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Jesse Abramowitz is Lead Software and Protocol Engineer at Entropy. Formerly Blockchain Developer at BlockX Labs. Polkadot Lead Blockchain and Backend Developer at FutureSwap, Ambassador experienced in multiple blockchains including Ethereum, Aion and more. Experience building private proof of authority blockchain networks. Javascript, React, NodeJs backend and frontend experience. College Professor at George Brown College teaching blockchain fundamentals, smart contract security, DApps and more.
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Björn Wagner
Bjorn Wagner is the co-founder and CEO of Parity Technologies.
Josie Rao
Josie Rao is the CFO/COO at Synergis Capital. She graduated from York University, Canada.
Geoffrey Richards
Geoffrey Richards is the Europe Ecosystem Lead at Ontology and previously was Head of marketing at Bluejay Finance. He graduated from the University of York and Bangor University in the United Kingdom.
Tony Tang
Tony Tang is co-founder and game director of Space Nation and previously worked at SmartStar. He graduated from York University.
Tekin Salimi
Tekin Salimi is the founder of DAO5, an experimental cryptocurrency investment fund that will become a decentralized autonomous organization. He previously worked as a General Partner at Polychain Capital and as a Corporate Lawyer at Torys LLP. Salimi holds a Doctor of Law degree from York University's Osgoode Hall Law School, graduating in the top 10% of his class. He has also completed exchange programs at the National University of Singapore and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Jutta Steiner
Jutta Steiner was the co-founder and CEO of Parity Technologies. Previously, she was head of security at the Ethereum Foundation, where she oversaw security testing and integration prior to the launch of the Blockchain in 2015.
Elias Simos
Elias Simos is the co-founder and CEO of Rated. He has served as a protocol expert at Coinbase and a research analyst at Decentral Park Capital.
Eric Wang
Eric Wang is the Head of BD at Analog, where he oversees its go-to-market, partnerships, and strategy. Prior to Analog, he was the Head of Strategic Growth at Parity Technologies, in charge of growing Polkadot’s ecosystem from 2019-2022, and was a General Partner at ROK Capital. Eric is a Chemistry PhD dropout from Stanford and holds a MS from Stanford and BS from UCLA.
Urban Osvald
Urban Osvald is the head of Operations at Wormhole, having previously been the Developer Relations and Engagement Team Lead at Parity Technologies, and he also served as a growth manager at the Web3 Foundation. He is a graduate of Hult International Business School and the University of Ljubljana.
Eddie Ma
Eddie Ma is VP of engineering at Nifty Gateway and previously was Director of engineering at Uber and Vice President of engineering at Lacuna Technologies. He received a Bachelor's degree in Computer science from Peking University and a Master's degree in Computer science from York University.