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Conner Fromknecht is Senior Software Engineer at OP Labs. Formerly, Head of Cryptographic Engineering at Lightning Labs, Core Developer at Enigma, Research Assistant at MIT CSAIL.
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Jinglan Wang
Jinglan Wang is the Co-Founder of Optimism. Previously, she was involved with Handshake, the MIT Bitcoin Club, NASDAQ, and IDEO.
Arun Devabhaktuni
Arun Devabhaktuni is a professional with a background in systems biology, physics, and biology. He is currently a Lead Researcher at Mirana Ventures and an Angel Investor at Valhalla Capital. He has also served as the Chief Technical Officer and Co-Founder of ZenMaid Software. Arun has received a PhD in Systems Biology from Stanford University School of Medicine and a BS in Physics and Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Dan Elitzer
Dan Elitzer is co-founder at Nascent. Previously, Dan co-founded IDEO CoLab Ventures, a crypto-focused venture firm associated with the renowned design agency, IDEO. During that time, he also helped launch YAM Finance. Dan began his career in social enterprise and microfinance, working with both domestic social impact organizations and international development agencies. Dan earned an MBA from MIT Sloan, where he co-founded the MIT Bitcoin Club and MIT FinTech Club, and a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Pomona College.
Theo Diamandis
Theo is pursuing an Electrical Engineering and Computer Science PhD at MIT, where he works on algorithms for and applications of mathematical optimization. These interests inevitably led to him being nerd sniped by Guillermo into working on crypto. When he’s not working on optimization solvers for DeFi-related applications, Theo can be found backpacking or skiing in the California Sierras.
Pierre Samaties
Pierre Samaties is Chief Business Officer at DFINITY. He was the former Partner at Roland Berger leading the Global Digital Assets, Web3 and Metaverse practice and the CEO of energy and innovation specialist RWE Middle East.
Ryan Gentry
Ryan Gentry is Director of business development at Lightning Labs and former principal analyst at Multicoin Capital.
Nitya Subramanian
Nitya Subramanian is the founder of Capsule. He was the former product lead of Celo. Nitya Subramanian graduated from MIT.
Paul Grewal
Paul Grewal is Coinbase's Chief Legal Officer.
Dan Stone
Dan Stone is the co-founder and CEO of Icebreaker. He most notably served as a Group Product Manager at Google, where he built Google’s most sophisticated personalized marketing and cross-identity measurement products, Google Analytics and Google Signals, respectively. Prior to co-founding Icebreaker, he served as a Group Product Manager at Coinbase, where he led Consumer Trading, earning a patent for AI-assisted multi-chain intent orchestration. He holds a BS in Management Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Elizabeth Stark
Elizabeth Stark is the founder of Lightning Labs, which develops Lightning, an open protocol layer for blockchain technology. She is also a Fellow at Coin Center, a cryptocurrency policy institute. Stark is an advisor to numerous AI and blockchain startups, and has previously taught at Stanford and Yale Universities. She holds a law degree from Harvard.