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Vernon Johnson is the co-founder and CTO of Yup, having previously worked at Coil and Google. He graduated from Columbia University.
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Michelle Wu
Michelle Wu is the founder of Web3 Chief of Staff and was previously the chief of staff of Metamask. She graduated from Columbia University.
Michelle Latzer
Michelle Latzer is the Co-Founder & CEO of Tweed. Previously, she worked in Google's tech infrastructure. Michelle Latzer graduated from Columbia University.
Juan Camilo Dorado
Juan Camilo Dorado is Head of Product Engineering at ClayStack. He graduated from Columbia University in the United States.
Peiqian Li
Peiqian Li is co-founder and co-chief technology officer of Aperture Finance and was previously a senior software engineer at Google. He holds a master's degree in computer science from Stanford University.
Blake Arnold
Blake Arnold is the co-founder of Definitive, having previously held positions at Google and Coinbase. He graduated from Columbia University in the United States.
Nir Kabessa
Nir Kabessa is the Co-Founder, CEO at Yup and formerly president of Blockchain at Columbia, Partner at Taureon.
Zhimao Liu
Zhimao Liu is the co-founder of CyberConnect and previously worked as a software engineer at Google. He is a graduate of the University of California, San Diego, Columbia University, and the University of Iowa.
Arran Schlosberg
Arran Schlosberg was the VP of Engineering at Proof Holdings. Presively, he worked at HealthMatch and Google. Arran Schlosberg graduated from University of Sydney and University of Cambridge.
Dan Roberts
Dan is the Editor in Chief at Variant. He has been writing about crypto since 2011. Prior to joining Variant, Dan was Editor in Chief at crypto news site Decrypt, where he recruited a team of writers and editors, led the site’s news strategy, created and hosted the gm podcast, planned and emceed live events, and moderated panels at conferences around the world. Before that, he spent five years at Yahoo Finance and five years at Fortune. He has written about tech, sports business, and books for a broad range of publications including Sports Illustrated, TIME, Vice, Air Mail, The Guardian, The Paris Review, NPR, Deadspin, Salon, The Daily Beast, The Morning News, and many more. He is the primary author of the 2013 book “Zoom: How to Supercharge Your Career.” He graduated from Middlebury College and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.
Kevin Zhang
Kevin has led early-stage investments in financial technology and developer products since joining Bain Capital Ventures in 2017. Prior to Bain Capital, Kevin was the first business hire and Head of Product at Fundera, a lending marketplace acquired by NerdWallet (NASDAQ: NRDS). After hard weeks in the email salt mines, Kevin likes to catch Magic: the Gathering prereleases and watch Team Liquid play Starcraft.