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Eli Ben-Sasson is the Co-Founder, CEO, and Chairman of the Board at StarkWare, a researcher of Zero Knowledge Proofs, and a Founding Scientist at Electric Coin Company (aka Zcash Co). He was an Associate Professor at Technion - Israel Institute of Technology for seven years, a Visiting Assistant Professor at TTI Chicago, and a Postdoctoral Researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Computer Science from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Alessandro Chiesa
Alessandro Chiesa is the Co-Founder and Chief Scientist at StarkWare, Associate Professor at EPFL .
Shahaf Gonen
Shahaf Gonen is a co-founder of Alterya and was previously a software engineer at Google. He graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Itay Shrem
Itay Shrem is the co-founder and CEO of SendBlocks. He is a graduate of Tel Aviv University and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Sam Eiderman
Sam (Shmuel) Eiderman is the co-founder and Chief technology officer of Utila and was previously a senior software engineer at Google. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Louis Guthmann
Louis Guthmann is the Ecosystem Lead at StarkWare, a company specializing in cryptography and blockchain technology. He is also the co-founder of the Zero Knowledge Global Meetup, which focuses on promoting education and discussion about cryptography and blockchain. Prior to joining StarkWare, Louis worked as a data scientist, applying deep learning to cyber security at Check Point Software Technologies. He also has experience as a founder and data scientist at Lookies, where he developed data visualization tools and a general data management API for building management.
Bentzi Rabi
Bentzi Rabi is the co-founder and CEO of Utila and previously worked at i3 Equity Partners. He graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Avihu Levy
Avihu Levy is Chief Product Officer at StarkWare and was previously a KayHut security researcher. He graduated from the Technion.
Gideon Kaempfer
Gideon Kaempfer is vice president of engineering at StarkWare. Gideon holds a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering (Summa cum Laude), and an M.Sc. in Computer Science (Summa cum Laude), both from the Technion. He is a serial technological entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience, skilled in technical leadership, software and hardware architecture, IP networking & routing, cloud infrastructure, SDN, NFV, Telecom and Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA). Before joining StarkWare, he held CTO / Chief Architect / Distinguished Technologist positions at numerous companies including Hewlett Packard Enterprise, ConteXtream, Xring Technologies and several other start-up companies.
Jonathan Caras
Jonathan Caras is a core contributor and Head Of Communications at Levana Protocol. Previously, he was a partner at cryptocurrency hedge fund Lionschain and business development Manager at StarkWare.
Michael Riabzev
Michael Riabzev is Co-Founder & Chief-Architect at StarkWare. Cryptography expert, programming since I was 12.