IQ.WIKI - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Computer Scientist
- Co - Founder, Former President, and CSO of Zilliqa
Amrit Kumar is the co-founder, former president, and CSO of Zilliqa, a blockchain platform addressing traditional blockchain scalability issues. After resigning from Zilliqa, he became the Chairperson of Binarii Labs and the Chief Operating Officer of Alt Research, developers of the AltLayer protocol. [1]
Education
Kumar graduated from the National School of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics of Grenoble with a Master's in Cryptography in 2013. He then earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Universite Grenoble Alpes in 2016. [1]
Amrit Kumar is a computer scientist known for co-founding the blockchain platform Zilliqa and serving as the COO of Alt Research and Chair of Binarii Labs.
Job Titles:
- CEO and Co - Founder of Solana and Was a Senior Staff Engineer Manager at Qualcomm
Anatoly Yakovenko is the CEO and Co-founder of Solana and was a Senior Staff Engineer Manager at Qualcomm. He is an expert in VoIP, SIP and RTP protocol stacks,...
On July 6, 2009, Horowitz and Andreessen launched Andreessen Horowitz to invest in and advise both early-stage startups and more established growth companies in high technology. Andreessen Horowitz began with an initial capitalization of $300 million and within three years had $2.7 billion under management across three funds.
Andreessen Horowitz made an investment of $112 million in Airbnb in 2011. At the time, Airbnb was a leading company in the hospitality industry and this investment was a necessary capital for the company to grow and scale its operations worldwide. [12]
Job Titles:
- Director of Business Development
Andy Cho manages partnerships and growth at IQ.wiki serving as the company's Director of Business Development and is the Director of Asia at Frax Finance. [1][2][3]
Andy Cho first joined IQ.wiki formerly Everipedia as the company's Director of Communications in South Korea. After several years of managing key exchange and partner relationships in Korea, he was promoted to Director of Business Development.
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder and President of PolySign
Arthur Britto also known as Arthur Britto II is the Co-Founder and President of PolySign and one of the founders of Ripple. He is also an angel investor and previously worked in videogame design. He has never been interviewed, photographed, or spoken to public forums. Rumors have circulated that he does not exist. But, a former advisor to Ripple confirmed he'd met Britto many times. Ripple's communications team also confirmed Britto's actual name and identity.
Britto joined Twitter in August 2011 but hasn't tweeted. He has always been hidden from the general public. There are no known pictures of him. A Ripple's spokesperson explained in 2019 that Britto was an introvert, super private, and had no desire to be a public figure due to personal reasons.[4]
Job Titles:
- Programmer
- Software Developer
- Chief Investment Officer ( CIO ) at Maelstrom
- Federal Reserve Chairman
Arthur Hayes (born 1985) is an American entrepreneur, co-founder, and former CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange BitMEX (Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange). He is also the Co-founder of 100x Group and a Chief Investment Officer at Maelstrom. He is based in Hong Kong. [1][2][6]
Arthur Hayes was born in Detroit, Michigan, USA, to middle-class parents who worked for General Motors (GM). He attended Nichols School, a private preparatory school in Buffalo, New York, where he played varsity tennis and was a varsity cross-country runner. He graduated second in his class in 2004. His family relocated to Buffalo after searching for a school that they felt would provide the ideal learning environment for him as a student and an athlete. Hayes has since created scholarships for students to experience the same quality education he received at Nichols. His mother, Barbara Hayes, said, "Nichols gave him the setting, the stimulation, and at one point, the scholarship to thrive." [4][5]
In 2006, Hayes attended HKUST Business School in Hong Kong. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business in 2008 with a Bachelor of Science in Economics, Finance. [3][5]
Arthur Hayes co-founded the 100x Group in July 2020 and served as its CEO until October 2020. The 100x Group is a holding company that comprises HDR Global Trading, the parent company of BitMEX. The group was established with the mission of reshaping the digital financial system into a more inclusive one. [15]
