INNOVATE - Algorand Blockchain Hackathon

Ryan R. Fox is a Developer Advocate at Algorand, where he guides developers toward FutureFi by building smart contracts using Algorand SDKs and APIs to deploy their solutions. Previously, Fox spent two years leading the protocol development team at BitShares following 20 years as a founder and advisor to innovation teams in financial services, mortgage banking, and academia including Wells Fargo, Bell Banks, and the University of Sydney. Fox holds a B.B.A. in Management Computer Systems from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanRfox/

Russ Fustino is a Developer Advocate on Blockchain for Algorand and a Microsoft MVP reconnect in App Development. A former Developer Evangelist for Microsoft, as well as for Russ’ ToolShed, Xamarin, Raygun, Wowza & ComponentOne, Russ is also a Xamarin Certified Mobile Developer software developer, and author of the book “Azure and Xamarin Forms,” (Apress). Fustino has a passion for building blockchain solutions conveying relevant, current, and future software development technologies and tools. He shares that knowledge via live seminars, teachings, and internet video productions. Russ has enlightened, entertained, and educated over one million developers over the course of his career. He is a recipient of the INETA Lifetime Achievement Award and publisher of several apps including the highly lauded Jethro Tull app. Twitter: @RussFustino
https://www.linkedin.com/in/russfustino/ https://twitter.com/russfustino https://developer.algorand.org Discord - russfustino#3975

Ben Guidarelli (aka barnji) is a developer advocate at Algorand. He helps devs chew glass and slings mediocre code. https://github.com/barnjamin https://twitter.com/barnji

Steve Ferrigno is a Developer Advocate at Algorand, where he helps new and existing developers learn about the Algorand blockchain technology with a focus on TEAL and security, as well as contributing to the Developer Portal and demo repositories on GitHub. Steve previously worked as a software development team lead at a payroll bureau where he implemented a full pension processing solution during the introduction of automatic enrollment within the UK. Steve's experience in blockchain technology started 5 years ago and he was formally an employee at Rand Labs before joining Algorand. Discord - nullun#0110 Twitter - @nullun