**David Casey** - David's work has touched crypto for over a decade, and his passion is working at the ecosystem level to engineer systemic change. In the blockchain industry, he's worn a number of hats, including on the founder/CEO side, corporate, philanthropic/public goods funding, event production (conferences, developer residencies, and hackathons), a sprinkle of VC, and ecosystem incubation. He is a 4x founder, in addition to advising three growth-stage companies.

In 2013, he discovered the first real-world use case for blockchain technology as applied to his startup at the time - nearly instantaneous, nearly-free, fully permissionless p2p cross-border payments anywhere in the world - “email for money.” The first time he deployed a blockchain-based asset or token was on Bitcoin’s Colored Coins Protocol in 2015. David has also worked in the humanitarian and non-profit sectors, led the production of conferences and festivals in over 10 countries, and has spoken publicly in 25 countries. David is deeply involved in incubating the EVM-based public goods funding ecosystem, bridging EVM communities including Ethereum, Celo, Optimism, Polygon, Arbitrum, and Base.

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**Nancy Bui** - Nancy has more than a decade of experience overseeing complex, large-scale global and social impact initiatives across continents. An expert in managing complex project cycles, from strategic planning and stakeholder engagement to program design and impact evaluation, Nancy has managed significant projects like the Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Program in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, demonstrating the capacity to navigate cross-cultural environments and deliver high-quality outcomes in diverse settings. Currently leading operations for the Akashic platform, Nancy adeptly manages pilot projects and strategic partnerships, utilizing digital and blockchain technologies to advance public goods ecosystems, particularly in Asia.

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**Duke Jones, Platform Architecture & Engineering:** Duke is an accomplished engineer with extensive experience in cloud deployments and decentralized technologies, having worked on high-volume services for PlayStation Network and Amazon and developing early crypto-economic primitives at the Economic Space Agency. He is deeply committed to privacy and self-sovereignty, as demonstrated by his roles in developing PGP's email encryption server and the DID standard and writing decentralized public critical infrastructure for Holochain. Duke co-founded Good Money, a bank that originated from a stablecoin aimed at social good, learning the vital importance of easy non-custodial key management for accessing decentralized money. He also initiated ReSource Network, a mutual-credit-based cryptocurrency network designed to create non-extractive value exchange networks, pioneering a hybrid non-custodial multisig solution for key management. His work reflects a drive to harness technology to game-theoretically maximize collaboration and foster creative human expression, addressing the challenges posed by late-stage capitalism.

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**Ghassan Murad, Product Developer:** Ghassan is a refugee and Co-Founder & CEO at Flan Tech, where he has been innovating at the intersection of technology and community engagement to build ecosystems through purpose-driven networking and intelligent matchmaking. His extensive design and strategy expertise has been utilized as Associate Director of Design at Willis Towers Watson since September 2021, enhancing user experience and platform design. With a strong background in global design consultancy, Ghassan has provided creative solutions for UN-supported organizations across Denmark, Switzerland, and New York, focusing on digital and print publications, interactive material, and motion designs. Earlier in his career, he led his agency, Ghassan Murad Advertising in Jordan, driving user experience, digital promotions, and creative strategies for numerous businesses. His work reflects a deep commitment to impactful design and strategic innovation, leveraging his skills across product strategy, UX research, and entrepreneurship to foster meaningful engagement and growth in diverse sectors.
