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Executive bios
Rob Viglione
Co-founder & CEO
Rob is the Team Lead and Co-founder of Horizen, a blockchain platform that aims to enable an application-rich and inclusive ecosystem through its leading-edge sidechain solutions.
Formally a trained physicist, mathematician, and military officer, Rob's experience working on satellite radar, space launch vehicles, and combat support intelligence informed much of his understanding of how blockchain technology could change the trajectory of global societies.
Rob holds his Bachelor of Physics and Actuarial Mathematics, an MBA in Finance & Marketing, and is a Ph.D. (C) in finance at the University of South Carolina where he researches cryptocurrency and teaches a class on blockchain in finance.
Rolf Versluis
Co-founder & Executive Advisor
Rolf is an experienced business owner in the IT industry and owns a mid-size mining operation.
With prior experience at Cisco systems, the semiconductor industry, and as a nuclear trained officer in the US Submarine force, Rolf brings leadership, management, and technical operational expertise to the Zen organization
Alberto Garoffolo
Director of R&D
With more than 15 years of experience Alberto gained a deep knowledge on software design and development in many application fields with a strong expertise in different languages such as Java, C and C++.
In the last years he covered the role of CTO in a startup company, designing the software architecture and selecting the team to create one of the most complete video engagement solutions on the market.
Dean Steinbeck
General Counsel
Chief Operations Officer with a proven ability to develop and implement legal, finance and HR functions that support complex technology ventures.
Data privacy and blockchain enthusiast.
Crypto lawyer and writer.
About Horizen
Horizen is the most secure interoperable blockchain ecosystem supported by the largest and most decentralized node infrastructure in the industry.
Horizen focuses on scalable data privacy and enables businesses and developers to custom build their own public or private blockchains using its unique sidechain technology, Zendoo.
Horizen has a sustainable governance model, a dedicated core team maintaining the network and a passionate community supporting its mission.
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