The Algorand Foundation helps support and grow the Algorand ecosystem. We improve the developer experience, contribute to core infrastructure and standards, and support builders around the world. We also help enable decentralized governance and raise awareness for Algorand globally. Our team members — some of whom are listed below — span technical, business, and communications roles.
Executive team
William Herkelrath
CEO
William Herkelrath is the CEO of Algorand. William joined in September 2026, bringing more than 25 years of experience in product, sales, and leadership roles in the FinTech industry, including executive positions at three startups that were acquired by Fortune 500 firms. Since 2017, William has focused on helping blockchain firms recognize and capitalize on mainstream use cases for the technology. He was the Chief Revenue Officer for Curv, which was acquired by PayPal in early 2021, and the Managing Director of the Enterprise Division of Chainlink Labs.
Will Beaumont
Chief Product Officer
Will joined Algorand Foundation as Head of Engineering (Pera) in June 2025. He has a degree in CS and AI from the University of Edinburgh and over 25 years experience in tech and engineering leadership. He’s worked across a wide variety of industries from education, to consumer electronics, fintech, medtech, and more. Outside the world of crypto, Will has a love for acting (and teaching acting).
Jennie Levin
Chief Legal and Operations Officer
Jennie Levin is the Chief Legal and Operations Officer at Algorand Foundation. Previously, Ms. Levin served as Chief Regulatory and Strategy Officer at Figment, a staking-as-a-service provider. Prior to her time at Figment, Ms. Levin worked at DraftKings as Senior Legal Director, responsible for Web3 and New Ventures. Ms. Levin also spent over a decade in the public sector as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, following a two-year clerkship with the same district. For the past 11 years, she has also taught at the Northwestern University School of Law as an Adjunct Professor in Trial Advocacy. Ms. Levin earned her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her J.D. from the Northwestern University School of Law.
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Amar Odedra
Chief Commercial Officer
Amar leads venture investing at the foundation whilst fostering strong relationships with other investors in the ecosystem, and is the bridge between promising ventures in the Algorand ecosystem and leading investors. Before joining, Amar was the Head of Investments for another blockchain protocol, prior to which, he spent almost a decade investing in early-stage Web2 start-ups.
Harpal Singh
Chief Financial Officer
Harpal started his career at PwC in both the UK and Cayman Islands but has spent the last 10+ years working in the asset management sector. His most recent role has been as Group CFO at Algebris Investments. He has helped grow boutique firms to multiples in size, redesigned finance departments and is very familiar working for global businesses with multi jurisdictional teams.
Engineering & cryptography
Tasos Bitsios
Core Engineering Manager
John Jannotti
SVP Protocol Engineering
John Jannotti leads protocol engineering at the Algorand Foundation. He was a professor at Brown University focused on systems and networking, and founder of Foodler (acquired by Grubhub) focused on pizza and sushi. Food delivery is a distributed system. He built the AVM from the deliberately, though painfully, minimal TEAL.
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Chris Peikert
Chief Scientific Officer
Chris was previously Head of Cryptography at Algorand Technologies and is currently the Arthur W. Burks Collegiate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan and a Fellow of the IACR (International Association for Cryptology Research). Chris is a global leader in lattice-based and post-quantum cryptography. He led Algorand’s post-quantum security implementations and will continue this work as Chief Scientific Officer.
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