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Founder at Parity

Switzerland

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About

Gavin Wood is the founder and chief architect at Parity Technologies and the inventor of the Polkadot protocol. He co-founded Ethereum and served as CTO of the Ethereum Foundation, where he developed the first functional implementation of the platform, released as "POC-1," and authored the Yellow Paper, a formal specification of the protocol. He also created the Solidity programming language and founded the Web3 Foundation.

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ArcTern VenturesToronto · $730K – $2.9M checks · since 2019Blockchange VenturesNew YorkDigital Currency GroupNew YorkFenbushi CapitalShanghai

Experience

  1. Parity TechnologiesFounder / Chief Architectcurrent2015 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
  2. Grid SingularityCo Foundercurrent2015 — presentGlobal
  3. Ethereum FoundationCo-Founder and CTO2013 — 2015Zug, Switzerland
  4. OxLegalDirectory of Technology2013 — 2014Oxford, England, United Kingdom
  5. Lancaster Logic ResponseTechnical Director2011 — 2013
  6. Microsoft Research CambridgeResearch and SoftwareConsultant2007 — 2011Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
  7. Frontier DevelopmentsEngine Sublead Programmer (Audio)2005 — 2007Cambridge, UK
  8. InTechnology PlcProgrammer2000 — 2001

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Public Speaking7Creative Solutions1Research6Teaching2Qt2Realtime Programming2Network Programming2Audio Programming1UI Design1Business Administration1Project Management3SDL1
+12 morePS3Xbox 360API DesignGIMPInkscapeEntrepreneurshipStart-upsBusiness StrategyPhotoshopC++CJavascript

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Who is Gavin Wood?
Gavin Wood is the founder and chief architect at Parity Technologies and the inventor of the Polkadot protocol. He co-founded Ethereum and served as CTO of the Ethereum Foundation, where he developed the first functional implementation of the platform, released as "POC-1," and authored the Yellow Paper, a formal specification of the protocol. He also created the Solidity programming language and founded the Web3 Foundation.
Where does Gavin Wood work?
Gavin Wood is Founder of Parity.
What companies did Gavin Wood found?
Gavin Wood founded Parity.
Where did Gavin Wood go to school?
Gavin Wood studied at University of York (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Music Visualisation for Human Computer Interfacing); University of York (Master of Engineering (MEng), Computer Systems/Software Engineering); Lancaster Royal Grammar School.

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