Adam is cofounder and CTO of Akash Network, where he drives the technology behind the world’s first decentralized cloud.

Prior to Akash, he led software development at Symantec, One King’s Lane, and Marketron. Before that, he worked as an engineer and developer for music monetization platform Topspin, which was acquired by Apple in 2014 following an initial acquisition by Beats.

Adam holds a U.S. patent for the invention of network protocol fuzzing, a security analysis methodology that dynamically tests a system’s resilience to protocol abuse.

As COO, Boz orchestrates and scales operational strategy, business development, infrastructure, and processes to enable the successful acceleration of Akash Network.

A serial entrepreneur and business development leader, Boz has seen two acquisitions and previously was GM at Refereum, a blockchain-based gaming rewards and marketing platform.

Prior to Refereum, Boz led business development for multiple SaaS startups (gaming, agtech, martech and fintech), including Paydici, a billing and payments platform.

He graduated from the University of Oregon with a B.S. in Finance.

As CFO, Cheng leads and guides Akash’s financial operations and strategy. Previously, he served as the CFO for WRKSHP, a high growth San Francisco gaming startup and Refereum, a premier blockchain startup.

Cheng spent over 8 years at premier financial institutions before founding and managing his own retail businesses in New York City. His experience includes extended tenures with Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and the Royal Bank of Scotland.

Prior to his work as a successful CFO and entrepreneur, Cheng was a Vice President focusing on debt and valuations for RBS. His financial expertise includes both equity and debt valuation, derivative instruments, and portfolio management.

He is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the Macaulay Honors College at the City University of New York.

Michael leads our community engagement efforts and scales our marketing programs as Senior Global Marketing Manager.

A passionate customer advocate and brand ambassador, he brings 7 years of experience driving growth and revenue, online and offline marketing and promotions, and customer service from the events and auto services industries at organizations including Redline, Autobahn, and Enterprise.

Michael consistently achieved Top Performer in Sales and Customer Service rankings, and Customer Satisfaction Indexes of 90%+ during his tenure at Enterprise.

He is a proud Banana Slug and graduated from U.C. Santa Cruz with a B.A. in Political Science.

As our first Creative Content Manager at Akash, Olive is creating and expanding our visual brand framework, and spearheads our global content and localization efforts to engage audiences around the world.

Most recently, Olive served as Director of Ticketing and Designer for Restless Nites, a leading events and online ticketing platform in Southern California.

Before that, she held project management roles for a number of social impact organizations including Los Angeles People’s Charter and Honey Power.

Olive is a talented musician, artist, and DJ, with a number one ranking radio show on NTS Radio.

Leveraging over 8 years of engineering and community management experience, combined with coding experience, Ryan manages Akash’s global developer and community programs as our Global Developer and Community Relations Lead.

Ryan joins Akash after spending 8 years at an engineering consulting firm designing power substations. Intrigued by new technologies, he was drawn to Bitcoin in 2012, and ever since then, he’s been absorbing as much as he can about blockchain and the state of the ecosystem.

Ryan joined the Cosmos Official Telegram in 2017 and was quickly promoted to Admin to help with community management over the next several years. He then completed a 6 month Coding Bootcamp at UC Irvine.

Kelsey has 7+ years of experience in public relations within tech, innovation, and emerging technology vertices, working in major hubs including the greater Bay Area and Los Angeles.

She has spoken internationally on rapid innovation, developer relations, and best PR practices, at events such as Apps World London and for the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA). She has received accolades for her work, most recently receiving two awards from Ragan’s PR Daily and Business Intelligence Group for Campaign of the Year.

Previously, Kelsey served as Senior PR Manager at Ethereum Classic Labs where she focused on mainstream education and brand awareness of the Ethereum Classic blockchain. Before that, she was PR Manager at Leaf Group, a publicly traded Internet and media company and spent almost 5 years at AngelHack, managing PR and communications for 50+ events globally on an annual basis to a developer community of 175,000. She has successfully secured placements across broadcast, digital media, and print including the LA Times, Voice of America, VentureBeat, Inc. Magazine, and Forbes while forming relationships with regional and national media outlets all over the world.

She is an active member of PRSA and served as the Director-at-Large on the board of PRSA California Capital Chapter.

As Finance and Operations Manager, Steph supports the organizational growth,  financial strategy, and culture at Akash Network. She is a multifaceted business management and operations professional with over a decade of accounting, finance, human resources, and IT management experience.

Prior to joining Akash Network, Steph served as the Director of Administration for the Downtown Center Business Improvement District in Downtown Los Angeles. Previously, she contracted with Day One Agency to oversee the expansion and relocation of their New York City headquarters as their first Director of Operations. Before that, Steph spent close to a decade managing office operations for Crestview Partners, a Madison Avenue private equity firm.

Steph holds certificates in Management Strategies and Conflict Management from New York University, and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the Fox School of Business at Temple University. She is an inducted member of the Beta Gamma Sigma international business honor society.