CRYPTOR TRUST - Key Persons


Abdoul Aziz Ciss

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer
  • Senior Researcher
Abdoul Aziz Ciss is a senior researcher / lecturer in Elliptic curves Cryptography, Post-quantum cryptography, Pseudo randomness, Computer security, Database security. Abdoul research interests covers, Abdoul Aziz Ciss is a senior researcher / lecturer and IT-security architect / consultant.

Amhed Benaziez

Job Titles:
  • IT Specialist

Baz Bazara

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Asia Pacific Advisory Board
  • Freelance Bitcoin Consultant

Baz Bazarah

Job Titles:
  • Freelance Bitcoin Consultant

Elliott Wave

Job Titles:
  • Technician - a Forecasting and Research Service Based on Economical Cycles, Demographics and Elliott Wave Theory

Frankie Bishop

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Asia Pacific Advisory Board
  • Expert Consultant
Frankie Bishop is a Crypto Currency expert consultant.

Geir Solem - Chairman, Founder

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Founder
  • Writer
Geir is the founder and chairman of Cryptor Trust group of companies and Chief Editor of Bitcoin Investor. Geir is also the founder of Elliott Wave Technician and Cornupia Capital Ltd. He is also President of the Cryptor Foundation . His specialties include: analysis of the financial market using demographics, economic cycles, and Elliott Wave theory / technical analysis. Investment in long term trends around the world. Focusing on digital assets and investment management. He is an adviser on corporate structures, offshore jurisdictions, offshore banking, asset protection, and corporate takeover defense. He serves on the Finance Board, The Futurist Board and the New Monetary Systems Board at the Life Boat foundation. Before launching his own investment group Geir worked as software architect for one of the world largest shipping groups Wilh. Wilhelmsen Limited in Norway and Europe's largest mainframe vendor the french based Bull group. His work included data modelling, database design, programming, high volume transactions systems and project management on large computer systems. See interviews with Geir here. Geir is a regular writer on Cryptor Trust‘s blog Bitcoin Investor. Follow the blog on Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, Linkedin, Instagram, Telegram Channel, VK or Syndicated Feed

Haroun Kola

Haroun Kola is a Bitcoin enthusiast, forex trader and blogger, writing about currency trading and monetary systems.

Laila El Aimani

Job Titles:
  • Aimani Is Researcher in Cryptology and Assistant Professor at
  • Aimani Is Researcher in Cryptology and Assistant Professor at Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco
Abdoul Aziz Ciss is a senior researcher / lecturer and IT-security architect / consultant.

Lee Banfield

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Asia Pacific Advisory Board
  • Founder of Weekly Global Research
  • Weekly Global Research to Explore Opportunities in Business, Investing, and Cryptocurrencies
Lee writes at Weekly Global Research to explore opportunities in business, investing, and cryptocurrencies. He is also the owner of Finance Business English which specializes in helping international clients improve their English for Finance, Economics & Bitcoin. Lee Banfield is from England, but has been based mostly in Asia since 2006. His background is in finance and economics. As a volunteer, he is particularly interested in counter-economics and projects that aim to bring us a freer, more peaceful world. Lee is the founder of Weekly Global Research, a report that delivers concise and actionable weekly tips on the best businesses, investments, and opportunities. Lee Banfield writes at Weekly Global Research to explore opportunities in business, investing, and cryptocurrencies.

Michelle Varron

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Asia Pacific Advisory Board
  • Vice President for Investor Relations at Coinage.Ph
Michelle Varron is Vice President for Investor Relations at Coinage.ph, the Philippines' first order book bitcoin exchange. Michelle has been active in the Philippine bitcoin space for over a year, doing communications consultancy, media relations and co-organizing bitcoin events as part of a dynamic and innovative team. Her nearly two decades' experience as a media practitioner and PR professional coupled with her interest in digital currency enables her a latitude of collaborative prospects with a vast professional network and unique insight into opportunities in the Philippine bitcoin ecosystem.

Nick Co

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Asia Pacific Advisory Board

Nilam Doctor - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Member of the Asia Pacific Advisory Board
  • Lead Developer at BitShopper.Co.Uk
Nilam is also lead developer at BitShopper.co.uk a shopping site with payments in virtual currency / Bitcoin / Litecoin.

Oscar Darmawan - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • Member of the Asia Pacific Advisory Board

Peter Yeo

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Asia Pacific Advisory Board
  • Founder of Bitcoin
  • Founder, CloudMining.SG
Peter is an serial entrepreneur, technologist and a passionate advocate of the BlockChain and its virtual currencies such as BitCoin, Litecoin and Dogecoin. His Vision is to bring affordable Virtual Currency Mining for the masses, either by distributing the latest ASIC mining hardware or through the Virtual Mining As A Hosted Service Infrastructure. He is serving as an Advisory Board Member of CryptorTrust (APAC). When he is not mining in the clouds or dabbling with crypto projects, Peter provides consulting as a Technical Business Analyst with Dentsu Aegis Network, where he functions as one of the key central roles executing IT integration across APAC for over 10,000 users in the US$5Billion merger and acquisition of Aegis Media Group by Dentsu. Prior to this, he was the Person-in-charge (Project Lead) in Toyota's Global SCM-JIT custom ERP - Vehicle Distribution System which ensured the timely ordering, manufacturing, shipping and delivery to Toyota Dealers contributing to global annual sales of over US$0.22 Trillion. At the age of 24, he raised S$250,000 in 2007 to start a new chain of Internet Cafes in Indonesia, the first outlet consisted over 200cpus and operated 24hrs x 7 days a week. Peter started his first company in 2006, and performed as lead consultant for the IT infrastructure integration in the US$1.7Billion Samsung Siltronic silicon wafer plant mega project. Peter graduated from the Founder's Institute in 2011, is trained in PMP and holds a Diploma in BIT from Temasek Polytechnic. Peter is the founder of BitcoinMining,SG, one of the first distributors in S.E Asia of Specialized BitCoin mining Equipment (ASIC ).

