Leadership

Angelo De Caro is one of the architects and developers of Hyperledger Fabric.

Angelo joined IBM Research – Zurich in May 2015. His research is focused on the Hyperledger fabric and the privacy and cryptography of the blockchain.

Angelo received his PhD in Computer Science in 2013 from the University of Salerno, in Italy, under the supervision of Prof. Carlo Blundo and Prof. Giuseppe Persiano.

After his PhD, he worked with Dr. Tatsuaki Okamoto at NTT, Japan, in 2013 and with Prof. Michel Abdalla at École normale supérieure, France, in 2014-2015.

Angelo has been also engaged in several EU projects including ECRYPTII (European Network of Excellence in Cryptology II) and TREDISEC (Trust-aware, REliable and Distributed Information SEcurity in the Cloud).

His research interests are in theoretical cryptography and its applications to the blockchain and the cloud.

Arnaud has been working on standards and open source for over 25 years and has been involved in every aspect of the open technology development process: technical, strategic, political, and legal. Arnaud was editor of several key web specifications including HTML and DOM and was a pioneer of open source with the release of libXpm in 1990. Arnaud currently is the main representative for IBM at W3C, a member of the Hyperledger Technical Steering Committee, a contributor to Hyperledger Fabric, and a member of the European Blockchain Observatory.

Arun leads the blockchain platforms team at Walmart Global Tech India. His areas of interests are cryptography & security, distributed systems and building scalable cloud solutions. He is a maintainer and an active contributor to the Hyperledger projects, also a co-lead of Hyperledger India Chapter.

Bobbi is responsible for moderating the  Learning Materials Development Working Group’s bi weekly meetings, setting agendas, maintaining the Confluence Wiki Page  and developing the documentation standards for Hyperledger Projects and Special Interest Groups.  Recently edited the Linux Foundation EdX course, “Introduction to Business Blockchain” LFs171s .

Bobbi opened Ledger Academy, a blockchain training Center  at Tiger Labs in Princeton, NJ whose mission is to consult and train enterprises on Blockchain Technologies. Ledger Academy sponsors Ledger Consulting which is a solution provider for large enterprises looking to adopt blockchain technology. She is the organizer for the Hyperledger Princeton Meetup, Princeton Blockchain Meetup  and Ledger Academy’s Blockchain Fundamentals Meetup which has over 1500.

Bobbi won the Government Blockchain Association (GBA) 2020 Award for Social Impact  for directing the BCPrinceton’s Blockchain Project, The Giving Chain,  which created a decentralized model to change the local charity giving.

Bobbi holds ( 2) Undergraduate degrees,  BS in Computer and Decision Science, and  BS in Management and Organizational  Behaviors.  In 2002 she received a Masters in Business Education. She holds a NJ Teaching Certification in Business.

Danno Ferrin is a Principal Software Engineer at Hedera

Dave Enyeart is a software engineer from IBM, and maintainer and release manager on the Hyperledger Fabric project. Dave graduated from Princeton University with a B.S.E. in Operations Research. He has spent his career working on enterprise software projects with a focus on data architecture, B2B, and business process management solutions. When enterprise blockchain came into existence, Dave started working on Hyperledger Fabric 1.0, and shortly thereafter became a maintainer and release manager for the project.

Grace joined ConsenSys two years ago and she focuses on partnerships, product launch initiatives, and community management activities. Grace led the initiative to gain approval and onboard Hyperledger Besu, the Java-based Enterprise Ethereum client, into the Hyperledger community and managed the project’s activities to help it gain active status. Prior to joining ConsenSys, Grace was a consultant at KPMG in the financial services industry. 

Hart Montgomery received his B.S.E. from Princeton in 2008 and completed his Ph.D. in computer science at Stanford in 2014, during which he was awarded a Stanford Graduate Fellowship. He joined Fujitsu Laboratories of America in 2015. His current research interests are spread throughout general cryptography, with a current focus on cryptocurrency and applicable cryptographic techniques, lattice-based cryptography, and cryptographic primitives.

