HACKING ENERGY ECONOMICS

Chris Nelson started his career with the Royal Bank of Canada’s investment banking arm as an analyst. While at RBC, Chris provided M&A and corporate finance advice to companies across Canada and the United States. In 2001, Chris transferred to San Francisco where he joined the M&A group and was promoted to vice president. During Chris’ investment banking career, he advised on over $7.5 billion in merger, acquisition and financing transactions.

In April 2006, Chris co-founded Gordon Nelson Inc. where they pursued public and private investment opportunities in Internet, hospitality and multi-family real estate. In 2008, Chris led the angel round in Unbounce Marketing Solutions and joined the board. Gordon Nelson acquired Ocean Village Beach Resort and Pacific Sands, a 40+ acre oceanfront resort, both located in Tofino, BC.

In 2018, Gordon Nelson was dissolved and became Nelson Investments, Inc. Nelson Investments owns Pacific Sands and 937 View Street, and has invested in several technology companies. Nelson Investments is also a shareholder in Shelter Point Distillery and Tractor Foods.

Chris sits on the board for MintGreen and Stable, and enjoys fishing, surfing, skiing, cooking, music, whisky, sports cards collecting and technology.

Meltem Demirors is Chief Strategy Officer of CoinShares, a digital asset investment firm that manages $4B in assets on behalf of a global client base, and serves as a trusted partner to investors and entrepreneurs navigating the digital asset ecosystem.

An established veteran of digital asset investing, Meltem draws on her substantial experience and widespread influence to accelerate growth and acceptance of the asset class. Prior to joining CoinShares, Meltem helped build and grow Digital Currency Group, raising capital from the world’s largest corporations and managing a portfolio of 120 companies and 4 subsidiaries. Before she was bitten by the bitcoin bug, Meltem worked in the Oil & Gas industry in trading, corporate treasury, and M&A roles.

Meltem has been recognized for her personal contributions to the industry and serves as an outspoken advocate and has testified before the House Financial Services Committee on the importance of bitcoin.

Meltem teaches at her alma mater MIT as well as Oxford, and is passionate about privacy and civil rights.

VP of Power Asset Management at Fengate Capital, clean energy veteran, and part-time brew master, Brandon Tracey means more to MintGreen than for his vast knowledge in the business of energy. “Bubba,” as he is affectionately known, has shown indispensable skill in building and revising our financial models.

Brandon provides technical and commercial oversight of the acquisition, development, construction and operational phases of Fengate’s power and utilities assets on their infrastructure asset management team. Prior to Fengate, Brandon was a senior performance engineer with SunEdison, where he was involved with the development, financing, design, construction and operations of over 1 GW of renewable energy assets.

Samson Mow is the CEO of JAN3, a new Bitcoin technology company with a mission to accelerate hyperbitcoinization. Samson is known for his work on El Salvador's Bitcoin strategy, and nation-state Bitcoin adoption.

Samson was previously the CSO at Blockstream, a leading provider of Bitcoin infrastructure. Before joining Blockstream, Samson was the COO of BTCC, one of the largest bitcoin exchanges and mining pools in the world. At BTCC, Samson oversaw the day-to-day operations of the company and directly managed the exchange and mining pool business units.

Samson is well connected and gives us instant credibility in the world of blockchain as a true crypto OG.

VP of Engineering and Innovation at Vancouver’s largest District Energy company, Creative Energy, Kieran McConnell is an absolute beast in the industrial heating sector. From an engineering, compliance, commercial and go-to-market perspective, Kieran is our lynchpin for delivering heat to energy utilities.

Kieran has over 20 years of engineering experience in district energy, power generation, industrial water and energy management. Acting as an advisor to utility developers across North America, Kieran played a key role in the development of the Southeast False Creek Neighbourhood Energy Utility, including the feasibility, design, construction, operations and expansion of the system.

Canadian Red Seal certified electrician with experience coordinating large-scale projects across Western Canada. Kurt recently led a team in retrofitting the electrical system for the Vancouver Aquarium.

Kurt leads MintGreen’s mining installations and oversees the buildout of their Digital Boiler systems.

Kurt loves dogs and enjoys playing baseball, tending to his vegetable garden, and boating in his spare time.

Colin is an entrepreneur, futurist and MBA. He has founded businesses in blockchain, ecommerce and mobile applications.

As the director of sales for a custom heat exchanger manufacturer, he received an inquiry for an experimental Bitcoin mining system. Obsessed by the potential of this technology, he pivoted his career and travelled the world with the top minds in the industry.

Colin is an inventor, Bitcoin OG and the driving force behind MintGreen.

Jenn is an MBA and MAPC graduate with over 12 years of branding, communications and B2B project management experience across tech, sports, fashion, construction, and most recently, crypto and cleantech.

She has organized international events and tradeshows, managed a brand ambassador team of 100 athletes and is a catalyst for the growth and development of exciting and dynamic brands.

Jenn leads MintGreen's marketing and communications strategy and is passionate about shaping an exciting and collaborative workplace culture.