Jeff Garzik
Jeff Garzik is the Co-Founder and Leader of the Hemi Labs project, a next-generation layer-2 network powered by Bitcoin and Ethereum, and Co-Founder and CEO of Bloq, a blockchain enterprise software company. Garzik is a well-known futurist, entrepreneur, and software engineer who has long been at the center of developing and commercializing open source software related to Bitcoin and blockchain technology. Previously, he spent five years as a Bitcoin core developer and ten years at Red Hat. His work with the Linux kernel is now found in every Android phone and data center running Linux today. Garzik is also an advisor to several globally known blockchain industry companies, serving on their boards of directors and advisers.
Jeff Garzik Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Co-Founder and CEO
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Co-Founder and CEO
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Web Developer
Academic History
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B.S., Computer Science
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Co-Founder, Bloq
Board Member, Coin Center
Advisory Board, BitFury
Advisory Board, BitPay
Advisory Board, Chain.com
Advisory Board, Netki
Advisory Board, WayPaver Labs
Board of Director, Linux Foundation
Expert, World Economic Forum Expert Network
Garzik has a long history of early technology adoption and has worked for a succession of internet startups and service providers.
He has played critical roles in open-source projects and has worked as an advisor to some of the most well-known platforms in the cryptocurrency ecosystem.
He was part of the team that launched CNN.com, one of the earliest mainstream media efforts to embrace the internet.
He has delivered presentations on bitcoin and blockchain technology at TEDx, State of Digital Money, Scaling Bitcoin, as well as private briefings to corporations, governments, central banks, and hedge funds.
RED HAT
Garzik served as the Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat for more than 10 years, where heled and developed the kernel Linux to be a leader in the field of open source projects.
Today, it is the core of the Linux operating system and its work can be seen in Linux data center facilities and on all the phones they use.
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
Garzik has been featured in numerous media outlets including Bloomberg, Business Insider, American Banker, and Yahoo! Finance.
He has also been featured in CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, Blockworks, Bitcoin Magazine, and Real Vision.