Algorand Foundation team

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 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 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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Prior to joining Algorand Foundation, Bruno worked at IOHK and Consensys, where for several years, he lead engineer, design and integrate blockchain solutions into enterprise systems. He brings a wealth of experience in software development, applied cryptography, key management systems and android. Besides Web3, Bruno has worked in a variety of industries, including gaming and sport betting.

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.

Marc joined Algorand Foundation as Chief Marketing Officer in March 2024. He has more than 20 years of experience in executive marketing positions, with a strong background in entrepreneurial, hyper growth business environments. Prior to Algorand Foundation, he was the CEO of Rulai, a start-up in the nascent conversational AI space. Before that, he was CMO at Medallia, the leading SaaS platform that enables companies to capture actionable customer data in real time. At Google, he was vice president of marketing for Access and Energy and advisor to CapitalG. He is known for launching Android and developing the brand into the most popular mobile operating system. In addition he led marketing for Google Play and Google’s hardware and retail organizations. Marc lives in Sunnyvale, CA. He sits on several boards and enjoys advising startup entrepreneurs. He received his M.B.A. from Stanford University and his M.S. degree in engineering from the University of Ghent, Belgium.

@marcvl

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 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.

@ChrisPeikert

Jorrin is a Developer Relations Engineer at the Algorand Foundation, where he blends technical expertise with a passion for education and community. With years of experience in web development and onboarding developers into the web3 space, he is focused on helping engineers build confidently and effectively on Algorand. His work centers around improving the developer experience—creating resources, hosting workshops, and supporting builders through tools like AlgoKit. Whether guiding newcomers or collaborating with seasoned teams, Jorrin is dedicated to making Algorand a welcoming and empowering platform for developers worldwide.

@JorrinB

Andrew has worked on the IT side of the payments industry for the past 20 years and has been an active builder in the Algorand ecosystem for the past 4 years. He has built several public-good products such as AlgoTools, FUNC Node Manager, and Lute Wallet. He now leads partner integrations for the Foundation.

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Sara Jane is a Jr Integration Specialist at the Algorand Foundation, focused on integrations, developer tooling, and developer relations. Previously a Technical Ecosystem Specialist, she worked on onboarding founders, builders, and developers through community, education, and content initiatives. With 5+ years of experience in the Web3 space, she holds a degree in Software Development and has been featured in Cointelegraph, Business Post, and more.

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Brian leads global developer relations at Algorand Foundation, where he and his team help developers learn, integrate, apply, and contribute to Algorand technologies to solve real world problems and achieve great outcomes. Prior to joining the Foundation, Brian led global strategic transformation programs at Morgan Stanley. In his 15 years there, his work included the renovation of commodities operations systems, migration of EU derivatives clearing to Europe before Brexit, business enablement for global listed derivatives markets, and designing institutional capabilities for digital assets trading and custody. He also has extensive experience with global regulatory compliance, trading desk support, data analytics, and process automation.

@SilentRhetoric silentrhetoric

Fred's background in physics and aerospace engineering has allowed him to work at a some of the world's largest atmospheric radars and wind farms.  Fred is a two-time startup founder and has worked on a microgravity microbiology experiment that flew aboard the International Space Station! Fred loves memes, physics, blockchain, rockets, telescopes, data, soccer, and Algorand.

@fredestante fredestante

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.

@amarodedra

Joseph joined Algorand Foundation in June 2024 after spending 12 years working as an Engineer and Project Manager for large scale construction projects. As a Project Manager, he wore many hard hats. He managed large budgets, planned logistics, directed large crews, and ensured the quality of build for the project at hand. With the boom of blockchain technology in 2021, he came in dubiously. "Why are these monkey pictures selling for so much?" he asked himself. Trying his hand in Algorand NFTs, he immediately fell in love with this groundbreaking technology. While the technology was groundbreaking, it was not easy to use. Joseph once again put on his hardhat and helped develop open source, no code tools to help promote adoption. He is a firm believer that blockchain adoption is not a matter of if, but "wen."

@LoafPickle

Kelly joined Algorand Foundation in July 2025 as Communications Director. Kelly will lead communications and PR, collaborating with the marketing team to elevate Algorand's brand and share Algorand's innovative customer and builder stories with the world. Kelly brings a wealth of Web3 knowledge, previously working with blockchain networks, applications, and enterprises at a Web3 infrastructure company specializing in node, staking, and data-as-a-service. Kelly began her Web3 journey at a nonprofit blockchain consortium, helping government agencies, automotive companies, and blockchain networks work together to build blockchain standards for mobility and transportation.

@kelly_algorand

Matthew is the Chief Economist at the Algorand Foundation and a Professor of Finance and Chair of the Accounting and Finance Department at SUNY Polytechnic Institute. His published research can be found on Google Scholar and via his ORCID researcher identifier. His current academic work focuses on cryptocurrency factor pricing and capital markets. Earlier in his career, he held positions in bank balance sheet management and in deregulated electricity markets.

@mattbrigida2