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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.

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Josh Fraser

Co-Fundador

Josh comenzó a programar a los 10 años. Previo a Origin, él co-fundó tres otras empresas en el pasado: EventVue, Torbit (adquirida por Walmart Labs) & Forage.

Matthew Liu

Co-Fundador

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

Founding Engineer

Yu Pan fue uno de los 6 miembros fundadores del equipo de PayPal y fue el primer empleado en YouTube. Él es un ex empleado de Google y cofundador de Kiwi Crate.

Franck Chastagnol

VP of Engineering

Franck ha tenido una exitosa carrera como uno de los primeros empleado en numerosas empresas de alto perfil. Anteriormente dirigió equipos de ingeniería en Inktomi, Paypal, YouTube, Google y Dropbox.

Micah Alcorn

Director of Product

Micah fue el cofundador técnico de WellAttended, una plataforma de gestión de taquilla de arranque. Trabajó como corredor de bienes raíces comerciales mientras aprendía a programar.

Nick Poulden

Ingeniero Mayor

Nick estudió Ciencias de la Computación en la Universidad de Warwick . Antes de unirse a Origin, trabajó como ingeniero en Sencha, C3 Energy Network y Palo Alto Networks.

Domen Grabec

Ingeniero

Domen cofundó y dirigió un equipo que desarrolló una aplicación móvil con 2 Grandmasters de ajedrez. Anteriormente tuvo una exitosa carrera en Cetra, Zemanta y PeerIndex.

Shahul Hameed

Ingeniero

Shahul es un ingeniero fullstack que comenzó a programar a la edad de 10 años. Anteriormente trabajó como freelance y luego se unió a Zoho como desarrollador front-end.

Mike Shultz

Ingeniero

Mike es un colaborador de código abierto desde hace mucho tiempo. Él creado un conjunto de herramientas para la creación de dev Etereum contrato inteligente con Python y ya había trabajado con Etereum y IPFS en Lunyr.

Aure Gimón

Diseñador de producto

Aure es un diseñador de productos con más de 10 años de experiencia. Antes de unirse a Origin, Aure trabajó en múltiples startups y compañías Fortune 500. En una vida pasada, también era ingeniero de software.

Daniel Von Fange

Ingeniero Mayor

Daniel aporta un fuerte énfasis en la seguridad y el análisis de datos a nuestro equipo. Daniel se ha ganado la reputación de ser capaz de recopilar grandes cantidades de datos y crear visualizaciones dinámicas a la velocidad de la luz.

Chase Colman

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

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

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

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

Ingeniero Mayor

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

Jefe de comunidad

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

Ingeniero Mayor

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

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

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

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

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

Ingeniero Mayor

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

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

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

Ingeniero Mayor

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

Diseñador de producto

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.

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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.