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Gavin Wood, a London-based blockchain expert, is the founder of Parity Technologies, a company that develops cutting-edge blockchain applications. Gavin is widely recognized as one of the co-founders of Ethereum, having coded its first functional implementation. He is also the co-founder of Grid Singularity, a company that aims to develop a decentralized energy management platform. Gavin is passionate about all things Web 3.0 and has dedicated his career to advancing the field of blockchain technology.
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Anthony Spezzano
Anthony Spezzano is an ecosystem builder at Hyperlane, having previously been Head of BD at Abacus Works, where he also served as lead Portfolio Analyst at Figment. He graduated from York University in Canada.
Josie Rao
Josie Rao is the CFO/COO at Synergis Capital. She graduated from York University, Canada.
Geoffrey Richards
Geoffrey Richards is the Europe Ecosystem Lead at Ontology and previously was Head of marketing at Bluejay Finance. He graduated from the University of York and Bangor University in the United Kingdom.
Tony Tang
Tony Tang is co-founder and game director of Space Nation and previously worked at SmartStar. He graduated from York University.
Tekin Salimi
Tekin Salimi is the founder of DAO5, an experimental cryptocurrency investment fund that will become a decentralized autonomous organization. He previously worked as a General Partner at Polychain Capital and as a Corporate Lawyer at Torys LLP. Salimi holds a Doctor of Law degree from York University's Osgoode Hall Law School, graduating in the top 10% of his class. He has also completed exchange programs at the National University of Singapore and The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Elias Simos
Elias Simos is the co-founder and CEO of Rated. He has served as a protocol expert at Coinbase and a research analyst at Decentral Park Capital.
Vitalik Buterin
Vitalik Buterin is a Russian-born Canadian programmer and writer who is best known as one of the co-founders of Ethereum. He became involved with cryptocurrency early on, co-founding Bitcoin Magazine in 2011.
Eddie Ma
Eddie Ma is VP of engineering at Nifty Gateway and previously was Director of engineering at Uber and Vice President of engineering at Lacuna Technologies. He received a Bachelor's degree in Computer science from Peking University and a Master's degree in Computer science from York University.
Jesse Abramowitz
Jesse Abramowitz is Lead Software and Protocol Engineer at Entropy. Formerly Blockchain Developer at BlockX Labs. Polkadot Lead Blockchain and Backend Developer at FutureSwap, Ambassador experienced in multiple blockchains including Ethereum, Aion and more. Experience building private proof of authority blockchain networks. Javascript, React, NodeJs backend and frontend experience. College Professor at George Brown College teaching blockchain fundamentals, smart contract security, DApps and more.
Hao Wei
Hao Wei is an investor at Synergis Capital. He graduated from the Schuylick School of Business at York University and St. Mary's University in Canada.
