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Paul Riegle was previously Chief Product Officer at Algorand. Prior to joining Algorand, Paul was with Carbon Black where he led product management for all strategic initiatives across a portfolio of products that produce over $200 million in recurring revenue. This role included being market facing where he pushed to educate, advocate, and contribute to thought leadership in the cybersecurity space. Prior to Carbon Black, Paul held a number of leadership positions including global product management at IBM and founding a sales oriented startup. Paul holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Integrated Science and Technology from James Madison University and an MBA from the University of Notre Dame.
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Marc Vanlerberghe
Marc Vanlerberghe is the chief marketing officer of Algorand and previously served as senior marketing director at Google. He graduated from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Yossi Gilad
Yossi Gilad is a senior lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and former Algorand chief technology officer and director of systems research. Prior to Algorand, Yossi Gilad was a postdoctoral researcher at MIT and Boston University. Before MIT/BU, he was a research staff member at IBM and also a postdoc researcher at the Hebrew University, Israel. Even before that he held research and engineering positions at Google, Marvell’s switching division, and Israel Defense Forces. Yossi Gilad completed his PhD at Bar Ilan University, Israel. He is a recipient of the IETF/IRTF Applied Networking Research Prize (2017), the IBM Research Inventor Recognition Award (2015), and the Check Point Institute for Information Security Prize (2013-2014).
Shane Molidor
Shane Molidor was CEO of Business Development at AscendEX, former Global Head of FBG One, which is the client-facing trading division of FBG Capital. FBG One operates an over-the-counter (“OTC”) desk to service clients seeking to trade large quantities of crypto assets, as well as a designated market making program to support token projects following issuance. FBG One trades upwards of $1B per month, and the team consists of over 20 professionals across trading, IT, and business development. Prior to joining FBG One, Mr. Molidor worked in business development at Gemini Trust Company, LLC: a fully regulated New York-based cryptocurrency exchange and custodian founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. Mr. Molidor has worked alongside premiere trading institutions, token projects, and regulators in the cryptocurrency ecosystem since 2015. His experience has equipped him with an intimate understanding of exchange infrastructure, custody solutions, evolving regulation, and marketplace dynamics. Mr. Molidor holds a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University and also attended The London School of Economics where he studied Economics.
Mind Apivessa
Mind Apivessa is the co-founder of Station Labs, previously held positions at Meta and IBM. He graduated from Cornell University in the United States.
Ricky Tsang
Ricky Tsang is the Chief Information Officer at Meex and formerly served as CIO at BC Group. He graduated from the University of Manchester.
Alejo Pinto
Alejo Pinto is the founder of Pontem Network and previously worked at BlockFi. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania.
Zhixiong Pan
Zhixiong Pan is the founder of ChainFeeds and the former research director of Chain News. He has a technical background and was formerly an Internet product manager. He has been interested in topics such as Ethereum, Layer 2, privacy technology, and DeFi for a long time.
Pranay Mohan
Pranay Mohan is the Co-Founder and CEO of Nomad. Ex-Product Manager at Celo, and Ex-Developer Relations at 0(1) Labs.
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.
Howard Yuan
Howard Yuan is the co-founder and managing partner of Fundamental Labs and previously worked at IBM. He graduated from Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business and Tongji University.