Team
Core Team
Kenny Estes
CEO, Fund Manager
Kenny serves as the CEO of Diffuse and has over 20 years of capital markets and financial services experience:
- Active crypto investor since 2017
- Former high-frequency trader at Getco (now Virtu) from startup to IPO
- Venture capitalist
- Incubator supporting emerging companies
Ayla Kremb
COO
Ayla is the COO of Diffuse and has 10 years of emerging tech operations experience:
- Alternative asset fund operator, incubator & manager
- Fundraising and investor relations
- Well versed in business commercialization
- Process and team optimization
Dennis Chookaszian
Risk & Governance
Dennis is a boardmember of Diffuse with 45 years of C-Suite experience.
- Director and Chairman of CME Audit Committee
- Multiple director roles in public and private financial companies
- Crypto enthusiast
- Driving force behind major crypto indices and derivative products
Brian Walls
Investment Strategy
Brian is a boardmember of Diffuse with 30 years of investment industry experience.
- Experienced TradFi Financial services exec gone Web3
- Prolific digital asset investor specializing in Crypto Hedge Funds
- NFTs, DAO and Crypto Venture Capital
Eric Long
Technology
Eric leads technology operations for Diffuse with 25 years of experience designing and developing software.
- Focused on high throughput low latency systems and technology operational risk
- Former Head of Asia Technology for world-class HFT firm Getco
- Prior Managing Director of KCG Asia
- Co-founder of Consilium B, a crypto-currency technology and trading platform
Jens Jorgensen
Technology
Jens leads platform development for Diffuse with 31 years of experience designing and developing mission-critical systems.
- Specializes in low-latency, high-throughput automated trading systems across asset classes
- Co-founder of Consilium B, a crypto-currency technology and trading platform