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Alex has been active in blockchain since 2011, has written over twenty academic papers and has more than fifteen years of experience in software development. Co-founder of Ergo, he was also a co-founder of smartcontract.com (now Chainlink), a core developer at NXT, and one of the first employees at IOHK, where he was a Research Fellow and Team Scorex Manager.

Joseph Armeanio is an Ergo Foundation board member and director. Joseph has been involved in crypto on the investment side since 2013 and was a partner CIO at Big Bear Investments. Joseph has been on the board of the Universal Education Foundation, a 501(c)3 organisation, since 2008. He brings a passion for counter-economic frameworks and tools for social good. His role as a business developer is creating partnerships in the crypto industry, educational partnerships and research opportunities and driving the adoption of Ergo tooling in the public and non-profit sectors. 

Justin has 13 years of Investment Banking experience and has been involved with crypto and Bitcoin since 2013. Now exclusively focused on crypto, he is passionate about open, permissionless and decentralised blockchain platforms.

Mohammad Hasan Samadani (mhs_sam) is an (honourary) Ergo Foundation board member. He has a PhD in computer science and over 12 years of experience in security and software development as a product owner, researcher, and team leader. He became an Ergo Foundation Board Member in 2020 after outstanding contributions to developing the Ergo mining infrastructure, Stratum server, and ergopool (smart contract-based pool to bypass pool resistance of Autolykos v1).

Mark Glasgow is an Ergo Foundation board member and director who works across various Ergo roles. As a Computing Science graduate passionate about improving inclusive systems, he is also the Technical Director for Disabled Students UK CIC, a non-profit named one of the most influential disability-led organisations in the UK.

Alexander Slesarenko is a graduate of Applied Mathematics from Udmurt State University. He has more than 25 years of experience in software development as a team leader, software architect, engineer and researcher, focusing mainly on programming languages design and implementation. He is a Blockchain Core Developer, Lead Developer of ErgoScript Compiler, Sigmastate interpreter and Appkit at Ergo; he was also an Expert Team Leader at Huawei Research Lab with a focus on