Ethereum Classic Cooperative hires Yaz Khoury

He will be the Head of Developer Advocacy

The Ethereum Classic Cooperative has reportedly requested the services of American software engineer Yaz Khoury, becoming its second full-time hire in the U.S.

The announcement was made via the Cooperative’s Twiiter account and Medium post. “Announcing our second full time US hire, Yaz Khoury! He will be supporting $ETC projects & advocating for ETC among developer communities.”

As Director of Developer Advocacy, Yaz will have the responsibility of supporting any new or existing project developed on, or using the ETC protocol; developing open source programs and hardware engineering projects; raising awareness of the fundamentals of blockchain; and doing anything within his reach to make Ethereum Classic as accessible to both developers and users as possible.

About Yaz Khoury

Yaz Khoury, as described by the post, is an accomplished software engineer and longtime member of the ETC community. Regarding his background, he previously lent his services for SocialFlow, a social media optimization platform for leading brands and publishers, working on blockchain project Stellar, as well as reporting software.

According to his LinkedIn, he was graduate from the Concordia University, obtaining a Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical Engineering. He has completed courses on Javascript, Web Development and jQuery, and has certifications on Front-End Web Developer and Deep Learning Foundations. He can also speak 3 languages – English, Arabic, and to a certain degree, French.

Among the main feats achieved by Yaz that the ETC Cooperative highlighted the most, is the design of a 3D Ice-printing robot capable of building a house made entirely of Ice, on Mars. This earned him the 1st place in a NASA competition. Other features such as writing AI to predict bike rentals, creating a voice-controlled order at his alma mater, and running the ETC Forum.

About the ETC Cooperative

The Ethereum Classic Cooperative is a financial platform to support the healthy growth and development of the Ethereum Classic bockchain. They select the grantees of its funds based on three investment areas, Development, Marketing and Community

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