Kyle is Vice President of Public Policy at Foundry, a Digital Currency Group Company. He has held a variety of Federal and State Government positions, most recently working as Special Advisor for State Operations in the New York State Executive Chamber. Prior to his role in NY State government, Kyle spent most of his career serving as a US Intelligence Officer, which was preceded by a diplomatic post as Advisor to the Special Envoy for Guantanamo Bay Closure at the State Department. He is a former White House Fellow, during which time he worked across different national security and federal budgeting roles in the Obama Administration. Over the course of his career, he has lived and/or worked in over sixty countries and believes blockchain technologies will continue to become increasingly impactful for financial inclusion and global security. He holds two Masters’ degrees in International Affairs and Public Health from Columbia University.

Alexander Brammer is an experienced senior leader in the bitcoin mining space, with a global track record of establishing and expanding sustainable mining capacity while improving power reliability and grid stability. His development expertise in power markets, physical infrastructure, cryptocurrency and digital mining strategy position him well to lead all operational aspects of Bitfarms’ global portfolio of mining assets. Alex joined the Bitfarms team as Senior Vice President of Global Mining Operations in 2024. Prior to Bitfarms, he served as Senior Director of Digital Strategy and Asset Optimization for Talen Energy (NASDAQ: TLN) from 2022 to 2024, where he oversaw the strategy and management of information technology and operational technology (IT/OT) network design and data center operations infrastructure. Before this, he served as Vice President of Business Development for Luxor Technology, a software and financial services firm focused on Bitcoin mining, from 2021 to 2022, where he established an ASIC trading desk and contributed to the early ideation of the company’s hashrate derivates product suites. Alex began his career in the U.S. Army, serving in a number of leadership roles, including Director of Operations (Company Commander), Senior Operations Analyst (Brigade Chief of Plans) and Operations Manager (Platoon Leader). He holds a B.S. in Economics from United States Military Academy at West Point, M.A. in Conflict, Security & Development from King’s College London and a Ph.D. in the Politics of Counterinsurgency and Civil Conflict from Queen’s University Belfast.

Jayson Browder, MPA, serves as Senior Vice President of Government Affairs for Marathon Digital Holdings and as Third Way’s Visiting Fellow for National Security by leading the development and advancement of cutting-edge public policies for the top national security threats of the 21st century. A focus of his work revolves around the US-China cyber and digital power competition. This includes furthering efforts around the groundbreaking Cyber Enforcement Initiative, which is dedicated to bringing cybercriminals to justice. Prior to Third Way, Jayson held several senior advisor roles, most recently at New York Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) as Assistant Dean and Chief of Staff to the Associate Vice Chancellor, Principal National Security Advisor to U.S. Congressman Beto O’Rourke, Presidential Management Fellow in the Obama Administration’s White House Office of Management and Budget, and U.S. Fulbright Scholar. Highlights from these roles included leading NYU Abu Dhabi’s administrative response for student services to COVID-19, drafting defense and veteran affairs legislation including the bi-partisan Healthy Veterans Act in the 113th Congress, managing a $250 million portfolio of programmatic funds in the National Security Division, and developing geo-political research as a professor at Bayburt University in Turkey. As a US Air Force and Iraq War Veteran, Jayson is passionately involved in Military and Veteran Affairs. In 2015, he founded Veterans in Global Leadership, an executive-level training and leadership development non-profit, advocating for veteran visibility within civilian government leadership. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board and as a Senior Advisor to Policy Vets, an organization dedicated to supporting and creating policy that prioritizes veteran wellbeing. His analysis of global affairs, military and veteran policy has been published in numerous media publications such as Asia Times, NPR, Carnegie Council, and Foreign Policy Journal. Jayson holds a Global Executive M.P.A. from New York University and the University College London and a B.A. in Sociology and Latin American and Latino Studies from Fordham University. He was awarded 40 Under 40 at the Middle East Policy Council and 40 Under 40 Latinos in Foreign Policy at New America, Diversity in National Security Network, and Huffington Post.