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Amber Christiansen is Head of operations at Solana Labs and previously worked at Wells Fargo.
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Matty Tay
Matty Tay is co-founder of Colosseum. He was previously head of growth at Solana and has also worked at 0x and Square.
Anthony Salerno
Anthony Salerno is the Director of Global Compliance Operations at Paxos and previously was the Global Head of Compliance at Polygon. He is a graduate of Mercyhurst University and Southern Methodist University.
Austin Federa
Austin Federa is director of strategy at the Solana Foundation and formerly worked at Bison Trails.
Alexander Kehaya
Alexander Kehaya is director of network infrastructure at Solana Foundation and host of The Index Podcast.
Haichao Zhu
Haichao Zhu is the co-founder of Rooch Network and has worked on Algorand, Solana and other projects.
Stephen Hess
Stephen Hess is the CEO of Metaplex Studios. Previously, he was the Head of Product at Solana. Stephen graduated from Stanford University in the United States.
Raj Gokal
Raj Gokal is the co-founder of Solana. He was previously the Director of Product at Omada Health, an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Rock Health, the co-founder of Sano, a minimally invasive glucose sensor company, and an investor at General Catalyst Partners. Raj holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Justin Barlow
Justin Barlow is head of Business development and investment at Sei Labs. Barlow's latest tenure at Solana Ventures has demonstrated his foresight for emerging projects' growth in the consumer tech space, with investments in DeFi, Infrastructure, and Gaming. Additionally, he is an active angel investor and serves as an advisor to gaming studios like Bravo Ready plus organizations like Techstars and the Israeli Blockchain Association. Barlow entered the blockchain/crypto/web3 industry in 2015. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and Finance from University of Southern California.
Ben Sparango
Ben Sparango is the Head of Business Development at Solana Labs. Previously, he was a Volunteer Analyst at Messari. Messari's mission is to promote transparency and informed decision-making within the cryptocurrency community. Their open-source data library assists researchers, investors, and regulators in understanding the industry.
Jarry Xiao
Jarry Xiao is a co-founder of Phoenix and was previously an engineer at Solana and Citadel Securities. He graduated from the School of Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.