Ron Gross is a serial business entrepreneur and angel investor, investing in early-stage deals. Ron has been continuously involved with Bitcoin since March 2011, spreading the word, knowledge, and love of Bitcoin. He is a firm advocate of open source, transparency and decentralization of power and technology. Ron co-founded the Israeli Bitcoin Association and was the Executive Director / CEO of the Mastercoin Foundation (the world's first ICO). During his career, he has worked at several companies, ranging from small startups to Google in various tech & leadership roles. Ron has graduated from the Technion with an M. Sc in Computer Science.