Arthur Hayes voiced concerns about the arbitrary nature of punishments in the United States, using the $4.3 billion settlement paid out by Binance as an example. In his blog post on November 28, 2023, Hayes argued that the treatment of Binance and its former CEO, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), underscores the system's unfairness. Hayes highlighted Binance's role in allowing everyday people to own intermediaries and cryptocurrency assets without needing traditional players. [18][19]
Hayes is eagerly anticipating Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's upcoming speech. He jokingly referred to it as a possible "gift" from an "old white man." Hayes is hopeful that Powell will make a bold move by slashing interest rates. He believes that such a decision could propel Bitcoin to unprecedented heights. [21]
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder & CTO of Aptos
Avery Ching is the Co-Founder & CTO of Aptos - a layer-1 proof-of-stake blockchain infrastructure. [1][2][3][4]
Avery Ching was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. As a youngster, he attended Central Union Preschool and spent less than a year at Nuuanu Elementary School. He transferred to Punahou School in the middle of kindergarten and continued there throughout high school. [4]
He studied computer engineering at Northwestern University where he also received his Ph.D. in Computer Engineering specializing in the area of supercomputing, parallel computing frameworks, and high-performance file systems. [1][5]
Avery Ching started his career in October 2007 as a Principal Software Engineer at Yahoo! until September 2011. [1]
Avery Ching was the Tech Lead of Meta's crypto platform for over a decade, overseeing projects related to blockchain development, wallet infrastructure, strategy, and the Diem blockchain. Additionally, Avery served as the overall Tech Lead of all Meta's batch processing teams, including Spark, Graph processing, Facebook Hive/Hadoop, distributed scheduling, and the unified programming model for pipelines, which power analytics for all Meta's products across hundreds of thousands of machines. [1]
Job Titles:
- Programmer
- Software Developer
Benjamin Abraham Horowitz (born June 13, 1966) is an American businessman, investor, blogger, and author. He is a technology entrepreneur and Co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz alongside Marc Andreessen. He is the author of The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers, a book about startups[5], and What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business Culture[4]. [1][2][3]
Ben Horowitz was born in London, England, and raised in Berkeley, California. He's the son of Elissa Krauthamer and conservative writer and policy advocate David Horowitz. He earned a Bachelor of Arts/Science in Computer Science from Columbia University in 1988 and a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1990. [2][6]
Ben Horowitz is an American businessman, investor, author, and co-founder of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
Billy Markus is a software engineer who co-founded Dogecoin and is also known by his Twitter username, ‘Shibetoshi Nakamoto', a wordplay with the pseudonym of the creator of Bitcoin, Satoshi Nakamoto. [1]
Billy Markus was born in 1983, in Portland, Oregon, United States. [10]
When he sold his investment in Dogecoin in 2015, he stated that he had liquidated just enough money to purchase a second-hand Honda Civic. [6]
He works from home and creates educational software for children as his main job and in his free time in between, he uses Twitter to reconnect to the crypto community. Billy strongly believes that the crypto space is in a bad state and has publicly voiced his opinion on this matter. After the crash of LUNA, he tweeted,
Billy Markus left the community due to heavy criticism and his belief that the project and cryptocurrencies were nothing but a joke. When questioned about Dogecoin's future, he responded by saying that it would still just be a dog on a coin after five years. Markus also faced constant abuse and even death threats from members of the community, which ultimately led to his decision to leave Dogecoin behind. [11][12]
Brandon Ramirez is a co-founder and the former Research Lead of the Graph Protocol, a decentralized query protocol for indexing. He is also the co-founder and Interim CEO of Edge & Node, the initial team behind The Graph. [1][5]
Education
Brandon Ramirez pursued a degree in Electrical Engineering with a focus on Robotics and Controls at the University of Southern California from 2006 to 2010. During his time at the university, he actively participated in various activities and societies on campus. He served as a mentor and board member in the Mexican American Engineers and Scientists organization. Additionally, Brandon was involved in the Entrepreneurship Club, Trojan Investing Society, and USC Ski and Snowboard Club, allowing him to explore different interests and expand his network. [1]
