A world-class team led by entrepreneurs and engineers from iconic tech companies
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Bringing NFTs and DeFi to the masses
Origin was founded in 2017 by successful Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and has a team of experienced engineers from iconic tech companies like YouTube, Google, PayPal, and DropBox. Today, Origin is a global community with hundreds of open-source contributors and thousands of token holders. We work in public and you can always find at least one of us awake in our Discord.
Kernteam
![Josh Fraser headshot](/static/img/headshot-josh.jpg)
Co-founder
Josh begon op 10-jarige leeftijd te coderen. Vóór
Origin richtte hij drie andere door ondernemingen gesteunde bedrijven op:
EventVue, Torbit (overgenomen door Walmart Labs) & Forage.
![Matthew Liu headshot](/static/img/headshot-matt.jpg)
Co-founder
Matt was the 3rd PM at YouTube (acquired by
Google) and VP PM at Qwiki (acquired by Yahoo) and Bonobos
(acquired by Walmart). He has a MS and BS from Stanford.
![Yu Pan headshot](/static/img/headshot-yupan.jpg)
Founding Engineer
Yu Pan was een van de 6 oprichtende teamleden van
PayPal en was de 1e medewerker bij YouTube. Hij is een voormalige
Google-medewerker en mede-oprichter van Kiwi Crate.
![Franck Chastagnol headshot](/static/img/headshot-franck.jpg)
VP of Engineering
Franck heeft een succesvolle carrière gehad als vroege
werknemer bij tal van spraakmakende bedrijven. Eerder leidde hij
engineeringteams bij Inktomi, Paypal, YouTube, Google en
Dropbox.
![Micah Alcorn headshot](/static/img/headshot-micah.jpg)
Director of Product
Micah was de technische mede-oprichter van
WellAttended, een bootstrapped box office managementplatform.
Hij werkte als commercieel makelaarskantoor terwijl hij
code aan het leren was.
![Nick Poulden headshot](/static/img/headshot-nick.jpg)
Senior Engineer
Nick studeerde Informatica aan de Universiteit van
Warwick. Voordat hij bij Origin kwam, werkte hij als ingenieur bij
Sencha, C3 Energy Network en Palo Alto Networks.
![Domen Grabec headshot](/static/img/headshot-domen.jpg)
Engineer
Domen was mede-oprichter en leidde een team dat een
mobiele applicatie ontwikkelde met 2 schaakgrootmeesters. Hij was eerder
had een succesvolle carrière bij Cetra, Zemanta en Peerindex.
![Shahul Hameed headshot](/static/img/headshot-shahul.jpg)
Engineer
Shahul is een fullstack ingenieur die begon
programmering op de leeftijd van 10. Hij werkte eerder als freelancer
en vervolgens bij Zoho als een front-end developer.
![Mike Shultz headshot](/static/img/headshot-mike.jpg)
Engineer
Mike levert al heel lang bijdragen aan open-source. Hij
maakte een ontwikkelaarskit voor het maken van Ethereum smart contracts
met Python en werkte eerder met Ethereum en IPFS bij
Lunyr.
![Aure Gimon headshot](/static/img/headshot-aure.jpeg)
Product Designer
Aure is een product ontwerper met 10 + jaar van
ervaring. Voordat Aure bij Origin kwam werken, werkte hij bij meerdere
startups en Fortune 500-bedrijven. In een vorig leven was hij
ook een software-ingenieur.
![Daniel Von Fange headshot](/static/img/headshot-daniel.jpg)
Senior Engineer
Daniel brings a strong emphasis on security and data analysis to our team. Daniel has earned a reputation for being able to gather massive amounts of data and create dynamic visualizations at lightning speed.
![Chase Colman headshot](/static/img/headshot-chase.png)
Project Manager
Chase comes from creative and marketing agency life in Los Angeles. She’s managed projects and accounts for clients like YouTube, W Hotels, and Stitch Fix. She's now in charge of creator relationship management at Origin.
![Eric Charles headshot](/static/img/headshot-eric.jpg)
Account Manager
Eric was an early employee at Lyft and a founding member of their first B2B solution. He was an account manager at Tophatter and worked at a marketing agency connecting brands with creators and celebrities.
![Jon Youshaei headshot](/static/img/headshot-jon.jpeg)
Creator in Residence
Jon has spent his career helping creators. Before joining Origin, Jon was responsible for creator monetization marketing at YouTube and product marketing at Instagram. He's also a frequent contributor for Forbes.
![Kara Chang headshot](/static/img/headshot-kara.png)
Executive Assistant
Kara is the executive assistant to Origin co-founders, Josh and Matt. She graduated from UC San Diego and previously managed a team of 10 people at an ecommerce company in Taiwan.
