Meet The Team

Samuel Kim is a founding partner and Senior Advisor of Umbrella Network, a layer-two oracle empowering the next generation of DeFi applications. Previously, he was the founder and CEO of Lucidity, a blockchain-based transparency solution for digital advertising and a co-founder of Gimbal, a mobile advertising platform. He is a graduate of Columbia University and received his MBA from Chicago Booth School of Business, where he concentrated in analytic finance.

John Chen is the President at Umbrella. He is also the Founder and CEO of CPXi Asia, an independent regional digital media agency serving Southeast Asia with offices in Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia. John is an experienced entrepreneur with over 20 years experience starting and operating businesses with global presence and across multiple verticals spanning media and advertising, consumer goods, and offline events. He received his BA from Columbia University, where he studied Computer Science and Economics.

Miguel Morales is a Technical Advisor of Umbrella Network and CTO of Lucidity. He is an experienced full stack engineer focusing on product development, architecture, and agile processes. He specializes is building for large-scale systems and data management platforms. Miguel has a deep vertical expertise in programmatic adtech, mobile, cryptographic protocols, and blockchain scalability.