Evan Shapiro CEO Evan Shapiro graduated from Carnegie Mellon with a BS in computer science. He then obtained his research MS while working in the CMU Personal Robotics Lab, where he did research for the HERB robotics platform. He has also worked as a software engineer for Mozilla.

Izaak Meckler CTO Izaak Meckler is a mathematician and computer scientist. Most recently, he was a PhD student studying cryptography at UC Berkeley. Prior to that, he worked as a software engineer at trading firm Jane Street, and has contributed to numerous open source projects including the Elm compiler.

Brad Cohn Strategy & Operations Brad Cohn has diverse work experience, including stints in an electrophysiology lab, high frequency trading firm, a technology think tank, and a hedge fund. He most recently came from Bridgewater Associates where he was an engineer on the currency team and Ray Dalio's research team before joining a group of engineers dedicated to rearchitecting core investment systems. He holds a BS in math from UChicago with a minor in computational neuroscience.

Brandon Kase Head of Product Engineering Brandon Kase loves functional programming. He was first introduced to it while pursuing his BS in computer science at Carnegie Mellon. He has worked as a software engineer for Highlight (acquired by Pinterest), Pinterest, Facebook, and Mozilla. Brandon is excited about the safety and clarity strong statically typed functional programming techniques can bring to the software industry. He also enjoys proselytizing, so you may find him speaking at a conference near you.

Ember Arlynx Protocol Engineer Ember Arlynx is a seasoned open source contributor, recently working primarily on the Rust compiler and libraries. They studied computer science at Clarkson University and have worked at Dyn, Mozilla, Leap Motion, and NICTA. They are especially interested in formal verification, the seL4 microkernel, and what high powered functional programming can do for trustworthy software.

Deepthi Kumar Protocol Engineer Deepthi is a functional programming enthusiast and software engineer. In her recently completed master's work, Deepthi designed GitQL, a novel embedded DSL for querying textual changes in software repositories. Her interests span programming languages and program analysis. Deepthi holds an MS in computer science from Oregon State University and a BE from Visvesvaraya Technological University.

Nathan Holland Protocol Engineer Nathan is a passionate, self-taught programmer who loves programming languages and paradigms and using high-level abstractions to create high-performance systems. Some of his favorite projects have been developing an array programming languages that targeted GPUs, an Elixir DSL for service buses, a MySql binary log deserializer, and a VR-based window manager on Linux. Most recently, Nathan was building a unique educational program to teach people how to program from the ground up using simplified programming languages and a simple virtual machine.

Nacera Rodstein Operations Associate Nacera has had a career spanning startups, medium sized companies, and corporations. After earning her BS and MS from IAE in Lille, France, Nacera moved to San Francisco. Over the next decade, she worked with Bleacher Report (through growth from 10 to 60 employees and an acquisition by Turner), Mokum Solutions, Sephora, Venture Beat, AMSI, Oracle, and a software sales business which she helped start up and scale.

Paul Steckler Protocol Engineer Paul is a functional programmer and researcher. In the academic realm, he's followed his interest in PLs, type systems, and formal verification through collaborations with INRIA, the MIT PLV Group, and NICTA. He also worked on the initial implementation of Alacris, a cryptocurrency solution layered on top of existing blockchains. He holds a PhD in computer science from Northeastern University.

Harold Herbert Head of Design Harold previously designed brands, products, and experiences at Hired, Flipboard, Zillow, and with a range of technology companies while running an independent design studio. He believes that all design is experience design. Regardless of the medium, the end goal is for the well-being of the user.

Vanishree Rao Protocol Researcher Vanishree is a theoretical and applied cryptographer with deep experience in industry and academia. She earned her PhD at UCLA through her work on zk-proofs, multiparty computation, hashing, and pseudorandom functions, among other projects. She then worked in industry at Xerox PARC and Intertrust Technologies. Vanishree enjoys developing cryptographic solutions for real-world challenges and communicating intuitive explanations of complex cryptography concepts.

Matthew Ryan Protocol Engineer Matthew Ryan is a self-taught programmer with a strong interest in computer-aided theorem proving, formal program verification, and functional programming. He has been involved with several open-source projects, and passionately believes in the open-source philosophy. He has a BSc in Mathematics from the University of Warwick, U.K., where he studied cryptography.

