Aztec Labs Team
We are a fully-remote team committed to unleashing the full potential of decentralized technologies by building a fully decentralized, privacy-first Layer 2 network with no compromises.
Meet our founders

Zac Williamson
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Joe Andrews
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A global team distributed in 14 countries

PhD in Mathematics, University of Bonn. Ex-postdoc in arithmetic geometry, University of Regensburg.

MSci in Cybersecurity, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow. 8 years in practical cybersecurity.
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PhD in Mathematics, UCL. Enthusiastic learner.

BSc in Comp Sci & Business. Member of Huff team, fellow at Paradigm.

New to the Web3 space with 4+ years experience in Fintech Operations.
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Mathematician/cryptographer. Recovering academic.

8+ years web3 marketing leader with product focus. Previous experience at TrustToken, OpenZeppelin, and Chainlink.

MSc Eng, Technical U Denmark. Masters on privacy-preserving e-cash. Ex-Aave Smart Contract team, and Deloitte Denmark NextGen.
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Former post-doctoral researcher at ENCRYPTO, TU Darmstadt, Germany. PhD from CrIS Lab, IISc Bangalore, India. Carried out research in designing secure MPC protocols in various adversarial models for real-world applications.

Computer Science / Cognitive Science. 6+ years experience as a Backend Developer, with stints as Technical Lead, Blockchain Engineer, and Devops Engineer at a wide variety of companies.

MSc Computer Science from Budapest University of Technology and Economics, MSc in Banking from Corvinus University. 20 years in software enginnering. Previous blockchain experience at IOHK, BabylonChain and Protocol Labs.

PhD Computer Science (U. Amsterdam) & MSc Computer Science (U. Buenos Aires). Previously Staff Software Engineer at Google, leading anti-piracy efforts.

Multi-disciplinary designer with focus in brand design and 3D illustration, experience in fashion and tech. Previously at OKX and CLO3D.

BEng Materials Science from Imperial College London. Formerly CTO of Silicon Valley food tech startup Radish. Experienced developer and EF9 Cohort member.

Self-taught Web3 enthusiast, with mechanical engineer background. Previously on-boarding devs to ZK at Harmony zkDAO.

MSc Mathematics, Paris VI University, agrégation at ENS Paris. Software engineer, IT manager focused on cryptography and ZK.

MSc in Comp Sci, U. Waterloo. Full-stack, compiler, game dev experience. Hobby game developer.

BSc in Comp Sci, National Taiwan U. Ex-King & Wood, Senior Engineer at TripNotice.com. Joined Aztec in 2018.

Blockchain participant since 2013. BA in Math and Physics. Startup native. Designed, implemented, and audited smart contracts for Ethereum and Tezos: DeFi, NFTs, DAO. Created Tezos meta-tx standard. CA mDL collaborator.

B.Sc. in Statistics from University of Toronto. Amin Co-founded Fuku, a crypto options trading protocol and launched new crypto startups 0-1 at crypto venture studio Diagram Ventures.

U. Liverpool grad. Ex-Reddit Crypto, and Amazon Alexa. Product-first engineering approach enthusiast.

5+ years in community building. I have planned and led 4 seperate communities through TGE and beyond. Previous experience includes Phoenix Marketing and Mina Protocol.

MSc in Distributed Systems, U. Bucharest. Full-stack dev, Node.js & Typescript specialist. Ex-Adobe, IOHK.
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MS in Electrical Engineering (Computer Science) and BS in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics at National Taiwan University. 10+ years of software engineering experience at Google, Meta, Booking.com, and Mozilla.

LLM from London School of Economics. Crypto advisor to KYVE Network, Parallel Finance, and other start-ups. 10+ years at White & Case London, ex-Counsel.
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BSc Computer Science and Brand Development from Minerva University. 5+ yrs web3 product marketing lead. Previously at Polygon, Avail, and Namebase.

MSc Computer Engineering, U. Maryland. Experience in EVM game dev, DeFi design, python, embedded systems, and FPGA design.

Crypto-obsessed. Previously Startegy Associate at LayerZero and Governance and Strategy Associate at Aave Labs.

BSc Computer Science. 25+ years software engineering. Former career in gaming and finance sectors. Unix evangelist.

MSci in Theoretical Physics, Imperial. Ex-smart contract developer at Balancer Labs.

10+ years of experience at the intersection of emerging technologies and communications with a focus on making complex concepts digestible for all. Previously led PR and developer marketing efforts for Consenys, Akash Network, and Ethereum Classic.

B.Tech in Computer Science Engineering, University of Calicut. Software engineer for 11 years, previously at Ethereum Foundation (PSE).