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder and Chief Technology Officer ( CTO ) of Trace Labs
Branimir Rakić is a Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Trace Labs - OriginTrail core developers. OriginTrail is a web3 infrastructure project combining a decentralized knowledge graph (DKG) and blockchain technologies to create a neutral, inclusive ecosystem. [1][2]
Education
In 2009, Branimir Rakić participated in a year-long exchange program (Forecast Exchange) at Tennessee Technological University as an exchange student in Telecom & IT. In 2006, he studied at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Telecom Dept., University of Belgrade for a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering. [1]
Branimir Rakić began his career in 2008 as a Freelance Web Developer. In December 2011, he served as a Network testing engineer at P3 Communications until September 2013. Afterward, he became a Web Department Lecturer at SAE Institute until December 2014. [1]
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Co - Founder
- Retired
- Vice Chair and Spokesperson of the U.S. Marines
Brock Jeffrey Pierce is an American entrepreneur, futurist, philanthropist, economist, creator, and previous actor known primarily for his work in the cryptocurrency industry. He co-founded Tether, a blockchain-enabled platform that facilitates the digital use of traditional currencies in 2014. In 2020, he ran as an independent candidate in the United States presidential election. [1]
Brock Pierce is a futurist, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and impact investor with a track record of founding, advising, and investing in disruptive businesses. He is credited with pioneering the market for digital currency and has raised more than $5B for companies he has founded, opening opportunities for millions of people. [9] In 2020, Brock Pierce received the first U.S. presidential vote cast on blockchain when he ran as an independent candidate. [14]
Pierce is the Chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation and co-founder of EOS Alliance[2], Block.one[3], Blockchain Capital[4], Tether, and Mastercoin[5] (first ICO). Pierce is an early investor in Bitcoin and one of the largest investors in the Ethereum crowdsale. He is the founder of IMI Exchange[6], the world's leading digital currency marketplace for games, with annual sales exceeding $1B and investors such as Goldman Sachs, which was sold in 2016 for more than $100M. [9]
Pierce founded ZAM[7], one of the world's largest media properties for gamers, which was acquired by Tencent[8] in 2012. He founded IGE[10], the pioneer of digital currency in online games, achieving revenues exceeding $100 million in 2006 and sold in 2007. Pierce is also a co-founder of D10e[11], GoCoin[12], Blade Payments[13], Five Delta (sold NASDAQ: SRAX), Xfire 2.0, Playsino, Evertune, GamesTV, and DEN. [9]
Pierce is a sought-after speaker who has spoken about the power of blockchain technology and decentralization at global events and institutions. Brock Pierce has been a lecturer at Singularity University and has spoken at Milken Global Conference, Mobile World Congress, Wired, INK, Stanford University, USC, and UCLA. He has also been featured in numerous publications including The New York Times, Forbes, Fortune, Wired, and Rolling Stone. [9]
Brock Pierce was born in Minnesota and appeared in commercials as a toddler. His first major role was playing a young Gordon Bombay in The Mighty Ducks (1992)[15]. He starred as Luke Davenport in First Kid (1996)[16]. Pierce had small roles in Little Big League (1994)[17], Ripper Man (1995)[18], Three Wishes (1995)[19], Earth Minus Zero (1996)[20], and The Ride (1997)[21]. [22]
Brock Pierce retired from acting at the age of 16 and joined as a minor partner with Marc Collins-Rector[24] and Chad Shackley[25] in setting up a Digital Entertainment Network (DEN), which succeeded in raising $88 million in venture capital. DEN intended to supply unique episodic video content over the internet geared toward the area of interest to audiences. DEN was one of the dot-com startups that focused on the creation and delivery of original video content online in the late 1990s prior to the wide adoption of broadband internet access. Pierce produced its first show, a pilot for homosexual teenagers called Chad's World[23]. As an 18-year-old, Pierce was making $250,000 a year and held 1% of the company's shares. [1]
