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Keli Callaghan is Partner at Arrington Capital and former Head of Marketing at Algorand. She joins Algorand from Avid, where she was responsible for global customer engagement strategies, field marketing teams and programs, annual customer conferences, ensuring the needs of the customer were represented in product releases and roadmaps, and the collaborative marketing partnership with Microsoft. She was responsible for launching the customer community program that grew membership to tens of thousands of media professionals to become a respected voice in the industry. Prior to Avid, Keli worked with several global technology enterprises and startups that included Sprint, Zmags, and Rez1. Her roles have included the management of channel sales & marketing, developing marketing strategies and tactical execution plans to drive business awareness and growth, building go-to-market positioning and strategy, and leading cross functional teams. Keli holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Marketing Communications and Business Ethics from Fairfield University and a Masters of Business Administration from Boston College.
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Rochelle Guillou
Rochelle Guillou is Head of Content marketing at XMTP and was previously a market researcher at Flipside Crypto and community Project manager at Algorand.
Shumo Chu
Shumo Chu is the founder of NEBRA, co-founder of Manta Network. He graudated as a PhD from University of Washington Computer Science and Engineering.
Michael Arrington
Michael Arrington is the Founder of TechCrunch, CrunchBase and Arrington Capital.
Fangfang Chen
Fangfang Chen is Head of Asia Pacific at Bank of New York Mellon and former Head of Operations, Algorand Foundation. Fangfang holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Yale University and a Bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of International Business & Economics in Beijing.
Sean Ford
Sean Ford is the former Chief Operating Officer at Algorand. Senior operations and go-to-market executive and board member with deep experience building, managing and transforming start-ups, mid-size and large scale global technology organizations across a range of industries and formats including: retail, media and entertainment, enterprise software, data integration, and e-commerce platforms. Specific functional expertise in all areas of marketing, corporate strategy, organizational design, human resources, human talent management, product management and development, web and eCommerce, M&A integration, channel management, and driving go-to-market results and efficiencies.
Silvio Micali
Silvio Micali received his Laurea in Mathematics from the University of Rome and his PhD in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley. Since 1983, he has been a faculty member of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at MIT. His research interests include cryptography, zero knowledge, pseudo-random generation, Byzantine agreement, secure protocols, mechanism design, and distributed ledgers. Silvio has been awarded the Turing Award (in computer science), the G?del Prize (in theoretical computer science), and the RSA Prize (in cryptography). He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Academia dei Lincei. He is also the founder of Algorand LLC, a new foundational blockchain developed from scratch on totally new principles which simultaneously guarantees true decentralization, scalability, and security.
Jacopo Cecchi
Jacopo Cecchi currently serves as COO of Algorand Inc. In this role he is responsible for the company’s day-to-day operations, strategic oversight, company liaison for portfolio investments, and Board relations. Prior to his appointment as COO, Jacopo served as Chief of Staff to Algorand’s Founder, Silvio Micali. Before joining Algorand, Jacopo served as the VP of Marketing at myInvenio, a process mining software company dedicated to optimizing organizational processes through data-driven insights that was successfully acquired by IBM in 2021. Jacopo earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Social Sciences from Bocconi University. He also holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration and Management from École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP) Business School.
Taryn Naidu
Taryn Naidu is the Partner & COO at Arrington Capital. Previously, Naidu served as CEO of the public company Rightside Group, where he led the company from a spinout transaction through a successful exit. Naidu has a B.Sc. in computer science from the University of Regina.
Georgios Vlachos
Georgios Vlachos is Co-Founder of Axelar, Founding Team Member of Algorand; responsible for designing and developing the consensus; Head of Mathematics; Gold Medal Winner at the International Math Olympiad; BSc and MS Eng. from MIT.
Daniela Diaz
Daniela Diaz is the Head of Operations at Arrington Capital.