Harvard MBA, UPenn Wharton BS. Ex-principal at NextGen Venture Partners, acquired by Brown Advisory. Launched products globally at Google.

MSc Mathematics, ETHZ; PhD in Cryptography, EPFL. 15 years in security engineering, PKI, blockchains, and applied cryptography.

BSc in Comp Sci & AI, U. Edinburgh. 9 years full-stack dev at Apple, Microsoft, Babylon Health, and others.

Telecommunications engineer, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. 5+ years in Web3, p2p poker at ConsenSys, fullstack & solidity dev.

MSc Computer Engineering, University of Maryland - College Park. 10+ years industry experience: cofounded real estate tech company TwnSqr after engineering roles at Hewlett-Packard Enterprise and Northrop Grumman.
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BA in Business Administration with over 7 years in executive support roles.

Computer Science, 20+ years experience as a full stack developer, creator of the Crystal programming language.

MS in Tax and Accounting. 5+ years in Web3. Formerly with ShapeShift AG and Kraken.

Univ. Buenos Aires MSc Comp Sci, 20 years in Software Engineering. Previously CTO at Manas.tech and Software Eng at OpenZeppelin.

Career in finance leadership; ex-CFO at ShapeShift. Earlier leadership roles roles in ‘Big 4’, banking, corporate finance organizations. DeFi proponent.

BSc Comp Sci & Business, MSc Comp Sci, Lehigh U. ZKP generation focus. Ex-ChainSafe, Klaviyo.

BSc in Information Security, National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, Moscow. Cryptography and security enthusiast.

U. Buenos Aires Comp Sci MSc. 18+ yrs coding, 6 in Web3. Council at The Graph, mentor at Zeitgeist. Ex-OpenZeppelin, Manas.tech.
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Web3 marketeer with several years of experience in creative campaigns, social media and experiential events. Previous experience at Internet Computer Protocol, Near Protocol and Chainalysis

Loves distributed systems and cryptography, previously protocol engineering and research at Polygon, Fuel Network.
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12+ years in events across Web3, blockchain, aerospace, live music shows, and large-scale conferences. Led global event strategies at Consensys.

PhD in Applied Mathematics from University of Arizona.

BSc Mathematics from Brunel University, MSc Mathematics from St Andrew's University. Previously cryptography researcher for 3 years, working on zero-knowledge proofs for blockchain privacy.

7+ yrs as a personal assistant and paralegal in law firms in NZ and London. Legal Exec Diploma, BA in History and Politics.

A.B. in Art History, Dartmouth College (Cum Laude), MBA, University of Texas at Austin (Honors); 15+ years of marketing executive experience, specifically commercializing new products and technologies. Previously at RISC Zero, Mina Foundation (Founder), Ripple, SoFi. In crypto since 2011. Lives in California with her husband and two children.

Self-taught, on-boarding developers to Web3 since 2017. Previously at the Celo Foundation and Consensys Academy.

MA in English Literature from University of Cambridge, MA in Musical Performance from Royal Academy of Music, Qualified Bookkeeper and trainee Accountant.
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B.Tech and M.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Bombay, 5+ years in applied cryptography. ex-Aztec → ex-Ingonyama → Aztec.

BSc Physics and Computer Science. 6+ years working on and researching ZKPs.

PhD in Theoretical Computer Science from the Weizmann Institute. Transitioned from pure theory to applied ZK working in Eli Ben-Sasson's lab on STARKs. Joined Zcash in 2016 to help with the first-ever SNARK trusted setup and real-life deployment and working in the applied ZK space since. Co-author of PlonK.

MSc in Control Systems & Machine Learning, U. West Bohemia. 4 years in backend engineering on Web3 and Ethereum.

Telecommunications engineer with +7 years of experience as a full stack developer. Previously worked in the space sector, emergency management and some web3 projects sprinkled on top.

PhD in theoretical cryptography from EPFL. Worked on foundations of cryptography and quantum computing.

MMath in Math Sci, U. Bath. 3 yrs building private smart contracts tools for Ethereum, 5 yrs actuarial modelling.

Privacy attorney, crypto startup advisor. Ex-associate at Willkie Farr & Gallagher NYC. LLM, NYU Law; JD, Sciences Po.

12 years in the Recruiting and HR space. Previous experience at LinkedIn, Dropbox and Robinhood.

BSc in Electronics Engineering, 6+ years in crypto after doing embedded software engineering. Led the Smart Contract team at Balancer Labs, worked at OpenZeppelin before that.

MEng in Systems Engineering, Brunel U. Software engineer previously in Aerospace and Financial Services sectors.

MSc in Information Security and BEng in Electronic and Computer Engineering. 6+ years in Security mostly in coporate finance within the UK.