Brock Pierce co-founded the cryptocurrency Tether with Reeve Collins and Craig Sellars in 2014. Tether surpassed Bitcoin in trading volume with the highest daily and monthly trading volume of any cryptocurrency on the market in 2019. Tether is a blockchain-based stablecoin pegged 1:1 to the U.S. dollar and backed 100% by actual assets in the Tether platform's reserve account. In 2020, a court permitted the Attorney General of New York to pursue a claim that Bitfinex, an affiliated exchange, did not disclose the loss of over $800 million in commingled funds. [36]
Brock Pierce is the vice chair and spokesperson of the U.S. Marines Toys for Tots Foundation of New York, Long Island, and Puerto Rico. In late 2021, Pierce funded a new NYPD Gaming Trucks initiative in New York City. [39][40]
Brock Pierce fled the United States and was arrested by Interpol in 2002 in Marbella, Spain. Pierce was released without being charged. Rector[24] eventually pleaded guilty and left the United States. [42]
Job Titles:
- Founder of Ocean Protocol
Bruce Pon is the Founder of Ocean Protocol, a decentralized exchange protocol that unlocks data for AI. He has a background in consulting, entrepreneurship and engineering, and has presented guest lectures at institutions such as MIT, Oxford, NYU, and ESMT, in addition to delivering over 200 public talks focused on blockchain, cryptocurrency, and decentralized technologies. [1]
Job Titles:
- CTO and Co - Founder of ALEX
Chan Ahn is the CTO and co-founder of ALEX, a DeFi company that is operating on the Stacks blockchain and is inspired by traditional financial markets. [1]
Education
Ahn graduated from Imperial College of London with a BSc in Mathematics and Computer Science and a Ph.D. in Computational Finance. [1]
Ahn was a director at Credit Suisse, where he was Head of Structuring for the Americas and Asia offices for four years. He then transitioned to JPMorgan Chase & Co. as executive director and worked as the Head of Product Development, Asset-side Cross Asset Structuring, and Structuring for another four years. [1]
Chan Ahn is the CTO and co-founder of ALEX, a DeFi company, with prior roles at Credit Suisse and JPMorgan and a Ph.D. from Imperial College London.
Job Titles:
- CEO of Remilia Corporation
- CEO of the NFT
Charles Hoskinson is a Colorado-based technology entrepreneur, mathematician, and philanthropist. He is the founder and CEO of IOHK (Input Output) a blockchain infrastructure research and engineering companies, which launched Cardano in 2017. Prior to founding Cardano, Hoskinson co-founded Ethereum. [1][2][3]
He was the founding chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation's education committee and established the not-for-profit Cryptocurrency Research Group in September 2013. His current projects focus on educating people about cryptocurrency, being an evangelist for decentralization, and making cryptographic tools easier to use for the mainstream.[15]
Education
Hoskinson attended the Metropolitan State University of Denver and the University of Colorado at Boulder to study Analytic number theory before moving into cryptography via industry exposure.[14]
Charles Hoskinson founded the Hoskinson Health and Wellness Clinic. The clinic is set in Gillette, Wyoming. The clinic provides its patients with a variety of healthcare options, such as primary care, mental health care, women's health, preventative health screenings, cancer tests, diet and nutritional medicine, and cardiovascular treatment. In addition to conventional medical care, the clinic offers life-extension services for elderly patients, as well as biological food supplements, dietary counseling, physical therapy, and exercise programs. [32][31][35] The native token of the Cardano ecosystem, ADA, is accepted by the clinic as payment for its services.[36]
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder of the Milady Maker NFT
- Milady Co - Founder
- S Response
Charlotte Fang is the Co-founder of the Milady Maker NFT collection. In May 2022, Charlotte Fang stepped down as CEO of Milady after doxxing themself as the person behind the controversial 'Miya'.[1][2][3]
Fang initially attempted to deny the allegations; however, they self-doxxed and confessed to running the Miya account. [8]
"OK, full disclosure: I was Miya. And its toxic baggage that's hurting Milady community & poisoning the vibe. I apologize about trying to hide the past account-Miya has nothing to do with Milady Maker & should stay that way so I'll be stepping down from the team from here."
Fang admitted to making the controversial posts calling them Miya's "toxic baggage." [6]
To stop the scandal from reflecting on Milady, Charlie resigned as CEO of the NFT project on May 21, 2022, and made a public apology. The former executive stated that Miya's content was unrelated to their actual views and the Milady NFT project.
