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Alvin Xu is the co-founder of Maverick Protocol. He used to be the product manager of MetaMask and the product manager of ABRA. He also worked on product and ecological construction in BitTorrent and TRON Foundation respectively.
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Will Wang
Will Wang is a Founding Partner at TKX Capital, a full-service crypto investment bank in primary and secondary markets. Prior to this, he was the Head of Investment and Business Development at Huobi North America, a leading global crypto trading exchange.
Manish Gupta
Manish Gupta is the executive vice president of engineering at Coinbase, previously served as vice president of engineering at Lyft. He is a graduate of the University of Bombay and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Thomas Chippas
Thomas Chippas is the CEO of Argo Blockchain. Previously, he was CEO of ErisX and COO of Axoni.
Niraj Pant
Niraj Pant is the Co-Founder at Ritual. Presively he was a General Partner at Polychain Capital, where he invests in early-stage cryptocurrency projects. Prior to this role, he researched privacy in the Decentralized Systems Lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Niraj has also served as a Member of the Board of Directors for CoinDCX, an Ambassador for Sequoia Capital, and Co-Founder and CTO of Source Networks. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Joel Dietz
Joel Dietz is a serial entrepreneur and intellectual historian who has helped found several key initiatives in the cryptocurrency space, including Ethereum, MetaMask, the first smart contract educational channel, and the first academic work on cryptoeconomics. His research focuses on the confluence of blockchain network topologies and swarm intelligence, exploring how the principles of decentralized organizations can be used to drive global innovation. He also works on holonic philosophy, the evolution of jurisprudence, data-driven approaches to innovation, and smart city data architecture.
Kevin Lehtiniitty
Kevin Lehtiniitty is co-founder and chief technology officer of Fortress Trust Company. He holds a master's degree in computer engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Vyas Krishnan
Vyas Krishnan is the head of product at EigenLayer. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Peter Piekarczyk
Peter Piekarczyk is the founding engineer of Backpack. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Sean Ren
Sean Ren is co-founder and CEO of Sahara. Having earned accolades including Samsung AI Researcher of the Year, MIT TR Innovator under 35 (Asia Pacific), and Forbes’ Asia 30 Under 30, Sean is a Professor at USC and has contributed significantly to AI research and innovation.
Johann Bornman
Johann is the Product Lead for MetaMask Institutional. Since launching the product in February 2021, he has managed the product strategy and roadmap, design and operations, and also crypto custodian integrations. Prior to joining ConsenSys, Johann was a Fintech founder, Director of Product for a Pan-European Robo-advisor, and Global Macro Portfolio Manager, where he helped to start and build the business.