![Ed Spencer headshot](/static/img/headshot-ed.png)
Senior Engineer
Ed previously worked at Sencha, C3 Energy Network, and Palo Alto Networks as a UI and software architect. He studied at the University of Warwick where he met his lifelong friend and now colleague, Nick Poulden.
![Aaron Faulkner headshot](/static/img/headshot-aaron.jpg)
Head of Community
Aaron has spent his career building and managing communities. He served as a long-term member of our community team before joining fulltime to help us with social media, content, and marketing at Origin.
![Christopher Jacobs headshot](/static/img/headshot-chris.jpg)
Senior Engineer
Chris previously worked at OCZ, Toshiba, Storcentric and Palo Alo Networks as a Full Stack / UI Engineer. He is a creative developer who has over 15 years experience architecting software solutions.
![Kelly Hwang headshot](/static/img/headshot-kelly.jpg)
Investments/Treasury
Kelly was previously a successful startup founder and venture investor at Upfront Ventures before spending the last few years investing in DeFi. He has a BA in Economics from Stanford.
![Linus Chung headshot](/static/img/headshot-linus.jpg)
VP of Product
Linus previously worked as Director of Product at Coinbase. Before that, he lead product at companies like Tesla, Pinterest, and LinkedIn. He has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford.
![Andra Nicolau headshot](/static/img/headshot-andra.jpg)
Head of BD, OUSD
Andra is a longtime crypto veteran. She was most recently the Head of Growth at 1inch where she raised over $250M. She has spent over 8 years in Silicon Valley and studied Economics at UC Berkeley.
![Justin Charlton headshot](/static/img/headshot-justin.jpg)
Head of Finance
Justin started investing in middle school, designed budgets for launching satellites into space (successfully!), and advised tech clients on M&A and strategy for 7 years at PwC and KPMG.
![Tom Hirst headshot](/static/img/headshot-tomh.jpg)
Senior Engineer
Tom helped ship digital projects for the NHS, Umbro, BMW and Meta before entering web3. He has launched multiple successful solo endeavours, including most recently, an NFT project with fully on-chain artwork.
![Youngsun Shin headshot](/static/img/headshot-youngsun.jpg)
Product Manager
Youngsun previously worked as a product manager at Coupang. Before that, he did product and operations at Uber. He enjoys engaging on Clubhouse and building NFT communities on the ground in Korea.
![Peter Gray headshot](/static/img/headshot-peter.jpg)
BD Manager, OUSD
Peter studied business at Tulane University and worked on the sales teams at Palo Alto Networks, VMware, and Alkemi Network before joining Origin as the OUSD BD Manager. He is a musician, hockey player, and avid skier.
![Nick Hong headshot](/static/img/headshot-nickh.jpg)
Senior Engineer
Before Origin, Nick was on product teams at Medium, Eaze, and Instacart, and more recently jumped into Web3 with Driftershoots on his FirstDayOut Open Edition. Outside of work, Nick enjoys kickboxing, meditation, and trying out new cooking with his air fryer.
![Matt Bullock headshot](/static/img/headshot-mattb.png)
Product Designer
Matt is a product designer specialising in DeFi and Web3 for the past 4 years. He was the first designer to join Augur and later went on to work at Dapper Labs. Before this he was doing the rounds in various advertising and design agencies across London.
![Jonathan Snow headshot](/static/img/headshot-jonathans.jpg)
Data Engineer
Before joining Origin, Jonathan worked with several crypto and finance brands, focusing on building data pipelines and automation tools. Prior to that, he helped build a company that provided social media user data to a number of startups and PR firms.
![You headshot](/static/img/headshot-you.png)
We're hiring!
We are a distributed team with employees all over the world. We have a fast-paced bias-to-action culture and a really big vision for bringing crypto mainstream. Check out our open-positions on AngelList.
Gemeenschapsteam
![Moisés Sosa headshot](/static/img/headshot-moises.jpg)
Moisés Sosa
![Kevin Lee headshot](/static/img/headshot-kevin.png)
Kevin Lee
![Joseph Stewart headshot](/static/img/headshot-joseph.jpg)
Joseph Stewart
![Erkan Ciftci headshot](/static/img/headshot-erkan.png)
Erkan Ciftci
![Stefano Terenzi headshot](/static/img/headshot-stefano.jpg)
Stefano Terenzi
![Zizen Chang headshot](/static/img/headshot-zizen.jpg)
Zizen Chang
![Lee Gwangmyeong headshot](/static/img/headshot-lee.png)
Lee Gwangmyeong
Adviseur
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