Job Titles:
- Executive Chairman of Ripple 's Board of Directors
Chris Larsen co-founded Ripple in 2012 to facilitate international payments for banks using blockchain technology. Previously, Larsen served as the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company. Larsen stepped down as Ripple CEO in December 2016 but remains executive chairman. Before Ripple, he co-founded online mortgage lender e-Loan in 1996 and Prosper Marketplace, a peer-to-peer lender, in 2005.
Larsen serves at the Board and Advisory levels at numerous companies and organizations including Betable, CreditKarma, and Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC).[1][2]
Education
Larsen attended San Francisco State University and earned a B.S. in Accounting and Finance in 1984.
He graduated with an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1991.
As of 2023, Larsen is the Executive Chairman of Ripple's board of directors.
Job Titles:
- CTO at Tether
- Pavlov Media As the Senior Vice President of Systems
- Professional and the Co - Founder
Craig Sellars is a blockchain professional and the co-founder of Tether stablecoin (USDT). Tether is a blockchain-based stablecoin pegged 1:1 to the U.S. dollar and its reserve account is backed 100% by actual assets. The stablecoin also reached a market cap of $83 billion in 2022. [1][2][7]
Craig Sellars is widely known in the blockchain community for co-founding Tether, vAtomic Systems, and serving as Chief Technologist of Bitcoin's Omni Layer[5], a protocol for digital asset creation, movement, and exchange. He is currently focusing on developing open-source decentralized identity protocols and applications. [2] Craig is also an advisor for numerous blockchain projects, companies, and organizations, including Omni Foundation[5], Bitfinex[8], BlockV[4], and Polymath[6]. [2]
Craig Sellars attended Montessori school and The Westminster Schools where he completed his basic high school education in 1994. He joined Georgia State University - J. Mack Robinson College of Business and graduated with an MBA in International Entrepreneurship in 2004.
He enrolled at the Georgia Institute of Technology and obtained a BSc. in computer science in 2002. [2]
Job Titles:
- CEO of Sensay
- Co - Chairman of the United Council of Rising Nations
Brock Pierce was born on November 14, 1980, and is married to Crystal Rose, CEO of Sensay and co-chairman of the United Council of Rising Nations. [41]
Job Titles:
- Chief Technology Officer
- Software Developer
- Chief Technology Officer of IQ.Wiki
Cesar Rodriguez is a software developer with more than 30 years of experience. Cesar currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer of IQ.wiki formerly Everipedia and the Chief Brain Officer of BrainDAO. He previously served as the Director of Engineering at Everipedia. [3] [4] [1] [2]
Education
Cesar has a Master of Computer Applications (MCA) from IES La Carballeira. The MCA is a three-year (six semesters) professional Master's Degree in computer science.
A talented engineer, Cesar has more than 16 years of experience as a senior software engineer. Cesar has a Master's Degree in computer science from IES La Carballeira.
Job Titles:
- Software Programmer
- Chief Technical Officer ( CTO ) of Block
Daniel Larimer is an American software programmer and a cryptocurrency entrepreneur. He is the Co-founder of EOS developer Block.one[9], crypto platform BitShares, and the blockchain Steem. [1]
Dan Larimer is also the creator of the Delegated Proof of Stake (DPOS) consensus algorithm, Graphene technology, and the author of the book More Equal Animals[6].
