The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA) has named Ron Resnick, the former president and president of the Airfuel Alliance as the first executive director, according to a January 17 statement.

Resnick was also president and chairman of the WiMAX Forum, working with Intel Broadband Wireless Business, when launching one of the first 4G broadband modems.

Chairman of the EEA Julio Faura said today in a press release:

"4G wireless broadband has changed the world. Blockchains will have a similar impact on the company Ron's task as the first executive director is to develop the organization, to engage with members and to foster the ongoing development of technical content. "

The AEE, which was launched in February 2017 bring privacy, scalability and security to Ether development and overall of Ethereum Blockchain

Resnick, who will host an EEA event at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 23rd. :

"I focus on developing best technology practices, open standards, and Ethereum-based open source reference architectures to make Ethereum a business-class technology."

Since February, the alliance has grown to 200 members, making it the largest open source blockchain initiative. Its membership list includes founding members JPMorgan and Santander, more recent members like Mastercard, Intel and Microsoft, as well as a number of Ether investors and Blockchain startups.