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Evan Van Ness is a well-known personality in the Ethereum and broader cryptocurrency community. He is best known for his weekly Ethereum newsletter, "Week in Ethereum News," which he started in 2016. The newsletter quickly became a go-to source of information for many in the Ethereum community, providing updates on Ethereum development, network upgrades, and other relevant news. In addition to his newsletter, Van Ness has worked in various roles within the Ethereum ecosystem. For instance, he was previously the Director of Operations for ConsenSys, a blockchain technology company specializing in the development of decentralized software services and applications on the Ethereum blockchain. Evan Van Ness is widely respected for his deep knowledge of Ethereum and his ability to explain complex topics in a way that's accessible to a broad audience.
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Terry Rossi
Terry Rossi is the Co-Founder & CEO at Woah. Previously, he was the investment director of Blockchange Ventures, a founding team member of Tachyon Accelerator, and an investment analyst at ConsenSys. He holds a BA in Computer Science from Princeton University.
Max Resnick
Max Resnick is currently a technologist at Anza. He previously worked at ConsenSys and has extensive experience in developing within the Ethereum ecosystem.
Mason Nystrom
Mason is a junior partner at Pantera Capital and was previously an Investment partner at Variant and Senior Research Analyst at Messari. Before Messari, Mason worked at ConsenSys as a Content Marketer focused on marketing strategy for ConsenSys and its portfolio companies. Mason first entered the crypto industry as an Analyst at Gatecoin, the first cryptocurrency exchange to list ether, Ethereum’s native cryptocurrency. Mason obtained his Master’s in Business Management at Hong Kong Baptist University.
Rahul Bishnoi
Rahul Bishnoi was an investor at Brevan Howard Digital, previously he was a junior partner at Dragonfly's Liquid Fund and a blockchain engineer at Energy Web\n. He is a graduate of the International Institute of Information Technology (IIITH), Hyderabad.
Valeria Kholostenko
Valeria Kholostenko is the head of LBank Labs. In 2017, as the head of development and global community of ConsenSys, she led the cooperation between Ethereum and international organizations. She has also served as the chief marketing officer of LUKSO, Astar Network, Reef Finance and other projects.
Alexis Masseron
Alexis Masseron is the Co-founder and CEO of Atlendis Labs. Previously, he worked as a Software Engineer at ConsenSys. His educational background includes ESME and Shanghai Jiaotong University.
John Lilic
John Lilic is the executive director of Telos. Previously he was the Director of Enterprise Business Technology Development Strategy and Operations at ConsenSys, and was an angel investor and product advisor to many blockchain startups including uPort, AirSwap, Grid+, Trustology, and others. He graduated from Heriot-Watt University and Ryerson University in the United Kingdom.
Shahan Khatchadourian
Shahan Khatchadourian is PhD. Protocol engineering, co-founder of PegaSys, the ConsenSys protocol engineering group that develops next generation secure, scalable enterprise-grade blockchain platforms. Shahan is an experienced software developer and researcher with a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Toronto. Drawing on decades of startup, industry, and domain experience, Shahan focuses on bridging enterprise technology stacks, such as relational and graph databases, with blockchain paradigms including decentralization, cryptography, and virtual computing.
John Wolpert
John Wolpert is the founder and Chief Product Officer of TacitPath and was previously the Head of Product at ConsenSys Web3 Studio to help launch Ethereum and emerging decentralized Web 3.0 startups.
Rob Dawson
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