It takes a village to shift a paradigm. Unification has always been an ambitious project, aiming to fundamentally overturn the way data is transferred and exchanged. We’ve known from the start that we can’t do it alone, and that the future of our product hinges on the contributions of the people who join us in our quest.

To accomplish this, we are assembling a team of world-class advisors, hand picked to steer the direction Unification is heading in years to come.

We are proud to publicly announce the addition of two new advisors, Dan Tsui and Allie Zhang. Their input to the Unification Foundation has already proved invaluable, and we look forward to working alongside them in the future.

Both Dan and Allie have been selected for their experience building enterprise-grade platforms at scale, as well as their ability to ensure that Unification’s product meets the ever-shifting needs of the marketplace.

Meet Dan Tsui, CEO of Kyokan

Dan Tsui, CEO of Kyokan

Dan Tsui brings an impressive track record in scalable engineering to the Unification team. As CEO and co-founder of Kyokan, Dan joined forces with the top engineers responsible for Symphony, a billion-dollar communications platform. Together, they have built a cutting-edge team of developers focused on bringing forth blockchain-based projects that scale.

In his role at Kyokan, Dan leads a blockchain-native development team that draws on traditional software principles to create products used by millions of people around the globe. A developer himself, Dan’s personal passions include developing layer-two scaling for blockchain networks.

Dan also brings serious chops as a long-time advocate for blockchain projects. He has contributed to Dfinity, MetaMask, and several open source projects in the Ethereum ecosystem.

An expert in developing blockchain-based products for mass-market scale, Dan has chosen to advise the Unification team because of the project’s aim to disrupt enterprise data models and reduce inefficiencies on a global level.

To learn more about Dan, browse his LinkedIn here.

Meet Allie Zhang, Co-Founder of Blocktag

Allie Zhang, founder of Blocktag

Allie Zhang has joined forces with Unification to advise the project on both big data intelligence and technical strategy investing. A former engineer at both Whisper, an AI-based storytelling and ad-tech technology platform that boasts over 250 million users per month, and Bottlenose, a data intelligence company, Allie has seen the data industry from the inside out.

Now a cofounder at Blocktag, an application linking physical items to the blockchain, Allie also contributes tech-focused product reviews to Blepcoin.com. In these roles, she combines intimate knowledge of the development side of blockchain technology with a personal passion for cryptocurrency investing.

Allie brings a triple threat to the Unification team: Inside knowledge of the data industry, a strong technical orientation with real development expertise, and a deep understanding of the current cryptocurrency investment landscape.

As a result of her experience in these domains, Allie maintains a passion for improving the flow of data within enterprise models, and has put her weight behind Unification to advise the project in these critical areas.

To learn more about Allie, browse her LinkedIn here.