Reda Noushi

Job Titles:
  • Senior Systems / Network Consultant

Robert Armstrong

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Asia Pacific Advisory Board
  • Entrepreneur and Founder of Strength in Numbers
Robert is an entrepreneur and Founder of Strength in Numbers a bitcoin exchange ATMs operator. Robert is a long time bitcoin enthusiast; starting his bitcoin journey as a miner, he has been an active member of the bitcoin community since mid-2012. In late 2013 Robert founded "Strength In Number" to aid his campaign to bring bitcoin in to the hand of general public. Robert Armstrong is an entrepreneur and Founder of Strength in Numbers a bitcoin exchange ATMs operator.

Salvation Alibor

Job Titles:
  • CEO of Syscomptech Communication Ltd

Sandro Hogan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Asia Pacific Advisory Board
  • Founding Partner at ShopwithBits.Com
Sandro Hogan is founding partner at ShopwithBits.com (SWB) an Australian based online retailer that support the Bitcoin currency.

Sandy Peng - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Member of the Asia Pacific Advisory Board
  • CEO of Ucan Group
Sandy Peng is the CEO of Ucan Group, a leading a mobile games company operating under the HK listed Culturecom Limited (343).

Sathvik Vishwanth

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Asia Pacific Advisory Board
Sathvik Vishwanth is a bitcoin entrepreneur and is founder of CoinMonk Ventures in India which is aiming to bring bitcoin awareness to common public. Unocoin.com is a platform under its umbrella to provide "Simple, Safe and Secure Way of Buying, Selling and Storing Bitcoins in India". He is also one of the founding member of Bitcoin Alliance India.

Simon Edhouse

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Asia Pacific Advisory Board
Simon's background spans Advertising, Music, Film and Video Production, High Technology Manufacturing and Software Development. During the 1990's Simon served as Managing Director of Australian Holographics for 6 years, (1992-1998) building an international reputation and clientele for the company, selling large format holographic-displays to Expo 93 in South Korea, Holographic-Billboards for the Singapore Military and installations throughout Asia and Europe. Following his work in holographics he moved into Advertising, first as Alliance and Innovation Manager with DDB Digital in Sydney, then as Managing Director of OgilvyInteractive in Shanghai. Simon holds a Master's degree in ‘Commercialization of Science and Technology' from Adelaide University, writing his Master's thesis on future uses of Digital currencies, in 2006. A special interest in distributed computing and disruptive innovation strategy, particularly as a means to do something remedial in relation to entrenched problems on the internet such as Music Piracy and endemic problems with web advertising, has become a guiding focus of Simon's commercial endeavours, culminating in the formation of his most recent Company, Bittunes Pty Ltd in May 2013. Bittunes deals directly with the Music Piracy problem, with a carrot not a stick, rewarding artists fairly, and allowing users to potentially earn 5-10x profits on song purchases.

Sonya Kuhnel

Job Titles:
  • Entrepreneur and Founder of Bitcoin Academy
  • Founder and Director of Two Hats
  • Founder of Bitcoin Payments
Sonya is an entrepreneur and founder of Bitcoin Academy. Sonya is also Founder of Bitcoin Payments, a BitPay Affiliate Partner based in Cape Town. BitPay is the largest payment processor of Bitcoins in the world. We assist merchants to accept Bitcoins as a payment method on their website as well as providing retailers and small shops with a mobile payment checkout option on smartphones.

Stephen Demeulenaere - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • Member of the Asia Pacific Advisory Board

Tristan Winters

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Asia Pacific Advisory Board
  • Co Founder of ICE Cubed
Tristan Winters is Co Founder of ICE Cubed a South African Exchange (Bitcoin, Litecoin, Rand) and a board member of the Australian Bitcoin Association.

Yudhajit Nag Sen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Asia Pacific Advisory Board
  • Sen Is Co - Founder & CTO at LivQuik

Zain Tariq

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Asia Pacific Advisory Board
  • Entrepreneur, Technologist
Zain Tariq is an entrepreneur, technologist and is the founder of bitcoinpk.com a bitcoin exchange in Pakistan.

Zied Hosni

Job Titles:
  • Entrepreneur
Zied Hosni is an entrepreneur who successfully launched a Bitcoin marketplace for website themes in Africa called HTML5 Ninja. Zied has more than 9 years experience in web development, from design to delivery, as well as front-ending, programming and SEO.