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David Kroger is Director, Digital Asset Research at T. Rowe Price, a position he has held since March 2025. In October 2025, he is scheduled to participate as a panelist at DigiAssets US on the topic of stablecoins, CBDCs, and tokenized deposits.

Prior to joining T. Rowe Price, Kroger served as Senior Vice President at StoneX Group from September 2023 to March 2025. Before that, he worked as a Digital Data Scientist at Cowen Inc. from March 2022 to May 2023, where he focused on research within a full-service investment banking context. Earlier in his career, he spent nearly five years at Piper Sandler as an Alternative Data and Intelligence Analyst in Equity Research, where he ran statistical models supporting internal and external research in equities and cryptocurrencies. His technical background includes Python, R, and SQL, with applied work in supervised machine learning, time series analysis, data collection, and feature engineering. His total professional experience spans approximately nine years.

Gerome Gregory is Director, ETF Trading Solutions at T. Rowe Price, a position he assumed in December 2024. His prior title at the firm was Vice President of ETF Trading Solutions and Digital Asset Trading. He holds CPA and CETF designations and is based in Baltimore, Maryland.

Before joining T. Rowe Price, Gregory served as Head Trader at Channing Global Advisors in Miami from October 2018 to December 2024, focusing on equity trading across global, Asia-Pacific, emerging, and frontier markets. Prior to that, he was Lead Global Equity Trader at Grandeur Peak Global Advisors in Salt Lake City from April 2015 to September 2018, covering the same geographic trading specialties. Earlier in his career, he was an Associate at PIMCO in Newport Beach from November 2012 to March 2015, and a Trader at Geomatrix (HK) Ltd, an Opera Solutions company, in Hong Kong from January 2011 to January 2012, where he worked at a quantitatively based hedge fund focused on earnings revisions. His total professional experience spans approximately 15 years.

Kyle Williams is Middle Office Oversight and Control – AVP at T. Rowe Price, based in Colorado, where he oversees outsourced middle office providers, manages daily equity and fixed income trading activity, and serves as settlement and claims subject matter expert. He holds a concurrent role focused on digital assets, equity, and fixed income middle office operations, a position that was elevated to Vice President in January 2026. In the digital assets capacity, he manages token settlement, reconciliation, compliance, and custody operations. He also serves as primary liaison between the middle office and front office, oversees failed trade and FX activity, and manages cash and position reconciliation. He led project management for T. Rowe Price's T+1 settlement transition and has introduced AI applications and automated controls using SQL scripting into middle office workflows. His platform experience includes Charles River, Bloomberg, CTM, DTCC, JP Morgan Markets, Talos, and Anchorage. Williams has 13 years of investment operations experience across middle office operations, settlements, digital assets, risk management, claims, and cash management, with his career focused on third-party oversight and front office support.