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Austin Federa is director of strategy at the Solana Foundation and formerly worked at Bison Trails.
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Joe Lallouz
Joe Lallouz is the Partner at Ambush Capital. He was previously the CEO and co-founder of Bison Trails, and the Head of Coinbase Cloud at Coinbase. He is a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Mara Schmiedt
Mara Schmiedt is the CEO at Alluvial and has previously worked at Coinbase and ConsenSys. He graduated from the London School of Economics.
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.
Aaron Henshaw
Aaron Henshaw is a co-founder and application engineer of Grand St., leading engineering for Maker Innovation at Etsy. He is skilled in handling back-ends and making websites look exactly like they are designed. He often brings a sense of humour to the workplace by remarking, “I don't know if I'm looking at the test build or your Illustrator file.” Aaron has brought a sense of beach chillax and warm sunshine from Miami. He is a renowned chef in the office, hosting numerous dinner feasts for friends and families. He is good at all sports except for pool (which is shocking!), and claims he could easily beat Dustin at ping pong. He is passionate about kale juice and Brooklyn Kitchen, and even the cops love his parties when they show up. Specialties: Software, Web Technologies, Mobile, Programming Languages, Economics, Social Media, Game Design, Technology, Basketball.
Haichao Zhu
Haichao Zhu is the co-founder of Rooch Network and has worked on Algorand, Solana and other projects.
Christian Kaczmarczyk
Christian Kaczmarczyk is Principal at Third Prime.
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.