Jiawei Tang Protocol Engineer Jiawei loves writing interpreters and type checkers. He received his BS in computer science from Indiana University, and he's fascinated by categorical semantics and dependent type theory. Currently, he is implementing a toy dependently typed language called Pie.

Carey Janecka Product Engineer Carey loves working on crazy ideas. He's designed and built products for SpaceX, Coinbase and a variety of early-stage companies. Nothing gets him more excited than working on simple user interfaces for complex systems. He's excited for the applications that can be built on top of Coda and enabling others to build cool things.

Claire Kart Head of Marketing & Community Claire's career has focused on using technology to reimagine financial services and building community to increase engagement and opportunities for individuals. Prior to joining the team at O(1) Labs, she was at Ripple, where she led a number of strategic projects and served as the main liaison to the XRP community. Prior to that, Claire was an early employee at SoFi, were she was involved in the day-to-day operations across all functions of the marketing team during four years of hyper growth, including leading their member engagement strategy. Earlier in her career, she designed and implemented a community-based micro grant program in rural India that has sponsored 300+ women to attend university. Originally from rural Pennsylvania, Claire graduated with distinction from Dartmouth College (A.B.) and holds an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin.

Conner Swann Protocol Reliability Eng Conner is an infrastructure enthusiast with extensive experience operating distributed systems at scale. His journey through the technology sector has taken him from People Analytics to Healthcare Tech and now to the Crypto space. He enjoys the challenge of applying DevOps methodologies and tooling to emerging industries, and looks forward to contributing back to the wider Open Source community. Conner is a California Native and has a BSc in Computer Science from Northern Arizona University.

Emre Tekisalp Head of Business Development Emre's career has focused on bringing new economic opportunities to societies using the power of technology. Before O(1) Labs, he spent two years at Coinbase's Business Development team where he led a number of strategic programs during a period when the company grew 10x. Before Coinbase, Emre was a Product Manager at Intel's wearable devices group. Originally from Istanbul, Turkey, Emre has an MBA degree from Columbia University.

Christine Yip Community Manager Christine is an early contributor in the community with broad experience in multidisciplinary engineering teams. She previously worked for global firms in the US, The Netherlands, Czech Republic, and Hong Kong. She believes that we can take more ownership of our lives than ever before by using blockchain technology. She supports the community and Coda by combining their efforts in achieving a decentralized future.

Michelle Wong Product Engineer Michelle believes that great products are built upon empathy for the user and iterative processes. She recently graduated from Smith College with a BA in Computer Science and is excited about developing products that contribute to the evolution of decentralized technology.

Sherry Lin Marketing Manager Sherry is a marketing and communications professional who enjoys telling stories that resonate. Her previous experiences have been in the hardware (semiconductor) space, but she is really interested in how blockchain can solve problems by disrupting the status quo. She is excited to work on developing blockchain technology that will open up more opportunities to more people. Sherry holds a BA in Communications/International Studies from Northwestern University.

Kate El-Bizri Visual Designer In addition to a BFA in Visual Design, Kate has a Bachelor's degree in psychology. Her philosophy is that understanding what motivates and drives our behaviors creates effective design systems.Through both agency and in-house, she's worked with many companies from small startups to large-scale Fortune 100 companies to communicate their stories to the world. She believes everyone is creative at heart, and that creative inspiration can come from anywhere through engaging with the world around us.

Ahmad Wilson Protocol Reliability Eng Ahmad is a computer scientist and self-proclaimed "tech-head" interested in software infrastructure, user-interfaces and AI/automation. He holds a MSc in HCI & AI from Brown University, and a BS in CS from Morehouse College. He has developed software for startups and larger corporations such as Yelp and Microsoft for over a decade. He's a fan of New England sports teams (Go Pats!), gardening, sci-fi and learning about cryptocurrency and the future of the decentralized web.

Bijan Shahrokhi Product Manager Bijan has been a product leader in the fintech industry for over 10 years and in blockchain for over 5 years. Prior to joining O(1) Labs, Bijan was Head of Product at Harbor, a Layer 2 compliance protocol on Ethereum.