Meet The Team
The Global Digital Assets team combines the executive team of two of North America's leading blockchain companies in finance, development, marketing & capital markets.
Michael Gord
Co-Founder & CEOPreviously Founder & CEO at MLG Blockchain, Bitcoin Canada, advised on over $300M of token sales.
David Shafrir
Co-Founder & PresidentPreviously Co-Founder and CEO of Secure Digital Markets, previous entrepreneur and exited past business to Groupon.
Zach Friedman
Co-Founder & COOPreviously Co-Founder and COO of Secure Digital Markets, executed over 500M OTC transactions, two previous exits.
Joaquim Miro
Head of EuropeJoaquim was previously the CMO at MLG Blockchain, is a Canadian, American and Euro citizen and speaks English, French and Spanish fluently. Joaquim was the youngest Canadian inducted to the Canadian Marketing Association and has led multi-million dollar campaigns.
Sam Venis
Head of MarketingCo-Founder and Strategy Director of Acquire Agency, Sam managed eight-figure marketing campaigns for Global 500 brands and startups including Travelzoo, Clearbanc, and Koho. Sam specializes in global strategy development for high-growth companies.
Karl Samsen
Head of StrategyDedicated Entrepreneur with financial background and advisory experience in private Canadian M&A transactions, consulting of Blockchain Development Companies and Real Estate Development/Tokenization Projects in North America.
Matthew Gord
Head of FinanceMatthew previously worked in investment banking at Greenhill and HSBC where he focused on M&A and financing transactions across various industries. Matthew has completed all three levels of the CFA exam and holds an MBA and HBA from Ivey Business School.
Mostafa Al Mashito
Head of Business DevelopmentMostafa previously worked as head of business development at Secure Digital Markets where he built relationships with institutions and private individuals looking to buy large blocks of bitcoin. Mostafa has a leadership role with Monsterball and is a graduate of Western University.
Jonah Mirsky
Head of Investor RelationsJonah previously worked as head of institutional sales at Secure Digital Markets where he built relationships with institutions and private individuals looking to buy large blocks of bitcoin. Jonah previously has leadership roles at other blockchain firms including Yesbit and is a graduate of Dalhousie University.
Ethan Baron
Head of PaymentsEthan is the founder and CEO of Tertrix, a product being incubated with Global Digital Assets. Ethan is a payments pioneer and has previously exited two payments companies. Ethan is an entrepreneur and part of The Next 36, a leading accelerator in Canada and is a graduate of the University of Winnepeg.
Will Bartlett
Head of ResearchWill has experience working in banking at RBC and real estate at Cushman Wakefield prior to GDA and is a graduate from Deshautels at McGill. These experience gave him unique insight on the business side of the blockchain space that help him quickly grasp and communicate concepts.
