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Matthew Green is the Co-founder of Sealance and an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the Johns Hopkins Information Security Institute, specializing in applied cryptography, privacy-enhanced storage systems, and anonymous cryptocurrencies. Dr. Green led the team that developed the first anonymous cryptocurrencies, Zerocoin and Zerocash. He is also a member of the technical advisory board for the Linux Foundation Core Infrastructure Initiative, which was established to address major internet security challenges following the Heartbleed vulnerability. Additionally, Dr. Green co-founded the Open Crypto Audit Project and serves on its Board of Directors.
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Matthew Green
Matthew Green is the Co-founder of Sealance, as well as a researcher in cryptography and security and a professor of computer science. His work focuses on applied cryptography, privacy-enhanced data storage, blockchain technology, and zero-knowledge proofs. He is one of the founding scientists of the privacy-focused cryptocurrency Zcash and co-authored its cryptographic protocols. Matt holds a PhD from Johns Hopkins University.
George Kikvadze
George Kikvadze is the Executive Vice Chairman of the Bitfury Group - the world's leading emerging technologies company. Prior to joining Bitfury in 2013, George has worked at GCF Fund, York Capital Management, AFK Sistema and Morgan Stanley. He obtained his MBA in Finance from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and his MA in International Relations and Economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). George is a member of the Europe One YPO Club and is a Founding Member and Board Director of the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC).
Sam Cassatt
Sam Cassatt is co-founder of LAYER, founder of Aligned, and previously Chief Strategy Officer at ConsenSys.
Katherine Wu
Katherine Wu is the COO at ENS Labs and venture partner at Archetype and previously served as a senior head of trading for venture capital at Coinbase. She is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and Cardozo School of Law.
Bob Xu
Bob Xu is the founder of Questflow and was previously Director of Product Management for Himalaya. He is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley and Johns Hopkins University.
Brian Tsang
Brian Tsang works in product at OKX, and was previously Head of Product and Data at Rarible, Product Manager at Uber, and Data Analyst at LinkedIn. He graduated from the University of Michigan and Hopkins University.
Alex Yeh
Alex Yeh is a Partner at IVC and co-founder of GAIB. He holds a B.S. in Applied Science from Johns Hopkins University.
Justin Nolan
Justin Nolan is the CEO of Argo Blockchain, who previously was CEO of Arkon Energy. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Johns Hopkins University.
Xan Ditkoff
Xan Ditkoff is co-founder of Conductive Research and a partner at Rubik Ventures. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University.
Jehan Chu
Jehan Chu is Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Kenetic, Co-Founder of Social Alpha Foundation, Founder of Ethereum Hong Kong Meetup. Fellow, Class 24 at Kauffman Fellows.
