We’re saddened to announce that Ming Chan, who served as Government Director on the Ethereum Basis for nearly three years, is leaving the Basis. Since her arrival in 2015, she has performed a key position within the improvement and success of the Basis. We are going to miss the management, dedication and integrity she delivered to the Basis and need to thank her for her devoted service and plenty of notable accomplishments, together with:
- A number of rounds of reorganization of the Basis, in addition to a big enchancment in effectivity and price discount
- Constructing relationships with IC3 and different tutorial teams
- Navigating and supporting the Basis via quite a lot of tough challenges, together with the 2016 DAO hack and DoS assaults.
- Overseeing a number of main profitable onerous forks, together with Homestead and Metropolis
- Overseeing three profitable Devcon occasions
As a way to meet the Basis’s present and future management wants, we now have already accomplished our seek for a worthy successor. Efficient February 1, 2018, Aya Miyaguchi will assume the position of CEO on the Ethereum Basis. Aya is a veteran of the blockchain house and most not too long ago served as Director of Kraken Japan. She brings years of expertise in organizational management to the desk and has a ardour for non-profit and social enterprises. We’re glad to have her be part of us and warmly welcome her to her new position.
“Having been concerned in varied layers of the blockchain ecosystem, I’m conscious of the enhancements that must occur on the base stage of the Ethereum platform and that these enhancements can solely occur with the assist of a robust group. I’m excited to tackle this position and assist the R&D efforts and relationships throughout the group,” says Aya.
We sit up for working with Aya because the Basis continues to develop and develop within the coming years. There are lots of thrilling developments for our ecosystem on the horizon, and we count on even greater discoveries within the coming days and the close to future. Please be part of us in saying a fond farewell to Ming and welcoming Aya to the Ethereum Basis.
Board of Administrators of Stiftung Ethereum
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