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Marek Olszewski is a co-founder and CTO at Celo and the President at Valora. Earlier, he co-founded Locu, a machine learning venture-backed company that was acquired by GoDaddy. He is also an MIT PhD alumni and a former Facebook Fellow and has previously worked at Google, Microsoft Research and Sun Labs.
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Anton Katz
Anton Katz is the CEO of Talos, responsible for leading the firm's overall operations and driving its strategic initiatives. Prior to co-founding Talos, he served as Head of Trading Technology for AQR Capital Management, a prominent quantitative investment firm. Before that, he spent six years at Broadway Technology, most recently as Director of Software, leading trading technology development projects for various banks, asset managers, and vendors. His technology career began at Microsoft. Mr. Katz is a veteran of the Israel Defence Forces and a former member of the Israeli National Shooting Team. He holds a degree in Computer Science from MIT.
Aly Madhavji
Aly Madhavji is the co-founder and managing partner of Blockchain Founders Fund, and has worked for PayPal and Microsoft.
Rene Reinsberg
Rene Reinsberg is a co-founder of Celo and currently President of the Celo Foundation. Celo's layer-1 blockchain is at the center of an ecosystem of technologies, organizations and individuals that all share a common mission of building a regenerative financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity for everyone. Previously, he co-founded Locu (aquired by GoDaddy). Rene started his career in global capital markets at Morgan Stanley and also worked at McKinsey, the World Bank, TechnoServe and General Catalyst. He holds graduate degrees from Germany's WHU and MIT.
Jelena Djuric
Jelena Djuric is the Co-Founder & CEO of Noble. She is the Former Community Manager of DFINITY. Jelena Djuric graduated from the University of Toronto, Canada.
Silas Boyd-Wickizer
Silas Boyd-Wickizer is the Chief Technology Officer at Valora.Presively, he worked as Senior Director Of Engineering at GoDaddy.Research Intern at Microsoft. Silas graduated from Stanford University and he is a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)，Computer Science from MIT.
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.
Jason Fung
Jason Fung is the CEO of Meta0 and the former Global Head of Gaming at TikTok.
Krish Chelikavada
Krish Chelikavada is the Co-Founder and CEO of 0xPass, a Venture Capital Fellow of DECODE, a Course Assistant at Stanford University, a Graduate Research Assistant at Stanford, a Product Manager at Microsoft, and a Software Engineer at Oracle. He holds a Master's degree in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford and a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Business.
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.