Speakers
Denelle Dixon is the CEO and Executive Director of the Stellar Development Foundation, a non-profit organization using blockchain to unlock the world’s economic potential by making money more fluid, markets more open, and people more empowered. Before joining Stellar, Dixon served as COO of Mozilla, one of the most successful mission-driven open-source organizations. A lawyer by trade, Denelle previously served as a general counsel and legal advisor in private equity and technology.
Jed McCaleb is Co-founder and Chief Architect of the Stellar Development Foundation. In 2014, Jed created Stellar, an open-source blockchain network built to democratize economic participation by making money more fluid, markets more open, and people more empowered. An early pioneer in decentralized systems and blockchain technology, he created eDonkey2000, one of the largest file-sharing networks in its time, and later created Mt. Gox, the first bitcoin exchange. He is also a co-founder of Ripple. Jed recently launched astera.org, a 501c3 non-profit dedicated to researching and fostering high leverage technology that can improve the well-being, prosperity, and quality of life for all people.