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Simon Manka is Head of Growth at Ampleforth. Previously at IOSToken (Binance: IOST), Simon led growth initiatives and helped IOST enter the Top 50 cryptocurrencies as rated by market cap. Simon has a passion for cryptocurrency and helping it achieve mainstream adoption. He holds a BA in history from the University of Virginia, where he played football and lacrosse.
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Jimmy Zhong
Jimmy Zhong is the co-founder of IOST. He graduated from Emory University with a Bachelor of Science, majoring in Computer and Mathematics. He was a former member of Magna Cum Laude 500-startup. He has founded multiple successful start-up companies and successfully exited them. He is also an early Bitcoin/Ethereum miner.
Ori Shimony
Ori Shimony is a developer at dOrg and a venture partner at Portal Ventures. He graduated from the University of Virginia.
Sa Wang
Sa Wang is the co-founder of IOST. She has served as the CMO and marketing consultant for many internet companies in China and the United States.
Evan Kuo
Evan Kuo, founder and CEO of Ampleforth, believes that global instability is detrimental, while orthogonal assets are beneficial. He is an entrepreneur and math enthusiast, having previously served as CEO of Pythagoras Pizza. Additionally, he has extensive experience in developing predictive auction products and working with venture capital. Evan holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California, Berkeley, where he studied a combination of Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science, with a research focus on Robotics.
Kevin Tan
Kevin Tan is the co-founder of IOST. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from Tsinghua University, and has won the National Olympiad in Informatics Gold Medal and the ACM/ICPC Regionals Gold Medal.
Jai Prasad
Jai Prasad is the Co-founder at Definitive. Presively he Building TokenAnalyst, Crypto Product Lead at Coinbase, Product & Engineering at SeedInvest, College at UVA. Building the intelligence layer for the decentralized world. Former Co-Founder of EntryWire, Management Consultant at Accenture.
Nick van Eck
Nick van Eck is co-founder and CEO of Agora and was previously a partner at General Catalyst. He graduated from the University of Virginia.
Ray Xiao
Ray Xiao is the co-founder of IOST. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Tufts University with a B.S. degree in Computer Science, Economics, and Philosophy. He is a serial entrepreneur and has lectured at the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, and Zhen Fund. He is also an investor and advisor of several start-up companies in Beijing.
John Zettler
John Zettler is the Staking Product Lead at Coinbase. He was a cofounder of $cbETH and has led a number of products at Coinbase through the years including Commerce (crypto payments) and Asset Hub. Before Coinbase, John founded one of the first art NFT marketplaces (RARE Art) and the first combined crypto/stock trading platform for US investors. In a past life, John worked on Wall Street.
Terrence Wang
Terrence Wang is the co-founder of IOST. He graduated from M.S. Princeton University, majoring in Distributed Systems. He has many years of research experience in the field of Cryptocurrency and Distributed Algorithms. He once developed a high-level functional language, Coinlang, which replaced Bitcoin Script at Princeton University.