Team
Merkle has decades of experience with energy marketing, trading and transport, energy management and electricity generation. We also have top-tier, legal and land experience. Our Finance Team has been involved in dozens of startup-to-sale ventures, deal structures and brings years of experience in project development/finance as well as derivative finance.
Team
Merkle has decades of experience with energy marketing, trading and transport, energy management and electricity generation. We also have top-tier, legal and land experience. Our Finance Team has been involved in dozens of startup-to-sale ventures, deal structures and brings years of experience in project development/finance as well as derivative finance.

Blake Burris, Co-Founder & CEO
Builder. Obsessed with Bitcoin since 2017. His career has been about organizing new markets around emerging technologies – from RFID to early internet, mobile, social web, connected car, and bitcoin.

Barry Goers, Co-Founder & VP of Risk Management
Early bitcoin adopter researching bitcoin since 2011. Treasury and security management. Retired pro hockey player. Strong background in security, pooling arrangements and wallet management.

Justin Ballard
Justin is the Co-founder and CEO of JAI Energy as well as a Partner at Martin Legal.

Tyler Bain
Author of “Cryptocurrency Mining for Dummies” 2019. Power & Engineering Strategy. Power Engineer at United Power. Colorado School of Mines, Electrical Engineering.
Blake Killian
Chief Strategy Officer for ADVANCE Media, the largest privately-held media company in the U.S., which owns Condé Nast, Reddit, Advance Local, et al. 20+ years digital marketing experience.