Alec Korba currently serves as the Vice President of Global Business Development at Validation Cloud, a blockchain infrastructure company specializing in high-performance node and staking solutions with SOC 2 compliance. Prior to this role, Alec held significant positions at Flipside Crypto as Head of Sales & Data Partnerships, and at the TON Foundation as an Advisor for Business Development & Blockchain Ecosystem. Additional experience includes serving as Director of Central Business Development at Binance, Vice President of Global Partnerships & Strategic Alliances and Director of Technology Partnerships at Tomorrow.io, and Vice President of Business Development & Partnerships at VoltDB, Inc. Other roles include advisory positions at the Lifeboat Foundation and Mimetic Markets, and leadership in business development at Bex.io and HubSpot. Alec holds a Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship with Global Perspectives from Bentley University and has also studied at Nantes Université.