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Karl Floersch

Karl Floersch

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User Info

Karl Floersch is the CEO and Co-Founder of Optimism Labs, a software development company that is building the critical infrastructure to scale Ethereum's technology and values. Before joining OP Labs, Karl worked at the Ethereum Foundation as a Researcher from September 2017 to January 2020. In this role, they contributed to core research on consensus protocols and scaling, gave numerous talks, and shipped the alpha Proof of Stake (PoS) on the Ethereum test net.

Details:

  • Organization: Optimism
  • Location: United States
  • Education: Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Science from Stony Brook University, State University of New York
  • Skills: Blockchain and Software Development

Experience:

  • Chief Executive Officer at OP Labs PBC from May 2023 - Present 
  • CTO at OP Labs PBC  from Jan 2020 - May 2023 
  • Researcher at Ethereum Foundation from Sep 2017 - Jan 2020 
  • Blockchain Engineer at Consensys from Feb 2016 - Sep 2017
  • Frontend Developer at Consensys from Jan 2014 - Jan 2016
  • Summer Technology Analyst at Citi from Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

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