Jim Zhang is co-founder and Head of Protocol Engineering of Kaleido. He is a maintainer of the Hyperledger FireFly project, member of the Ethereum Enterprise Alliance Technical Spec Workgroup and has contributed to Quorum and Hyperledger Besu open source code bases. Jim was a maintainer of the Hyperledger Fabric project, responsible for the node.js SDK and node.js chaincode support. Before starting Kaleido, he held a STSM role as IBM’s blockchain platform lead architect. Jim has written popular articles on the topics of comparing consensus algorithms and comparing Enterprise blockchain protocols. He has 15 years of experience in building a diverse range of enterprise systems including cloud services, enterprise mobile, and Java EE.

Kamlesh Nagware is the Chief Technology Officer at Snapper Future Tech and Co-Lead Hyperledger India chapter. He plays an active role across the Hyperledger community,  contributing to the Climate Action & Accounting SIG, Trade Finance SIG, and Hyperledger Global Forum Committee. He was named by Fintech News as one of the top 30 Indian blockchain influencers who are helping blockchain adoption and influencing the global community.

Nathan George is a Senior Director of Engineering, Protocol at Kiva and a maintainer for the Hyperledger Indy project. Before Kivia, he was a Senior Software Engineer and Architect at Evernym. He holds a degree in Computer Science from Utah State University and a Master of Business Administration from Brigham Young University.  Nathan is the chair of Hyperledger Indy’s Agent working group, championing the company’s engagement in the open source community through Hyperledger Indy and is a contributor to distributed identity and blockchain standards at the Decentralized Identity Foundation and the W3C.  His development experience spans diverse systems including robotics, GIS, file systems, big data analytics, and attribute-based security systems.

Peter is a technology architect manager at Accenture where he is one of the maintainers of the top level Hyperledger project called Cactus that aims to be an enterprise grade framework for blockchain integration/interoperability.

Tracy Kuhrt is a Senior Technology Architect within Accenture’s Blockchain and Multiparty Systems group with 20+ years of experience covering the entire software development lifecycle. Tracy has been involved in the blockchain space since 2015, with a focus on Hyperledger. At Accenture, besides architecting and delivering solutions for clients, Tracy is educating the next group of Blockchain and Multiparty Systems Technology Architects, is a frequent speaker on the topic, and is an advocate for inclusion and diversity in the technology. Tracy drove Accenture’s efforts to open source its Blockchain Automation Framework and Blockchain Integration Framework, which is now Hyperledger Cactus. Prior to joining Accenture, Tracy was a Hyperledger Community Architect.

Troy guides SecureKey’s open platform development team and leads technical strategy for our DLT-backed identity and authentication efforts. He is an active contributor to the Hyperledger community by serving as a maintainer for Aries Framework Go and Fabric SDK Go. He strongly believes in leveraging distributed ledger technology and standards to solve business and trust problems. He holds a M.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Toronto.

Archana Sristy is the Sr. Director of Engineering for Blockchain Platforms at Walmart. She has over 20 years of technology experience in Financial, Automotive and Retail industries. At Walmart she leads a team of engineers that design and implement blockchain at scale, powered by Hyperledger, for driving supply chain transparency in multiple business areas such as Food Safety and Health & Wellness.

Prior to Walmart, Archana held consulting positions in information technology with General Motors, Experian, ADP Wilco and others. She holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Computer Science from International Institute of Professional Studies, India.

Christine leads Liink by J.P. Morgan, a new ecosystem and network that enables collaboration, easy and direct access to value-added applications, and commercialization opportunities for financial institutions, corporates and fintechs. Additionally she oversees J.P. Morgan’s global Blockchain team, tasked with setting a comprehensive blockchain strategy for the firm and its various lines of business, designing and driving the development of cutting edge technology products, collaborating with the blockchain and crypto ecosystem, and guiding clients on the journey. Since joining J.P. Morgan more than 17 years ago, she has emerged as a highly trusted and respected leader – delivering results across the firm by cultivating strong relationships with clients, structuring new and innovative solutions, as well as designing and delivering enterprise-grade technology at scale through a variety of roles in Investment Banking, Markets, Asset Management and Technology. As one of the founding members of J.P. Morgan’s blockchain program, Christine created and drove its key initiatives in digital assets, tokenized payments, internet-of-things and digital identity. She is a graduate of Brown University. Christine was recently named in Fortune’s The Ledger 40 Under 40 list of “the most impressive, young superstars transforming business at the leading edge of finance and technology.”

