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Mohammad Shaikh is co-founder and former CEO of Aptos and former director of Strategy at ConsenSys. Shaikh has also worked at Meta, The Boston Consulting Group, and BlackRock. Mohammad holds an MBA from the University of Rochester - Simon Business School and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Economics, and Accounting from Hunter College.
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Avery Ching
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Max Resnick
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Dovile Silenskyte
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Christina Smedley
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Guillermo Angeris
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Mick McLaughlin
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Mason Nystrom
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Rahul Bishnoi
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