Governance

Zach has acquired over five companies, doubled revenue, and grown CleanSpark’s workforce to over 80 employees since becoming chief executive officer in 2019. He was CleanSpark’s chief financial officer from 2014 to 2019 before taking on his current role as chief executive officer. Since 2013, he has been a partner in a public accounting and consulting firm in Henderson, Nevada. Zach is a CPA and holds a Bachelor of Science in accounting and a Master of Accountancy from Southern Utah University. He enjoys building teams, strategic thinking, and mountain biking.

Roger P. Beynon is an experienced CPA and owner of Beynon & Associates, a public accounting firm that has been in operation for over 34 years. Mr. Beynon has provided accounting and tax services to businesses since 1984. Mr. Beynon is a certified public accountant (CPA) and certified fraud examiner (CFE) and is a past president of the Utah Association of CPAs. Mr. Beynon is currently the chairman of the board of directors of Transwest Credit Union. He is a graduate of Weber State College (1972) with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and a minor in banking and finance.

Amanda is CEO of a Wyoming-based company that is developing a mining site leveraging stranded energy. She is also a partner at an alternative investment firm and managing director of a Bitcoin advisory firm. She chairs the Bitcoin Today Coalition’s board of directors. Amanda has consulted within the Bitcoin ecosystem for clients ranging from hedge and venture funds to financial services and mining. She is a former Innovation Fellow with AARP and Thought Leader with Carnegie Mellon University & UPMC's Quality of Life Technology Center. Amanda received her Master of Science in technology commercialization from the University of Texas McCombs School of Business. In addition to her commercial and private work, she co-authored Bitcoin and the American Dream: The New Monetary Technology Transcending our Political Divide.

Larry has a diverse business background that includes a range of broad business skills gained from his many roles in real estate, finance, research, legal, management, and business strategies. These roles include serving as the director of Safeway grocery store’s consumer, sales, and store location research departments where he was responsible for the expansion of Safeway in Europe, Australia and Canada. He also served as the director of market research for A&P where he was responsible for the company’s expansion into Saudi Arabia. Other roles included an executive officer of Smith’s food and drug stores for 17 years, most recently as the senior vice president of corporate development overseeing the research, real estate, and legal departments. Larry has a Master of Business Administration from Armstrong University, a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration, Economics, and Russian language from Minnesota State University, and has completed the course work towards his PhD in Business Management.

Dr. Thomas L. Wood has over 33 years of highly successful experience in positions of increasing responsibility in planning and operations, policy development/implementation, construction management, defense acquisition, budgeting and programming, and managing large projects and programs. Dr. Wood previously served in the U.S. Navy, rising to the role of deputy of operations for the Navy’s Pacific Engineering Command in which he was responsible for ensuring the successful execution through nine field offices of nearly $1 billion annually in construction and services contracts. After leaving the U.S. Navy, Dr. Wood served as a subject matter expert (SME) supporting the U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) Joint Interagency Coordination Group (JIACG) as a senior military analyst and continued as a civil servant in senior roles thereafter. Dr. Wood graduated from Union College with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and master’s degree in civil engineering from University of Maryland, College Park. Dr. Wood holds a Doctor of Business Administration from Argosy University, Honolulu.