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Our Team

A line up of Professionals and Expert Advisors

Our Team

The K-Advantage

Sports D³ project is led by alumni of Kellogg School of Management, one of the world’s top-ranking Executive MBA programs. The idea of Sports D³ originated in 2017 as a natural progression from two university projects: www.SmartSherpas.com and www.KcoinBlockchain.com. ‘Sports D³’ growing team is staffed with seasoned executives who have on average 15+ years of experience. We find our competitive edge in our ability to:

  • Leverage the world’s most powerful alum network of 60,000+ seasoned executives in 120+ countries to build the pipeline of asset digitization projects.
  • Leverage existing relationships in the sports industry on all continents, and our network of connections in European football (soccer) in particular.
  • Access to top business talent and executives for professional advice and internal staffing needs.
  • Build on learnings, past work, and development resources from the K-coin private blockchain initiative, that was created for academic purposes by the members of the Blockchain Club and supported by 100+ nodes and Masternodes around the globe.

Kellogg non-affiliation clause:

‘Sports D³’ represents and warrants that neither ‘Sports D³’ nor its principals or subsidiaries are affiliated with Kellogg School of Management or Northwestern University. ‘Sports D³’ have no ownership interest in Kellogg School of Management-Northwestern University (Kellogg). Kellogg has no ownership interest in ‘Sports D³’. There is no agreement pursuant to which ‘Sports D³’ would merge or consolidate with Kellogg.

Core Team

  • Gene Swinton

    Founder & CEO

A business strategist with over 2 decades of extensive management, leadership & entrepreneurial international experience in multinational corporations across multiple industries including telecommunications, motion picture, CPG, QSR, Real Estate development and Fixed Income Investments.

Graduated from top-ranking Executive MBA program at Kellogg School of Management.

Co-founder & Steering Committee member of K-Coin blockchain supported by 150+ alumni, students and professors of Kellogg School of Management.

  • Max Ryans

    Co-founder & CTO

Seasoned IT professional with expertise in IT Strategy, Digital Transformation, Blockchain & AI. 20 years of experience in Asset Management, Insurance and Banking industries leading international teams in Asia, the United States & Canada.

Graduated from top-ranking Executive MBA program at Kellogg School of Management.

Co-founder & Steering Committee member of K-Coin blockchain supported by 150+ alumni, students and professors of Kellogg School of Management.

  • Anton Lymar

    Legal Counsel

20+ years of practice as Attorney at Law with multinational law firms and financial institutions, concentrating primarily in corporate and securities laws, including securitization.

Master of Laws (LL.M.) from the University of Illinois College of Law and Degree in Law from Kyiv National University, Ukraine

  • TBC-Future Hire

    Investment Banking

Future hiring with equity allocation:

Fully licensed and accredited with 10+ years of experience Investment Banking professional

(click to apply for this position)

Strategic Advisors

  • Yehuda Chumak

    An accomplished FinTech leader with 17 years of experience building investment technology platforms with deep expertise in the fixed income markets

  • Linda Darragh

    The Larry Levy Executive Director and Clinical Professor at The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Kellogg Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative.

  • Sarit Markovic

    Clinical Associate Professor of Strategy and FinTech markets at The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Ph.D. in Economics

  • Jose M. Liberti

    Associate Professor of Finance at DePaul University & seasoned Investment Banking professional. Ph.D. in Economics

  • Aurel Lonian

    Vice President of Business Banking at BMO, Kellogg Executive MBA

  • Anurag Gupta

    Partner & KPMG, Global Lead for Power - Infrastructure. Tulane MBA.

  • Julia Bossis

    Communication and Pursuits Strategist at Ernst & Young, Lazardis MBA

  • Kelvin Lam

    Partner at Deloitte. Kellogg Executive MBA.

Sports Industry Advisors

  • Sergei Palkin

    Sports Industry Advisor, Chief Executive Officer at FC “Shakhtar”

  • A. Kharitonchuk

    Sports Industry Advisor, Legal Department Head at FC “Shakhtar”

  • Yuriy Sviridov

    Sports Industry Advisor, Marketing Department Director at FC “Shakhtar”

Legal & Compliance Advisors

  • Tres Garcia

    Compliance & Risk Evaluation at JP Morgan, Kellogg Executive MBA

  • Cecile S. Chung

    General Counsel & Corporate Secretary at Samuel, Son & Co. LL.B, Kellogg Executive MBA

  • Marti Kõrnas

    Managing Director at RCA (Regulatory Compliance Associates)

Blockchain, IT Strategy & Cybersecurity Advisors

  • A. Campana

    Smart Contracts & Blockchain Integration. Kellogg Executive MBA.

  • Tobias Temen

    Managing Director at Aries Digital, Kellogg Executive MBA

  • Andrey Feldman

    Chief Product and Technology Officer at Sprout. Kellogg Executive MBA.

Building Strong Alliances

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