Dave Treat is the global co-lead of Accenture’s blockchain practice and serves as a client account lead for several leading financial services institutions.

He has over 18 years of experience in Financial Services split between consulting and industry roles. The early part of his career was primarily focused on retail banking, and cards and in the past decade he has focused on capital markets. Dave has experience and expertise in running strategy functions, innovation, strategic cost management, large-scale restructuring, customer relationship management, M&A, outsourcing & offshoring and process excellence.

Hanna Zubko is a serial entrepreneur with over a decade of experience in technology for the financial services industry. She is the co-founder and CEO of IntellectEU Inc, a global leader in digital finance and emerging technologies focused on DLT, blockchain, AI and Quantum Computing. Hanna led IntellectEU to become a SWIFT business partner in the US in 2013, managing relationships with over 2700 prospects and customers embodying SWIFT connectivity, and advanced integration services. Under Hanna’s leadership IntellectEU became a founding member of the Linux Foundation’s Hyperledger in 2016 and built partnerships with leading industry players (Digital Asset, R3, VMWare, IBM, Oracle and others) providing enterprise-grade DLT and Blockchain solutions to financial services clients and market infrastructures. IntellectEU offers a suite of solutions for blockchain infrastructure management (Catalyst Blockchain Platform), insurance fraud detection (ClaimShare), hyper-personalization in the wealth management industry (VELMA) and mission critical cross-border payments tracking (payLOCATOR). Since 2017 Hanna served as Vice Chair for Hyperledger Marketing Committee and Co-Chaired Blockchain for Social Impact working group.  For three years in a row Hanna served as a judge at SWIFT Innotribe Competition for Fintech StartUps. Hanna is a member of Entrepreneurs Organization and Forbes Business Development Council.

Joseph Lubin is a co-founder of blockchain computing platform Ethereum and the founder of Consensus Systems (ConsenSys), a blockchain venture studio.

ConsenSys is one of the largest and fastest-growing companies in the blockchain technology space, building developer tools, decentralized applications, and solutions for enterprises and governments that harness the power of Ethereum. Headquartered in New York, ConsenSys also has a global presence, employing top entrepreneurs, computer scientists, software developers, and experts in enterprise delivery worldwide.

Lubin graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He worked in the Princeton Robotics Lab, at tomandandy music developing an autonomous music composition tool, and at private research firm Vision Applications Inc. building autonomous mobile robots.

As a software engineer and consultant, Lubin worked with eMagine on the Identrus project and was involved in the founding and operation of a hedge fund with a partner. He held positions as Director of the New York office of Blacksmith Software Consulting, and VP of Technology in Private Wealth Management at Goldman Sachs. Through these posts, Lubin focused on the intersection of cryptography, engineering, and finance.

Switching gears, Lubin moved to Kingston, Jamaica to work on projects in the music industry. Two years into his musical endeavors, Lubin co-founded the Ethereum Project and has been working on Ethereum and ConsenSys since January 2014.”

Kei Fukuta is the Director of Blockchain Planning Department at Hitachi.. Kei Fukuta has 30 years of experience in solution planning and development for various kinds of business sector including financial institutions. He has experiences working globally, working in the US for 4 years and working in China for 3 years to develop new IT solutions in those countries.

Rakesh Mohan is Director of Blockchain at IBM where he leads the development of blockchain technologies,
including Hyperledger Fabric and IBM’s blockchain products such as IBM Blockchain Platform, Food Trust
and Transparent Supply. Previously, he led IBM’s global research team on developing cognitive solutions for
Commerce, Marketing and Supplychain. Dr. Mohan holds over 30 patents and has published in numerous
conferences, journals and books. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Southern
California, Los Angeles and B.Tech. in Computer Science from IIT Kanpur, India.

