It’s with unhappiness 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 vital function within the improvement and success of the Basis. We’ll miss the management, dedication and integrity that she dropped at the Basis, and want to thank her for her devoted service and lots of vital accomplishments together with:
- A number of rounds of reorganization for the Basis, in addition to considerably enhancing effectivity and lowering prices
- Constructing relationships with IC3 and different tutorial teams
- Navigating and supporting the Basis via a number of troublesome challenges, together with the DAO hack and 2016 DoS assaults
- Overseeing a number of main profitable arduous 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 will probably be assuming the function 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 function.
“Having been concerned in several layers of the blockchain ecosystem, I’m conscious of the the enhancements that have to occur on the core stage of the Ethereum platform, and that these enhancements can solely occur with the help of a powerful group. I’m excited to be taking up this function, and to help the analysis and improvement efforts and the relationships inside the group,” Aya says.
We look ahead to working with Aya because the Basis continues to evolve and develop within the coming years. There are lots of 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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