNANCE PHASES

PHASE ONE PHASE TWO PHASE THREE

LODE THE GOVERNANCE OF THE LODE SYSTEM IS SET UP IN THREE PHASES TO ENSURE THE PROJECT’S MANDATE IS MET WITH THE INTENTION THAT LODE COMMUNITY MEMBERS ULTIMATELY GOVERN THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. 3 Project Business Plan

PHASE 1 CREATORS AS CURATORS (Past 2017-2019)

The network was managed by Interfix on behalf of LODE, and the LODE SPA was developing and building the system architecture to ensure enterpriselevel readiness for market release. This protocol maximized efficiency and reduced the time required for upgrades.

PHASE 2 SERVICE PROVIDERS AS ADVISORS (2019 - Current)

LODE and the SPA are running the ecosystem. The LODE Project will begin relying on the expertise of Service Providers and Community Ambassadors to influence decisions for the community. While Interfix continues to guide the project, decisions are increasingly based on input from the LODE SPAC and Community Board. PHASE 3 COMMUNITY-BASED GOVERNANCE (Future)

The third phase of governance will pass control entirely to the LODE Community. With LODE Tokens being the governance token, LODE Token Holders wishing to participate in the governance of LODE will be given voting and decision making rights. There will still be some controls and safeguards in place, but the central organization will have significantly less control or influence. By this point, it is expected that almost everything will be done by community vote. While Interfix might step up occasionally to prevent accidental disasters (like voting to set all fees to zero), for the most part, it will be hands-off and participate just like other LODE Token Holders.

LODE community members ultimately govern the entire system.