It’s with disappointment that we announce that Ming Chan, who has served as Govt Director on the Ethereum Basis for practically three years, is leaving the Basis. Since her arrival in 2015, she has performed a crucial position within the improvement and success of the Basis. We’ll miss the management, dedication and integrity that she delivered to the Basis, and want to thank her for her devoted service and many important accomplishments together with:
- A number of rounds of reorganization for the Basis, in addition to considerably bettering effectivity and decreasing prices
- Constructing relationships with IC3 and different tutorial teams
- Navigating and supporting the Basis by means of a number of troublesome challenges, together with the DAO hack and 2016 DoS assaults
- Overseeing a number of main profitable laborious forks, together with Homestead and Metropolis
- Overseeing three profitable Devcon occasions
To handle present and future management wants for the Basis, we’ve got already accomplished our seek for a worthy successor. Efficient February 1, 2018, Aya Miyaguchi might be assuming the position of Govt Director on the Ethereum Basis. Aya is a veteran of the blockchain area and was most not too long ago the Managing Director of Kraken Japan. She brings a few years of organizational management expertise to the desk and has a ardour for non-profits and social enterprise. We really feel lucky to have her be part of us and welcome her warmly to her new position.
“Having been involved in different layers of the blockchain ecosystem, I am aware of the the improvements that need to happen at the core level of the Ethereum platform, and that these improvements can only happen with the support of a strong community. I am excited to be taking on this role, and to support the research and development efforts and the relationships within the community,” Aya says.
We stay up for working with Aya because the Basis continues to evolve and develop within the coming years. There are numerous thrilling developments for our ecosystem on the horizon, and we anticipate even better breakthroughs within the coming days and close to future. Please be part of us in wishing Ming a heartfelt farewell, and in welcoming Aya to the Ethereum Basis.
The Board of Administrators, Stiftung Ethereum
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