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Long Fan is the co-founder and CEO of Conflux. He graduated from Tsinghua University's Yao Class and later received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His research interests include system security, programming languages, and blockchain. His doctoral dissertation won the MIT Distinguished Dissertation Award and the ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Dissertation Award.
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Dong Zhou
Dong Zhou is the co-founder of Conflux and once served as chief system architect. He is a doctoral candidate in computer science at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and graduated from the Yao Class of Tsinghua University.
Guang Yang
Yang Guang is the chief technology officer of decus and served as the chief research director of Conflux. He graduated from the Yao Class of Tsinghua University.
Alessandro Chiesa
Alessandro Chiesa is the Co-Founder and Chief Scientist at StarkWare, Associate Professor at EPFL .
Adrian Wang
Adrian Wang is the Founder and CEO of Metalpha. He is also the Chairman of the Hong Kong Sustaintech Foundation. He graduated from Tsinghua University PBC School of Finance and holds an MBA degree from the HKUST Business School.
Arun Devabhaktuni
Arun Devabhaktuni is a professional with a background in systems biology, physics, and biology. He is currently a Lead Researcher at Mirana Ventures and an Angel Investor at Valhalla Capital. He has also served as the Chief Technical Officer and Co-Founder of ZenMaid Software. Arun has received a PhD in Systems Biology from Stanford University School of Medicine and a BS in Physics and Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Dan Elitzer
Dan Elitzer is co-founder at Nascent. Previously, Dan co-founded IDEO CoLab Ventures, a crypto-focused venture firm associated with the renowned design agency, IDEO. During that time, he also helped launch YAM Finance. Dan began his career in social enterprise and microfinance, working with both domestic social impact organizations and international development agencies. Dan earned an MBA from MIT Sloan, where he co-founded the MIT Bitcoin Club and MIT FinTech Club, and a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Pomona College.
Rodolfo Gonzalez
Rodolfo Gonzalez is the Partner of Foundation Capital. Rodolfo has an MBA from MIT Sloan’s School of Management, with concentrations in finance and entrepreneurship, and degrees in Marketing from ITESM and International Relations from UNAM Mexico.
Theo Diamandis
Theo is pursuing an Electrical Engineering and Computer Science PhD at MIT, where he works on algorithms for and applications of mathematical optimization. These interests inevitably led to him being nerd sniped by Guillermo into working on crypto. When he’s not working on optimization solvers for DeFi-related applications, Theo can be found backpacking or skiing in the California Sierras.
Steve Wei
Steve is the co-founder and CEO of TOP Network. He is a successful serial entrepreneur, and a founding employee of WebEx. From 1996 to 2003, Steve held multiple key positions at WebEx. In 2004, he founded Cenwave Communications, a video conferencing software company which was successfully sold to Huawei in 2010.
Danny Lim
Danny is a core contributor to the Margin X exchange. He has product design experience with Baidu and Lenovo, and he co-founded Pundi X. Danny is a PhD Law scholar from Tsinghua University and holds ACMA and CGMA accounting qualifications. He is an enthusiastic jogger.