Robert Palatnick is a Managing Director and Global Head of Technology Research and Innovation at DTCC, where he has responsibility for driving technology innovation at the firm and leads a number of key technology initiatives, including cloud, automation, machine learning, big data analytics and distributed ledger technologies. He is also responsible for collaboration with clients, regulators, fintech vendors and academia to research and advance technology innovations across the financial services industry.

Prior to this role, Rob served for over a decade as Chief Technology Architect, overseeing the firm’s global IT strategy, architecture, standards and engineering design of the systems and applications that support the firm’s broad range of products and services. During his career at DTCC, Rob also served as an Application Development Domain Lead, Chief Administrative Officer of IT and CIO of FICC. Prior to joining DTCC, Mr. Palatnick was Vice President, Development and Systems, at Security Pacific Corporation Sequor Software Services.

An active technology voice in the industry, Rob has been a featured guest speaker at key conferences worldwide and is often quoted in the press. He currently serves as Chairman of the Governing Board of the Linux Foundation’s Hyperledger Project, a collaborative effort to establish, build and sustain an open, distributed ledger platform across industries.

Rob received his BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Buffalo and is an alumnus of the David Rockefeller fellowship.

Shingo is leading FUJITSU’s development team of Hyperledger CACTUS, and he is also involved in several blockchain PoC projects with innovative external partners.

Tracy Kuhrt is a Senior Technology Architect within Accenture’s Blockchain and Multiparty Systems group with 20+ years of experience covering the entire software development lifecycle. Tracy has been involved in the blockchain space since 2015, with a focus on Hyperledger. At Accenture, besides architecting and delivering solutions for clients, Tracy is educating the next group of Blockchain and Multiparty Systems Technology Architects, is a frequent speaker on the topic, and is an advocate for inclusion and diversity in the technology. Tracy drove Accenture’s efforts to open source its Blockchain Automation Framework and Blockchain Integration Framework, which is now Hyperledger Cactus. Prior to joining Accenture, Tracy was a Hyperledger Community Architect.

Daniela Barbosa serves as General Manager Blockchain, Healthcare and Identity at the Linux Foundation and as Executive Director at Hyperledger with overall strategic and operational responsibility for staff, programs, expansion and execution of Hyperledger’s mission. Daniela has more than 20 years of enterprise technology experience, including serving for four years as Hyperledger’s Vice President of Worldwide Alliances with responsibility for the member community as well as broader industry and business community outreach and overall network growth. She started her career at Dow Jones where she worked with the top global brands across various sectors, including finance, consumer and energy, to architect and deliver enterprise systems, ontologies and semantic web solutions. In the early 2000s, Daniela became involved in the early web 2.0 community helping to advance the concept of digital identity and data portability as the pathway for people to reuse their data across interoperable applications.

David Boswell is a community expert who has worked with Mozilla, Open Networking Foundation, NASA, Sun Microsystems, Nokia and more on their community strategies. Through these past experiences he has expertise with both launching a new community as well as scaling existing communities. He is an O’Reilly author who has co-authored a book about Mozilla development and has also written several articles about community building. He has a Masters degree from Columbia University where he studied how technology can be used for public benefit.

Dorothy Cheng works in Marketing & PR.

Julian Gordon is the VP of Asia Pacific.

Karen Ottoni is the Director of Ecosystem for Hyperledger.

Min provides operational management to scale the growth of an open source project community and to coordinate the activities of the project governance and various committees at The Linux Foundation.

Ry is the Community Architect for Hyperledger.

Dorothy Cheng works in Marketing & PR.

Jerry Lee is the Community Director of Korea.

Jessie Wang is the Operations Manager of China.

Julian Gordon is the VP of Asia Pacific.

Keith Chan is the Community Director of Greater China.

Maggie Cheung is Operations Manager of Asia Pacific.

Sueyoung Chang is the Ecosystem Manager of Korea.