Meet The Team
Chief Executive Officer
Mark Binns
Mr. Binns is a seasoned public market CEO, having led 3 public companies as CEO including building BIGG Digital Assets from a 2 employee startup to a billion dollar company in 2021.
Mr. Binns has raised over $50M as a public CEO, and holds deep investment banking and broker relationships in Canada and the USA.
Chief Technology Officer
Johan Arnet
Mr. Arnet is the co-founder of Carrier Connect and has started and grown 9 IT, internet and technology companies since 1995.
Recipient of the 1999 BDC Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Mr. Arnet has enjoyed a successful career in the technology space. Mr. Arnet also works as an advisor in Investment Banking.
Board Member
Mitchell Demeter
Mr. Demeter is a proven entrepreneur and blockchain pioneer with over 15 years of experience in scaling and leading high-growth companies.
Mr. Demeter served as a Director of BIGG Digital Assets Inc. (TSX.V: BIGG), and currently serves as a Director at Bitcoin Well (TSXV: BTCW) and Neptune Digital Assets (TSX.V:NDA).
Board Member
Peter Smyrniotis
Mr. Smyrniotis leads and partners with startups to achieve growth and secure venture backed funding. He works with Executive Teams within his portfolio to build high performance teams who develop robust product roadmaps, comprehensive GTM strategic plans, and then a capital plan to build high growth, high value ventures.
Mr. Smyniotis is director of Victory Square Technologies, a leading Canadian technology accelerator, as well as director of Spark RE Technologies Inc., CoPilot AI, TTGI and Rentatee Technologies Inc.
Capital Markets Advisor
Dan Barnholden
Mr. Barnholden is a seasoned capital markets professional with over 20 years of experience in
senior investment banking roles at bank-owned and boutique dealers in Toronto and
Vancouver. He has raised billions of dollars in debt and equity for junior, mid-tier and senior
companies, as well as advised dozens of companies on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and other financial, strategic and governance matters.
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Mr. Barnholden worked with an international
investment banking firm where he was Managing Director, Investment Banking. He also served
as Head of Investment Banking at a Vancouver based, employee-owned investment banking
firm.
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Mr. Barnholden currently serves as the CEO at Luca Mining (TSXV: LUCA).