Dan Larimer was born in Colorado and he spent his formative years in Florida and Virginia. He learned computer programming from his father while still in elementary school. After finishing college, he joined a handful of friends to launch a virtual reality company. In an interview with yBitcoin Dan Larimer said:
Dan Larimer received a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Computer Science from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 2003.[2]
Dan Larimer serves as the Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of Block.one. He is responsible for leading the development and engineering of the company's blockchain-based products and services, including the EOSIO protocol. [5]
Dan Larimer's father is Stan Larimer[18] who worked for Boeing, and with whom he founded Cryptonomex Inc.[17], a blockchain technology consulting business. His interest in blockchains began in the early days of Bitcoin. [5]
Job Titles:
- Chief Technology Officer
- Ripple CTO
David Schwartz (also known as JoelKatz) is Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Chief Cryptographer at Ripple as well as a board member and advisor at PolySign. David is one of the original architects of the XRP Ledger. Before Ripple, he was a director of software development at Webmaster Incorporated, a Santa Clara software developer. [1]
He also assists companies with strategic planning in emerging technologies such as distributed payment systems and secure computing with his expertise in cryptography, computer security, and software development, particularly for startups and quickly-growing small companies. Schwartz developed encrypted cloud storage and enterprise messaging systems for organizations like CNN and the National Security Agency (NSA). [2]
Education
David Schwartz studied Electrical Engineering at the University of Houston, Texas, U.S., and graduated in 1990. [1]
Schwartz joined Ripple in November 2011 as the Chief Cryptographer of the company. In July 2018, he was assigned as the Chief Technology Officer of Ripple. [5]
Job Titles:
- Investment Expert, CEO and Co - Founder of ALEX
Dr. Chiente Hsu is a celebrated quantitative investment expert, CEO and co-founder of ALEX, a Bitcoin DeFi platform, with extensive experience in world-renowned...
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder
- Co - Founder and Former CTO of the Cosmos Network
Ethan Buchman is the co-founder and former CTO of the Cosmos Network and Tendermint (now known as Ignite and NewTendermint), a high-performance blockchain platform. He is also the CEO of Informal Systems, a company that works on innovative developments to improve the connection of different protocols and people and the Technical Director of Interchain Foundation which is a non-profit organization focused on the expansion and adoption of decentralized networks. He is a software engineer and blockchain entrepreneur with a background in computer science and mathematics. [1][2]
Education
Ethan Buchman attended the University of Guelph and graduated in 2013 with a Honor's Bachelor of Science in Physical Science then completed his Master's of Applied Science in Engineering Systems and Computing in 2016. During his time in Guelph, he met Vlad Zamfir, a renowned researcher and supporter in the Ethereum community, where he was taught about the faults of the financial system and how it is corrupt. This is when the two discovered Bitcoin and Ethereum which drew Buchman's attention to applied science and later used Tendermint as the topic of his master's thesis. He went into the history of consensus science as well as Tendermint to explain how our civilization "can use this extensive literature and advancements to make blockchain more efficient and environmentally friendly". [3][4][5]
Gary Wang is an entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer. He is known as the co-founder and former chief technology officer (CTO) at FTX, a cryptocurrency derivatives exchange. He was a software engineer at Google prior to co-founding FTX with Sam Bankman Fried.[1][2]
Prior to the collapse of FTX in November 2022, Gary Wang was considered one of the richest and youngest self-made billionaires in the world.[3]
Education
In 2011, Gary Wang attended MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) where he studied mathematics and computer science, he graduated with a Bachelor's degree in math and computer science, in 2015.[6]
During his undergraduate studies, he took part in a variety of technology projects, including coding his team's robot for MIT's Mobile Autonomous Systems Laboratory competition, and worked as an intern at Facebook.[5]
Greg Solano, also known by his pseudonym "Gargamel," is a co-founder of Yuga Labs, the company behind and responsible for the creation of the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), a platform for non-fungible tokens (NFTs). [1]
Education
Solano attended the University of Virginia and graduated with a Masters of Fine Arts (MFA). [4]
Greg Solano was born to Cuban immigrant parents. His mother immigrated to the United States as a baby, while his father arrived just before he was old enough to join the communist youth group, the Young Pioneers. His father later served in the U.S. Army Special Forces, also known as the Green Berets, before moving to Miami in his 20s. [7]
Ever since the age of 11, Solano dreamt of being a writer which was around the time when his parents divorced. Solano and his older sister lived with their mother, who worked at a television network. Despite this, Solano was able to focus on his studies and achieve his dream of becoming a writer. [7]
Solano worked as a book editor and also wrote book reviews for literary websites up until right before him and Wylie started working on and released the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection in April 2021, he was a senior book editor at a book publisher.
