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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Experience
- Parity TechnologiesFounder / Chief Architectcurrent2015 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
- Grid SingularityCo Foundercurrent2015 — presentGlobal
- Ethereum FoundationCo-Founder and CTO2013 — 2015Zug, Switzerland
- OxLegalDirectory of Technology2013 — 2014Oxford, England, United Kingdom
- Lancaster Logic ResponseTechnical Director2011 — 2013
- Microsoft Research CambridgeResearch and SoftwareConsultant2007 — 2011Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
- Frontier DevelopmentsEngine Sublead Programmer (Audio)2005 — 2007Cambridge, UK
- InTechnology PlcProgrammer2000 — 2001
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Public Speaking7Creative Solutions1Research6Teaching2Qt2Realtime Programming2Network Programming2Audio Programming1UI Design1Business Administration1Project Management3SDL1
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Frequently asked questions
- 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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