/ Management & Board
Leadership & Governance
Operators and investors whose networks reach directly into the markets this SPAC intends to pursue: space, health & longevity, AI infrastructure and financial services.
Management
4 Executives
David Nikzad
Chairman & CEO
- Chairman & President, Orthogonal Thinker, Inc. (since 2016)
- Head of Capital Markets, Block Street Corp. & World Mobile Token
- Investor in Y Combinator companies since 2009, including early investments in Wefunder, and first investor in Betterment and others
Market connection
Portfolio spans digital assets, AI, clean energy & aerospace: Betterment, Block Street, World Mobile, Cloud3
Terence Papadacos
CFO · Director
- CEO, Aquifer CFO (since 2026); COO & accounting roles since 2023
- Independent accounting consultant, Toronto CPA firms
- Audit & cross-border taxation specialist
Market connection
Public-company finance across the target operating sectors
Jason A. Hobson
CSO · Director
- Officer & Director, Orthogonal Thinker, Inc. (since 2017)
- Founding Partner, Hobson Bernardino + Davis LLP
- Former senior attorney, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Market connection
Deal structuring & governance across the OT venture portfolio
Mona Coyle
COO · Director
- COO, Quantum Vision Holdings (since 2025)
- Exec Officer, Orthogonal Thinker & Director, Cloud3 Ventures
- Co-founder & VP of Operations, private healthcare company
Market connection
Operating reach across health, longevity, AI & digital assets, plus public-company execution
Board of Directors · All Independent
5 Directors
Matthew Morgan
Director
- CEO & Director, Block Street Corp. (since 2025)
- Global Head of Vision, AI Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: AIFC)
- 16+ yrs founding & scaling companies
Market connection
Digital assets, AI fintech & energy (Block Street, AI Financial Corp.)
Derek Peterson
Director
- Chief Strategist, AI Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: AIFC)
- Former CEO & Director, ROAM Agricultural (ag-tech)
- Former Chairman/CEO, Terra Tech Corp.
Market connection
AI in the real economy; ag-tech & public markets (Terra Tech)
David Pinkowitz
Director
- COO, Pinz Capital; Interim CFO, Kovo+ Holdings
- Former COO, AnPac Bio-Medical (2020 Nasdaq listing)
- Earlier: JPMorgan Chase; B.A., Brown
Market connection
Biotech & capital markets (AnPac Bio-Medical Nasdaq listing)
Jack Rentz
Director
- Board-certified anesthesiologist & pain specialist
- Owner & Operator, Denver Diagnostic Pain (since 2016)
- Director, Cloud3 Ventures, Inc.
Market connection
Health, longevity & medicine (practicing clinical operator)
Jeffrey Volshteyn
Director
- Partner, Erda Capital Management (since 2017)
- Venture Partner, Pheonix-5 (PE/VC); Advisor, JHD Technologies
- B.S. Engineering, Missouri; MBA, Columbia
Market connection
Venture & private-equity reach across growth markets
Orthogonal Thinker Acquisition Corp. · NASDAQ: ORTHU · STRICTLY PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL