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David Schwartz is the Chief Technology Officer at Ripple and one of the original architects of the XRP Ledger. Prior to joining Ripple, he was the Chief Technical Officer for WebMaster Incorporated, a Santa Clara software developer. He developed encrypted cloud storage and enterprise messaging systems for organizations such as CNN and the National Security Agency (NSA). He is widely known as "JoelKatz" and is a respected voice in the digital currency community.
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Brad Garlinghouse
Brad Garlinghouse is the CEO of Ripple and a member of its Board of Directors. Prior to Ripple, he served as the CEO of the file collaboration service Hightail. From 2009 to 2012, he was President of Consumer Applications at AOL, and before that, he held various executive positions at Yahoo! from 2003 to 2009, including Senior Vice President. Earlier in his career, Brad pioneered the VoIP industry as CEO of Dialpad Communications. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of OutMatch and has held board positions at Ancestry.com and Tonic Health.
Don Steul
Don Steul is the Vice President Global Services at Ripple. Presively he worked as Head of RCS Delivery at Google.Don Steul graduated from MIT.
Liz Chien
Liz Chien previously served as Global Head of Tax at Protocol Labs and Vice President of Global Tax at Ripple. Liz is the former Asia-Pacific Head of Tax for Google and was a Tax Director at Softbank Group International. Prior to Google, she was an attorney with the global law firm of Baker & McKenzie LLP in Palo Alto, California, where she advised technology companies on international tax planning and structuring. Liz received her Bachelors and Masters degrees from Stanford University and her Juris Doctor from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.
Will Liu
Will Liu is the Founder of Yoz Labs. He is an ex-Facebook and ex-Ripple employee, a Y Combinator founder, and wears many hats - both literally and figuratively.
Jim Chang
Jim Chang, co-founder of Cata Labs, is currently the Product Manager at Aave and Unstoppable Domains. He graduated from Northwestern University.
Niraj Pant
Niraj Pant is the Co-Founder at Ritual. Presively he was a General Partner at Polychain Capital, where he invests in early-stage cryptocurrency projects. Prior to this role, he researched privacy in the Decentralized Systems Lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Niraj has also served as a Member of the Board of Directors for CoinDCX, an Ambassador for Sequoia Capital, and Co-Founder and CTO of Source Networks. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Carl Hua
Carl Hua is the CTO and Investment Partner of Shima Capital. He previously served as Chief Architect at Celsius Network and General Manager of CelsiusX, the DeFi division of Celsius. Before that, Carl led the research and development efforts at RippleX, Ripple's open-source/developers platform business unit. He also co-managed the C++ (XRP Ledger) team during his time at Ripple. Before Ripple, Carl was the CTO for Logos Network - a first-layer, high-performance blockchain company, which was later acquired by Ripple. Earlier in his career, he contributed to the next-generation real-time flight software for the Europa mission at JPL NASA. He has also led engineering teams developing flight software at Northrop Grumman.
Jack McDonald
Jack McDonald is the CEO and Chairman of the Board at PolySign.
Greg Kidd
Greg Kidd is Founder of Hard Yaka, GlobaliD, Shift Payments and 3taps.com, Message.me. First Round Investor of Twitter, Senior Analyst Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve. Believer that ones identity credentials should be truly portable and owned by individuals themselves rather than corporations or governments. The trade-off between security and privacy can meet the needs of both traditional institutions worried about compliance and risk, but also consumer protection advocates who care about the underserved and underbanked. Adviser/Investor via hardyaka.com for numerous startups in the exchange space including Shift, Ripple and 3taps, and previously Square and Twitter. Previously a director at Promontory Financial and a senior analyst for payments at The Board of Governor of the Federal Reserve. Senior Associate at Booz Allen. Founded and took Dispatch Management Services Corp public on the NASDAQ. Have worked as an instructor/leader for Outward Bound and the National Outdoor Leadership School. Specialties: Portable identity, digital currencies and exchange markets for goods, services, and information with functional emphasis on messaging, payments, and reputation/trust/risk. Well versed in visualizations for risk reporting and controls.
Monica Long
Monica (Appelbe) Long is the President of Ripple and has served as Senior Vice President of Marketing and General Manager of RippleX. Before joining Ripple, Monica worked in corporate communications at Intuit. Prior to that, she supported startup clients in various B2B and B2C sectors, with several in fintech, including Prosper.