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W. Sean Ford is the founder and CEO of XSY and was previously the COO of Algorand. He has extensive experience in advanced operations and listing management, early blockchain and cryptocurrency entrepreneurs and consultants.
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Rochelle Guillou
Rochelle Guillou is a Senior Marketing Lead at Valora and was previously Head of Content Marketing at XMTP, a market researcher at Flipside Crypto and community Project manager at Algorand.
Shumo Chu
Shumo Chu is the co-founder of NEBRA and the co-founder of sudobase, and previously the co-founder of Manta Network. He graduated from Wuhan University and the University of Washington.
Silvio Micali
Silvio Micali received his Laurea in Mathematics from the University of Rome and his PhD in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley. Since 1983, he has been a faculty member of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at MIT. His research interests include cryptography, zero knowledge, pseudo-random generation, Byzantine agreement, secure protocols, mechanism design, and distributed ledgers. Silvio has been awarded the Turing Award (in computer science), the G?del Prize (in theoretical computer science), and the RSA Prize (in cryptography). He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Academia dei Lincei. He is also the founder of Algorand LLC, a new foundational blockchain developed from scratch on totally new principles which simultaneously guarantees true decentralization, scalability, and security.
Jacopo Cecchi
Jacopo Cecchi currently serves as COO of Algorand Inc. In this role he is responsible for the company’s day-to-day operations, strategic oversight, company liaison for portfolio investments, and Board relations. Prior to his appointment as COO, Jacopo served as Chief of Staff to Algorand’s Founder, Silvio Micali. Before joining Algorand, Jacopo served as the VP of Marketing at myInvenio, a process mining software company dedicated to optimizing organizational processes through data-driven insights that was successfully acquired by IBM in 2021. Jacopo earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Social Sciences from Bocconi University. He also holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration and Management from École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ESCP) Business School.
Georgios Vlachos
Georgios Vlachos is Co-Founder of Axelar, Founding Team Member of Algorand; responsible for designing and developing the consensus; Head of Mathematics; Gold Medal Winner at the International Math Olympiad; BSc and MS Eng. from MIT.
Haichao Zhu
Haichao Zhu is the co-founder of Rooch Network and has worked on Algorand, Solana and other projects.
Sean Lee
Sean Lee is the Co-Founder of the Odsy Network. Previously, he was the ex-CEO of the Algorand Foundation. His educational experience includes the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the University of Waterloo in Canada.
Marc Vanlerberghe
Marc Vanlerberghe is the chief marketing officer of Algorand and previously served as senior marketing director at Google. He graduated from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Naveed Ihsanullah
Naveed Ihsanullah is the founder and CTO of Cadena and was previously Vice President of Engineering Research at Algorand.
Paul Riegle
Paul Riegle was previously Chief Product Officer at Algorand. Prior to joining Algorand, Paul was with Carbon Black where he led product management for all strategic initiatives across a portfolio of products that produce over $200 million in recurring revenue. This role included being market facing where he pushed to educate, advocate, and contribute to thought leadership in the cybersecurity space. Prior to Carbon Black, Paul held a number of leadership positions including global product management at IBM and founding a sales oriented startup. Paul holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Integrated Science and Technology from James Madison University and an MBA from the University of Notre Dame.
