Bitfarms Ltd. announced a series of strategic hires across its infrastructure and corporate teams. These additions bring deep expertise in power development, large-scale construction, permitting, and corporate scaling as Bitfarms accelerates build-outs across its portfolio. Infrastructure Leadership Strengthened to Advance HPC/AI Development: Michael Byrnejoins as Senior Vice President of Construction. Michael brings a decade of hyperscale data center project delivery experience across North America, South America and Europe.
Michael?s career includes leadership roles at Linesight and Aurecon where he oversaw significant hyperscale development programs, leading program management, multi-region execution, commercial governance, contractor oversight, and lifecycle delivery from concept through commissioning. At Bitfarms, he will lead end-to-end construction execution for HPC/AI data center development portfolio, applying his proven ability to manage megaproject portfolios. Christopher Ruppel joins as Senior Vice President of Power.
Chris brings more than two decades of experience bridging advanced compute infrastructure with energy systems optimization. Chris has led development strategies spanning onsite power, grid-connected assets, and gas-to-power solutions for high-density AI and edge-compute environments. His track record includes originating and developing 4 GW of energy projects globally, structuring billions of dollars in project financings, and advising data center operators on resilient, commercially optimized energy strategies.
Chris joins Bitfarms from MARA Holdings, where he served as Head of Energy Development. At MARA, he led the strategy for the Digital Energy division, focusing on behind-the-meter power, thermal strategies, and demand-response initiatives. Kevin Roberts joins Bitfarms as Director of Permitting.
Kevin has over two decades of experience as a senior project development, environmental and regulatory leader across energy infrastructure, utilities, and hyperscale data centers. He has directed multi-million development portfolios and led permitting and compliance for over 50 natural gas facilities, more than 1,000 miles of pipeline, and multiple utility-scale data center developments across the United States. In his role at Bitfarms, he will utilize his expertise in environmental compliance, site selection, utilities coordination, and multidisciplinary project management to ensure Bitfarms?
HPC/AI campuses progress efficiently through federal, state, and local approval processes. Key Additions to Corporate Leadership: Tara Goldstein has been appointed Senior Vice President of Marketing. Tara is responsible for building and leading Bitfarms?
global marketing and communications function, overseeing brand strategy, corporate narrative, digital presence, and enterprise-wide positioning. Tara has over two decades of experience leading strategy, storytelling, and placemaking for high-profile real estate and technology-driven companies. Before leading a full-service creative agency, she served as Senior Vice President of Marketing at Brookfield Properties, overseeing marketing for their 98-million-square-foot global office, retail, and residential portfolio.
During her tenure, she led the rebrand and repositioning of Brookfield Place New York, the multi-phased Manhattan West development, and numerous other award-winning initiatives. Thomas Tyree III has been appointed Senior Vice President, Finance & Strategy at Bitfarms. Tom leads financial and strategic initiatives supporting Bitfarms? HPC/AI transition, including capital markets activities, capital allocation, and strategic partnerships.
He brings extensive experience in corporate finance, financial analysis, and execution of complex transactions across energy, power, and infrastructure. Prior to Bitfarms, Tom was a member of the executive leadership team at Stronghold Digital Mining, where he led the company?s initial public offering, several structured financings, and the strategic review process that led to Stronghold?s sale to Bitfarms. Before Stronghold, Tom worked at Riverstone Holdings, a $40 billion asset-management firm focused on energy, power, and infrastructure investments.
