David Ripley, Co-Founder and CEO at Glidera Inc.

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Dave Ripley is the Co-Founder and CEO of Glidera Inc., a digital currency venture with headquarters in Chicago, IL. Glidera offers a bridge to the existing financial system for digital currency developers. Using Glidera’s service, Bitcoin wallet and other application developers can directly integrate Bitcoin buy and sell services into their applications. End users can then easily obtain and convert Bitcoin using the wallet or application of their choice. Dave brings more than 15 years of diverse business experience to Glidera. He has worked across multiple industries including technology and financial services. Most recently, as Principal for The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Dave advised C-level executive teams of Fortune 500 corporations. Previous to his time at BCG, Dave held roles in software engineering and product management with Syclo, a mobile enterprise software company (acquired by SAP in 2012). Dave received his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern University) and his BS in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign).

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