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Matt Bontaites was previously VP Sales at Blockworks and VP Sales Asia Pacific at Brave.
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Molly Jane Zuckerman
Molly Jane Zuckerman is Opinion Editor at Blockworks. She previously was the head of news at Cointelegraph as well as the host for the Cointelegraph YouTube channel, and has written for both Decrypt and Modern Consensus. Experienced journalist with a demonstrated history of working in the crypto/blockchain industry, as well as academic researcher and translator in the field of Russian studies. Strong media and communication professional with a Master's of Science focused in Russian Political Science from King's College London. Molly Jane first started writing about crypto in January 2018, right as Bitcoin began its freefall from its $20,000 high. She’s most interested in the intersection of the people behind emerging technologies and the technologies themselves, especially as cryptocurrency in particular attracts a diverse group of creators and entrepreneurs. Molly Jane has interviewed crypto personalities including the Winklevoss twins, former CFTC Commissioner J. Christopher Giancarlo (“Crypto Dad”), Binance’s CZ and more. Before she entered the crypto sphere, Molly Jane received her Masters of Science in Russian Political Science from King’s College, London. She is also the author of a book on the birth of Russian detective fiction, “Rex Stout Does Not Belong In Russia: Exporting the Detective Novel.”
Yan Zhu
Yan Zhu is the Chief Security Officer at Brave and was a Technology Fellow at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Before that, she dropped out of high school, got my B.S. from MIT in Physics, and started a PhD at Stanford before dropping out of that too. I am reachable via SMTP at [first name] at [undergrad college] dot edu. My PGP key is in the strong set and available on public keyservers (BDE7 D508 3BB3 5EDC 7A66 BD97 388C E229 FAC7 8CF7). Regardless of whether your email is encrypted, I will probably not reply to it and apologize in advance.
Nikhil Chaturvedi
Nikhil Chaturvedi currently works at Blockworks and previously served as Head of Business Development at Allora. He is a graduate of the State University of New Jersey at New Brunswick.
Rahul Pagidipati
Rahul Pagidipati is the Chairman of the Board at ZebPay. He is also a Managing Partner at Ayon Capital, where he guides research and strategic direction for Ayon’s Blockchain investments like Brave Software.He graduated from Northwestern University.
Tricia Lin Collins
Tricia Lin is the Vice President of Research at Blockworks. She was previously the head of listing and research at Binance.US. She was also responsible for investor relations at Shuttle Ventures and private wealth management at Morgan Stanley, with a special focus on UHNW blockchain, artificial intelligence, etc. investment needs. She co-founded GopherCard, a blockchain-based gift mobile application and payment company dedicated to mainstreaming digital assets and mobile/e-commerce.
Des Martin
Des Martin is the former CMO of Outlier Ventures and former VP of Marketing and development at Brave. He graduated in Marketing from University College Dublin.
Brendan Eich
Brendan Eich is a technologist and creator of the JavaScript programming language, the most widely used web programming language. He also co-founded Mozilla and Firefox. In 2015, Eich co-founded Brave Software, an Internet browser platform company.
Jason Yanowitz
Jason Yanowitz is Co-founder of BlockWorks Group. He is currently managing the revenue side of BlockWorks Group (BWG), a podcast and events company based in NYC. Come and join us at one of our events or listen to one of our 15 podcasts.
Samuel Dare
Samuel Dare is co-founder of Khalani. He was previously Chief Technology Officer at Akropolis and blockchain architect at Brave. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Manchester.
Shuyao Kong
Shuyao Kong is a co-founder of MegaETH and was previously Head of Global Business Development at ConsenSys. Shuyao Kong graduated from Smith College with a degree in Economics and psychology and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.