anatoly yakovenko

Anatoly Yakovenko is a blockchain enthusiast and the Co-Founder of the high-performance blockchain-supporting platform Solana. He is a passionate Russian computer engineer. He has played a key role in the development and alteration of the blockchain space considered the most incredible in the crypto market. In the past, Anatoly Co-Founded Alescere and built SIP and RTP protocol stacks and server components for small businesses. Though he has a remarkable history in his career life, he worked at numerous leading organizations by gaining a deeper knowledge of the industry, such as Qualcomm, where he was responsible for leading the development of operating systems. In addition, Anatoly served at Mesosphere and Dropbox where he led the development of distributed systems and compression respectively. Whereas in 2017, established his platform Solana along with other pioneers, intending to provide an enhanced platform with a fast, secure, censorship-resistant blockchain. 

Details:

• Organization: Solana
• Location: United States
• Education: Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 
• Skills: C programming language and Operating system

Experience:

• Co-Founder at Solana Labs from Apr 2018 - Present
• Software Engineer at Dropbox from May 2017 - Oct 2017
• Software Engineer at Mesosphere from Jul 2016 - Apr 2017 
• Senior Staff Engineer Manager at Qualcomm from Dec 2003 - Jul 2016 
• Co-Founder at Alescere from Jan 2001 - Dec 2003

FAQ's

1. When was Solana launched? 

Solana was Launched in March 2020.

2. What were the previous roles held by Yakovenko?

Before founding Solana, Yakovenko worked in distributed systems design at Qualcomm.