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Yawn Rong is the Co-founder of Find Satoshi Lab, which has built STEPN, MOOAR, DOOAR, and GAS HERO. Yawn is responsible for conceptualization, gamification, and tokenomic strategies. Find Satoshi Lab is dedicated to creating an inclusive Web3 ecosystem that includes new and enjoyable game, social, and NFT elements.
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Rochelle Guillou
Rochelle Guillou is Head of Content marketing at XMTP and was previously a market researcher at Flipside Crypto and community Project manager at Algorand.
Shumo Chu
Shumo Chu is the founder of NEBRA, co-founder of Manta Network. He graudated as a PhD from University of Washington Computer Science and Engineering.
Fangfang Chen
Fangfang Chen is Head of Asia Pacific at Bank of New York Mellon and former Head of Operations, Algorand Foundation. Fangfang holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Yale University and a Bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of International Business & Economics in Beijing.
Sean Ford
Sean Ford is the former Chief Operating Officer at Algorand. Senior operations and go-to-market executive and board member with deep experience building, managing and transforming start-ups, mid-size and large scale global technology organizations across a range of industries and formats including: retail, media and entertainment, enterprise software, data integration, and e-commerce platforms. Specific functional expertise in all areas of marketing, corporate strategy, organizational design, human resources, human talent management, product management and development, web and eCommerce, M&A integration, channel management, and driving go-to-market results and efficiencies.
Silvio Micali
Silvio Micali received his Laurea in Mathematics from the University of Rome and his PhD in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley. Since 1983, he has been a faculty member of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at MIT. His research interests include cryptography, zero knowledge, pseudo-random generation, Byzantine agreement, secure protocols, mechanism design, and distributed ledgers. Silvio has been awarded the Turing Award (in computer science), the G?del Prize (in theoretical computer science), and the RSA Prize (in cryptography). He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Academia dei Lincei. He is also the founder of Algorand LLC, a new foundational blockchain developed from scratch on totally new principles which simultaneously guarantees true decentralization, scalability, and security.
Jacopo Cecchi
Jacopo Cecchi currently serves as COO of Algorand Inc. In this role he is responsible for the company’s day-to-day operations, strategic oversight, company liaison for portfolio investments, and Board relations. Prior to his appointment as COO, Jacopo served as Chief of Staff to Algorand’s Founder, Silvio Micali. Before joining Algorand, Jacopo served as the VP of Marketing at myInvenio, a process mining software company dedicated to optimizing organizational processes through data-driven insights that was successfully acquired by IBM in 2021. Jacopo earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Social Sciences from Bocconi University. He also holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration and Management from École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP) Business School.
Georgios Vlachos
Georgios Vlachos is Co-Founder of Axelar, Founding Team Member of Algorand; responsible for designing and developing the consensus; Head of Mathematics; Gold Medal Winner at the International Math Olympiad; BSc and MS Eng. from MIT.
Haichao Zhu
Haichao Zhu is the co-founder of Rooch Network and has worked on Algorand, Solana and other projects.
Mable Jiang
Mable Jiang is the Chief Revenue Officer at STEPN. She was previously a Partner at Multicoin Capital and a Corporate Strategy Manager at DiDi. Mable Jiang graduated from Columbia University.
Sean Lee
Sean Lee is the Co-Founder of the Odsy Network. Previously, he was the ex-CEO of the Algorand Foundation. His educational experience includes the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the University of Waterloo in Canada.