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Dieter Shirley is the co-creator of CryptoKitties and ERC-721, co-founder of Dapper Labs, and lead architect of Flow. Our goal at Dapper is to make the benefits of decentralization accessible to the general public by removing the barriers to entry and creating fun and engaging experiences. He is also the co-creator of CryptoKitties, the first blockchain experience to be widely adopted outside of cryptocurrencies. He is currently working to eliminate the technological obstacles that are preventing billions of people from accessing the advantages of decentralization. He is working on Flow, a blockchain that is fast, secure, and developer-friendly, designed to support the next generation of games, apps, and the digital assets that power them.
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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.
Benny Giang
Benny Giang (Benny) is the author of ERC-6551. Originally from Vancouver, Canada, he got into the cryptocurrency or blockchain space in early 2017. Benny Giang was a team member of the CryptoKitties project, and later participated in the establishment of Dapper Lab, and the development of projects such as Cheese Wizards and NBA Top Shot.
Sean Li
Sean Li is Co-founder, CEO at Magic Labs. Make passwords disappear with a touch of Magic. Formerly, Product Lead, Member of Technical Staff at Docker.Sean Li graduated from University of Waterloo.
Cathy Sun
Cathy Sun is Head of product at Aptos and previously was head of product at Dapper Labs. She is a graduate of the University of Toronto and the University of Western Ontario.
Bo Hong Deng
Bo Hong Deng is co-founder and CEO of AgentFi, a Venture Partner at Mossfire Capital, and was previously a trader at Goldman Sachs. He graduated from the University of Waterloo.
Eric Yang
Eric Yang is Director of Partnerships at DODO and Research Fellow at Puzzle Ventures. He holds a master's degree in statistics from the University of Waterloo.
Ken (Yukan) Liao
Ken (Yukan) Liao is the Founder & CEO at Xverse Wallet.He graduated from University of Waterloo.
Pierre Arys
Pierre is a technology entrepreneur and partner at Cherubic Ventures. Prior to joining Cherubic, Pierre co-founded Diamond, an ML startup solving data and information retrieval problems. He began his career in institutional investing working with 8VC, a US-based venture capital firm that manages several billion dollars. Before focusing on investing, Pierre was a software engineer and an early team member at Addepar while he attended university. He has a Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo in Canada.
Zvezdin Besarabov
Zvezdin Besarabov is the Co-Founder & CEO at OutDID.He graduated from University College London, UK, and University of Waterloo, Canada.
Zidong Zhang
Zidong Zhang is the Co-founder of Snapchain.His educational experience includes Wuhan University, University of Waterloo in Canada, and University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States.