It’s with unhappiness that we announce that Ming Chan, who served as Govt Director on the Ethereum Basis for nearly three years, is leaving the Basis. Since his arrival in 2015, he has been instrumental within the development and success of the Basis. We’ll miss the management, dedication and integrity he delivered to the Basis, and wish to thank him for his devoted service and lots of vital achievements:
- A number of rounds of restructuring for Basis, plus important effectivity enhancements and price reductions
- Construct relationships with IC3 and different educational teams
- Navigating and supporting the Basis by various tough challenges, together with the DAO hack and the 2016 DoS assaults
- Overseeing a number of main profitable arduous forks together with Homestead and Metropolis
- Overseeing three profitable Devcon occasions
To satisfy the present and future management wants of the Basis, now we have already accomplished the seek for an appropriate successor. Efficient February 1, 2018, Aya Miyaguchi will tackle the position of Govt Director on the Ethereum Basis. Aya is a veteran of the blockchain sector and was most lately the Managing Director of Kraken Japan. She brings to the desk a few years of organizational management expertise and a ardour for nonprofit and social enterprise. We really feel lucky to have him on board and prolong a heat welcome to him in his new position.
Aya says, “Having been concerned in numerous layers of the blockchain ecosystem, I’m conscious of the enhancements that should be made on the core of the Ethereum platform, and that these enhancements can solely occur with the help of a robust group. And I am excited to help analysis and growth efforts and relationships inside the group.”
We sit up for working with Aya because the Basis continues to develop and develop within the years to return. There are various thrilling developments on the horizon for our ecosystem, and we sit up for even higher breakthroughs within the days forward and the close to future. Please be a part of us in wishing Ming a heat farewell and welcoming Aya to the Ethereum Basis.
Board of Administrators, Stiftung Ethereum
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