Renjie Butalid

Renjie B. serves as the Vice President of Business Development at Metrika since July 2020, focusing on the development of a leading risk management platform for digital assets, supported by prominent investors including Neotribe Ventures and Coinbase Ventures. In addition, Renjie co-founded and advises the Montreal AI Ethics Institute and has held leadership roles at McGill University, including Associate Director of the McGill Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship and Managing Director of the McGill X-1 Accelerator. Other notable positions include Visiting Lecturer in Entrepreneurship at Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt, Head of Global Expansion at NextDayBetter, Director of Ventures at Igniter, Co-Founder and COO of BSG Inc., and Associate at Social Innovation Generation. Educational background includes a BA in Economics with a Finance Specialization and a Political Science Minor from the University of Waterloo, along with an MA in International Relations from Corvinus University of Budapest, graduated with distinction.