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Initiative
Project name: Bluzelle
An initiative based in Singapore combining a global distributed database, blockchain technology, cryptofinance, social and environmental responsibility
Burgess COMMENTARY
Peter Burgess
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Pavel Bains
CEO
Pavel Bains, CEO/Co-Founder – Pavel has over 15 years experience in opera_onal management,
digital technology and finance. An NCAA honor roll student-athlete from UCLA, Pavel also was
the co-founder of Storypanda, a digital book plaTorm that published cri_cally acclaimed _tles by
DreamWorks, Warner Bros, Peanuts and more. Pavel was in GM and CFO roles for video game
studios, including looking ater 7 Disney studios across four con_nents and 350 people and
$150M budgets.
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Neeraj Murarka
CTO
Neeraj Murarka, CTO/Co-Founder – Neeraj is an engineer and computer systems architect with
over 20 years experience. He has worked for Google, IBM, Hewle6 Packard, Luthansa, Thales
Avionics. Projects include: locking down of modified Android OS for retail markets; mul_cast
UDP satellite-based systems, design and development of secure and FFA-approved systems for
Airbus and Boeing. Neeraj was the fourth employee of acquired blockchain startup, Zero Block.
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Nitin Cunha
Senior Developer
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Scott Burch
Senior Developer
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Mehdi Abdeh Kolahchi
Senior Developer
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Richard Nistuk
Senior Developer
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Dmitry Mukhin
Senior Developer
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Ashok Venkateswaran
Director of Enterprise Sales
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Leandro Bark
Head of Sales
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Yingyao Xie
Product Development Associate
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Prashant Malik
Database Advisor
Ex Facebook. Co-Creator of Apache Cassandra
'Bluzelle's technology is a game changer as it is attacking the problem at its root by simplifying the complex administration of clustered data storage solutions.'
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Brian Fox
Open-source Advisor
CTO Orchid. Creator of GNU Bash.
'Bluzelle's decentralized database and open source plan fits perfectly with my world vision - a decentralized Internet for everyone.'
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Gil Penchina
Business Advisor
Ex eBay. Leads biggest AngelList Syndicate.
'Bluzelle has a highly-talented technical team solving real problems that the distributed planetary computing network will need to scale.'
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Alex Leverington
Advisor
Core Ethereum Developer from the start
“I am delighted to have the chance to provide feedback to the impressive Bluzelle team. The infrastructure of peer-to-peer technology has always been important for me and I am fascinated to see how Bluzelle develops its solutions in this vital area.”
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Ryan Fugger
Advisor
Original Creator of Ripple
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Brian Lio
Advisor
CEO of Smith & Crown
Smith + Crown is a research group focused on the revolutionary technologies in the emerging field of cryptofinance.
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Michael Egorov
Advisor
Former Linkedin Engineer, CTO of NuCypher
“Bluzelle is working on what I think is the most practical approach to decentralized databases, building a vital component for the future decentralized internet”
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Lionello Lunesu
Advisor
Co-Founder of Enuma Technologies
Enuma Technologies is a blockchain engineering services firm. They are experts in creation of full-stack prototypes, and developing specialized hardware and software for integration with existing infrastructure.
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Roger Lim
Advisor
Roger is a successful entrepreneur in the space of web, data hosting and network security businesses. He was the Founder and CEO of Webvisions, which grew to 200 people and 26k customers. Experienced angel investors in blockchain and cryptocurrencies.
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Yubo Ruan
Advisor
Founder of 8 Decimal Capital
Yubo is the founder of 8 Decimal Capital, one of the leading blockchain investment firm in Silicon Valley. Yubo is the co-founder of Skylight Investment, an early stage tech investment firm, backed by Taiyou Fund and New Oriental(NYSE:EDU). Previously, Yubo started two highly successful companies, held 4 national patents and won the 2017 AACYF 30 under 30.