Kostas Chalkias

Kostas Chalkias serves as a Founding Member & Head of Cryptography at Mysten Labs organization. He has over 20 years of experience in cryptography, secure systems, and blockchain tech. He is associated with top companies and has published 50 scientific papers and 7 patents, showing his expertise in zero-knowledge proofs, post-quantum. He is recognized as a top contributor on Stack Overflow from Greece and has founded Athens' largest data meetup.

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Experience

• Founding member & Head of Cryptography at Mysten Labs from 2022 to present.
• Lead Cryptographer at Meta from Apr 2019 to Mar 2022.
• Lead Cryptographer & Blockchain Engineer at R3 from Jan 2017 to Jan 2019.
• Co-founder of Erybo Inc. from 2014 to 2016.
• Co-founder of Safemarket Ltd from 2011 to 2016.
• Cryptographer, Data scientist/founder of NewCrypt from 2011 to 2016.
• Algorithmic Trader at Betmanager from 2000 to 2016.
• Web designer and Administrator at Freelance Web Developer & Graphic Designer.
• Informatics officer and System Administrator at Hellenic Army Academy from 2009 to 2010.
• Security & Cryptography Engineer at 3D Aviation from 2008 to 2009.
• Internet Technical Staff at Hellenic Telecommunications from 2007 to 2008.
• Computer Science Instructor at the Ministry of Education from 2005 to 2008.
• Technical staff at ELTA from 2003 to 2004.