Michael Kapilkov
Adjunct Professor at iv [i-virtual]
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Kapilkov is an adjunct professor and blockchain strategist based in New York with eight years of experience bridging academia, startups, and industry. He designs graduate-level finance electives on blockchain and cryptocurrency while mentoring blockchain startups through Columbia Technology Ventures and the Columbia|IBM accelerator. As a co-founder building a blockchain-based identity and verification platform and a strategic advisor to high-throughput mainnet projects, he combines hands-on product work with ecosystem-level thinking. His academic background spans economics, international finance, investment management, and an MBA, giving him a rare mix of technical, financial, and policy perspectives. He often supplements teaching with invited industry speakers and case-driven material, emphasizing real-world regulatory and enterprise use cases. An active networker who shares insights on Twitter, he brings both scholarly rigor and startup pragmatism to blockchain education and commercialization.
9 years of coding experience
Master of Science (MS), Investment Management, 3.9, Master of Science (MS), Investment Management, 3.9 at Pace University - Lubin School of BusinessMaster of Arts (M.A.), International Finance, Master of Arts (M.A.), International Finance at Columbia University - School of International and Public AffairsBS, Triple Major: Economics, Finance, International Business, BS, Triple Major: Economics, Finance, International Business at City University of New York-College of Staten IslandMaster of Business Administration (MBA), Business Administration and Management, General, Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business Administration and Management, General at IE Business School
Github Skills (2)
machine-learning9
data-science9
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
michaelcbest/GR6307---Public-Economics-and-Development
Jan 2018 - Apr 2022
Materials for Columbia course GR6307
Contributions:175 commits, 1 PR, 170 pushes in 4 years 4 months
machine-learningdata-science
michaelcbest/michaelcbest.github.io
Jan 2025 - Jun 2026
Contributions:37 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 5 months
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