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Milad Mostavi is a software architect and the co-founder of BarnBridge. Milad has over 20 years of experience in the software industry and has worked with some of the biggest names in the business. Mostavi started their career as a software engineer at WebTailors, where they worked for 8 years and 5 months. Milad then moved to ConsenSys, where they worked for 5 years. In their current role, Mostavi is responsible for the architecture and development of BarnBridge's platform. Milad Mostavi attended the Universitatea „Politehnica” din București from 2004-2009. Milad then went on to study Python Programming at the University of Michigan.
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