Tegan Kline

Tegan Kline has a diverse work experience spanning various industries. Tegan is currently the Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of Edge & Node, a team involved in creating and supporting protocols and dapps for The Graph ecosystem. Prior to this, they worked as the Chief Business Officer and Co-founder at Edge & Node, where they focused on building high-quality products for The Graph ecosystem.

Before their involvement in Edge & Node, Tegan founded Digital Crypto Tea, an event hosting platform where they collaborated with investors, traders, and founders in the cryptocurrency space. The purpose of the event was to provide high-quality discussions and networking opportunities.

Tegan also served as a Business Lead at The Graph, a protocol for indexing and querying data on blockchains. Tegan played a crucial role in making open data a public good, enabling developers to build on blockchains and enhancing interoperability between decentralized applications.

In terms of their earlier experiences, Tegan worked as an International Business Development Manager and OXT Relations at Orchid, where they played a significant role in launching the Orchid network. Additionally, they co-founded Crypto Minds Global, a group aimed at educating the community about blockchain technology and cryptocurrency.

Further in their career, Tegan assumed the role of Executive Vice President at IPwe, a company focused on democratizing the patents space through the creation of a marketplace for patent transactions. Tegan also gained experience at Barclays and Bank of America Merrill Lynch in sales & trading and investment banking, respectively.

Tegan started their career as a Consumer Goods and Retail Analyst at Baruch Investment Management Group and completed an internship as an Equity Research Winter Analyst at Aegis Capital.

Overall, Tegan Kline has demonstrated expertise and involvement in the blockchain, cryptocurrency, and finance sectors, with a strong focus on entrepreneurship, business development, and strategic leadership.

Tegan Kline attended Liberty Center High School from 2007 to 2011. Following high school, Tegan pursued higher education at Baruch College - Zicklin School of Business, where they obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Finance and Investments. In addition to their formal education, Tegan also holds certifications in Series 63 and Series 7, although the specific institution and dates of obtaining these certifications are unknown.