Job Titles:
- CEO and Founder of Ethena Labs
Guy Young founded Ethena Labs in 2023. Ethena Labs is a decentralized protocol developed on the Ethereum blockchain. Its purpose is to offer a crypto-based alternative to traditional banking systems. The protocol introduces a globally accessible and permissionless savings instrument known as the 'Internet Bond,' (USDe) denominated in dollars. [2]
In March 2023, Arthur Hayes wrote an article named ‘Dust on Crust‘[4] in which he talked about the rise of stablecoins and the purpose of these amongst traders and market makers. He then presented the idea of an on-chain fully decentralized stablecoin called "The Satoshi Nakamoto Dollar" backed by equal amounts of spot long and futures short BTC exposure creating a delta-neutral one-to-one backed synthetic dollar. Guy was inspired by the post and started working on Ethena USDe:
"...I read his [Arthur Hayes] piece, was inspired by the vision and the way he thought about things, and decided to quit my job to start building out Athena on the back of that..." - Guy Young on his motivation behind developing Ethena Labs[5]
Guy Young is the CEO and Founder of Ethena Labs, the crypto infrastructure company building USDe, a fully-backed on-chain stablecoin powered by the ETH staking yield and perpetual swaps. [1][2]
Job Titles:
- CEO and Co - Founder of Fetch.Ai
Humayun Sheikh is the CEO and Co-founder of Fetch.ai, an open-source and permissionless network leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to create a decentralized machine-learning system that can execute tasks on the blockchain. [1][2]
Education
Humayun Sheikh attended NED University of Engineering and Technology where he received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering from 1991-1995. [2]
From 2003-2004, Humayun attended the Cambridge Judge Entrepreneurship Centre for a Business Administration and Management course. [2]
Humayun Sheikh was the Chairman of Mettalis Group, a UK Commodities trading company from 2013-2017. [2]
In August 2014, he founded itzMe, a Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence company, and served as the CEO until December 2017. In June 2020, he founded Mettalex & also served as the CEO until June 2022. Humayun was a founding investor in DeepMind where he supported commercialization for early-stage AI & deep neural network technology. [2][3]
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder
- Founder of Dogecoin
Jackson Palmer is the Founder of Dogecoin and the Senior Director of Project Management for Adobe Cloud's Growth & Data Science team. [1]
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder of Bittensor
- Learning Researcher
Jacob Robert Steeves is a Peru-based Co-founder of Bittensor, an open-source protocol that powers a decentralized, blockchain-based machine-learning network. [1][2][3]
Education
Jacob Robert Steeves attended Simon Fraser University where he studied for a Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Mathematics and Computer Science in 2011-2015. [2]
Jacob Steeves started out as a Machine Learning Researcher at Knowm Inc. from 2015 to 2016. Afterward, he worked at Google as a Software Engineer from December 2016 to April 2018. [2]
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder
- Software Architect
Jae Kwon is a blockchain software architect who co-founded Tendermint and Cosmos, a software company that develops decentralized infrastructure; and is the president of the Interchain Foundation, a non-profit organization focused on the expansion and adoption of decentralized networks. [1]
Education
Jae Kwon attended Cornell University from 2001 to 2005, graduating with a Bachelor's in Computer Science, minoring in Cognitive Studies. During his studies at Cornell, he was part of the Robocup team, a group of students that constructed robots that play football. [2]
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder
- Codethink Limited As a Senior Software Developer and Architect
- Software Developer at Ingenieurbüro M. Tartsch
Jannis Pohlmann a co-founder and the Tech Lead of The Graph, a decentralized query protocol for indexing. He is also a co-founder and the Head of Engineering as well as the CTO of Edge & Node, the initial team behind The Graph. [1][2]
Education
Jannis Pohlmann pursued his education in Computer Science and Human Computer Interaction, earning a diploma equivalent to a Master's degree from the Universität zu Lübeck. He attended the university from 2005 to 2011, with his main interests encompassing theoretical computer science, programming challenges, interaction design, and speaker location using microphone arrays. In 2009, he completed his undergraduate thesis titled "Porting the Thunar file manager to the Extensible Asynchronous Virtual File System Layer GIO," under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Till Tantau. For his graduate thesis in 2011, Jannis worked on "Configurable Graph Drawing Algorithms for the TikZ Graphics Description Language," also supervised by Prof. Dr. Till Tantau. [1]
