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David Mazi¨¨res is the Co-founder and Chief Scientist of Stellar, and a Professor of Computer Science at Stanford. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University
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Joyce Kim
Joyce Kim is a co-founder and managing partner at SparkChain Capital, a board member of Amplio Network and LiteracyBridge, and was involved in the founding of Stellar. As a cryptocurrency expert, she has provided advice on cryptocurrency and blockchain to banks, government organizations, and the United Nations, and has advised numerous cryptocurrency-related projects and ICOs. She is also a director of research at the MIT Media Lab. Prior to joining Stellar, she worked in venture capital at Freestyle Capital. Joyce graduated from Cornell University at the age of 19 and went on to pursue graduate studies at Harvard University and Columbia Law School.
Max Resnick
Max Resnick is currently a technologist at Anza. He previously worked at ConsenSys and has extensive experience in developing within the Ethereum ecosystem.
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.
Geoff Hamilton
Geoff is an Investment Research Partner at Variant, where he focuses primarily on DeFi. Prior to joining Variant, Geoff spent 15 years investing in private and public companies. During that time, helped start and grow five investment firms, including Askesis Capital, Dayah Capital, Sachem Head Capital Management, and Conatus Capital. Before that, Geoff worked at Bain Capital and Bain & Company and studied Economics at Harvard.
Cully Cavness
Cully Cavness is the Co-Founder, President, and COO of Crusoe Energy. He was educated at Harvard Business School Executive Education.
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.
Phil Chang
Phil Chang is the Deputy General Counsel at Solana and previously worked at Ropes & Gray LLP. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Boston College.
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.
Ramani Ramachandran
Ramani ‘Ram’ Ramachandran is the CEO & Co-Founder of Router Protocol. Ram, an alumnus of the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been a serial entrepreneur in the Fintech and digital assets space for the better part of a decade. He built and ran Asia’s earliest crypto fund returning 4x; built Fordex, the world’s first stable coin DEX and Qume, an institutional-grade crypto exchange. He also launched Asia’s first crypto-index token.