Jannis Pohlmann began his career as a software developer at Ingenieurbüro M. Tartsch, where he worked from 2004 to 2006. During this two-year period, he was responsible for planning and developing a C++ internationalization library. He also contributed to the design and implementation of a hierarchical configuration storage framework. Additionally, he worked on developing a graphical tabular editor for arbitrary data sources. [3]
From 2006 to 2007, Jannis Pohlmann served as a software developer at coalesenses GmbH in the Lübeck Area, Germany. His work at coalesenses involved various areas such as microcontroller platforms, custom microcontroller operating systems, and sensor-based network devices. Notably, he played a significant role in implementing different components of the iSense microcontroller operating system. [3]
Starting in 2007 and continuing until July 2010, Jannis Pohlmann worked as a research and student assistant at the Institute of Theoretical Computer Science, University of Lübeck. During this three-year and seven-month period, he focused on various areas, including image enhancement and equalization in signal processing and haplotyping algorithms in bioinformatics. His responsibilities included conducting weekly lecture tutorials, implementing and evaluating image enhancement and equalization algorithms, and developing and testing haplotyping algorithms. [3]
In January 2012, Jannis Pohlmann joined Codethink Limited as a senior software developer and architect based in Manchester, United Kingdom. He held this position until March 2014, primarily working on In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) systems and the Baserock Embedded Linux project. His roles included software architecture and development, project management, and technical leadership. He focused on topics such as Android with a particular emphasis on media playback and streaming, persistence and system boot in IVI systems, distributed system build and dependency graphs, and operating system bootstrapping. [3]
Jannis Pohlmann worked at Holzwerkstatt Himmler in Warburg, Germany, from February 2015 to August 2015. During this seven-month period, he built, restored, and installed wooden furniture and stairs. He also attended classes on technical drawing, furniture construction, materials, and woodworking machines.
From March 2016 to September 2017, Jannis Pohlmann worked as a software engineering contractor at Workflo, Inc. in the San Francisco Bay Area. During this one-year and seven-month period, he played a key role in building Workflo, a hybrid web/desktop product for teams of developers and designers. This product facilitated the creation and maintenance of React component libraries. Jannis also contributed to the development using technologies such as Electron, Webpack, Clojure, ClojureScript, Om Next, React, Datomic, clojure.spec, and CI/CD using Wercker and Kubernetes. He actively participated in the design and implementation of a Clojure/ClojureScript application framework based on functional design principles and a CQRS architecture. [3]
From February 2016 to March 2018, Jannis Pohlmann worked as a self-employed Clojure(Script) and React Consultant in the Hamburg Area, Germany. He provided software development, architecture, and tech lead services. [3]
As an external consultant, Jannis Pohlmann provided guidance and expertise at Functional Foundry in the Hamburg Area, Germany, from September 2017 to March 2018. During this seven-month period, he contributed to product development and helped transform concepts into polished products. [3]
From April 2018 to February 2021, Jannis Pohlmann served as the Co-Founder and Tech Lead at Graph Protocol, Inc. in the San Francisco Bay Area. He played a vital role in overseeing the technical direction and development of the company. In February 2021, he co-founded Edge & Node in Berlin, Germany, where he has been serving as the CTO since March 2022. In this full-time position, he leads the technical aspects of the company, building upon his previous experience and expertise. [3][4]
Jed McCaleb is the Co-founder of Stellar and Ripple. He was an early pioneer in the blockchain space who helped launch three well-known crypto firms, Mt. Gox, Ripple, and Stellar. McCaleb serves as a Founder of Vast, Co-Founder at Stellar Development Foundation, Board Member and advisor to the CEO at Arcadia Science, and Venture Partner at Pantera Capital.[1][3][15]
Jed Mccaleb was born on June 8, 1975, in Fayetteville, Arkansas at Washington Regional Medical Center. His family later relocated to Little Rock, Arkansas, where he spent the majority of his childhood. His calling seems to have found him early, as he admits to having been programming ‘since 3rd or 4th grade.'
Education
Upon graduating high school, McCaleb enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley but dropped out while he was still a freshman, and moved to New York City to work as a programmer. [15]
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