Meet our Advisors
The Afterschool ICO kicked off last week and we would like to thank everyone who has contributed to the project so far! What a solid start for our campaign!
For those looking to learn more about our Team, we’re introducing our advisors in more detail in this post for everyone to better understand the direction Afterschool is heading.
Eddy Azar: Growth Hacker at Bancor
Eddy has been a blockchain geek since being introduced to Bitcoin a few months before it broke $1000 in 2013. He has an extensive background in blockchain and since then helped start the Bitcoins in Bali group, re-start the Ethereum Singapore meetup, and worked with companies like TenX, Golem, and now Bancor.
Aaron Schwartz: Programmer at Florida Blue, Director of Engagement at Blockchain Education Network
Aaron is an innovative thought-leader that strives to bring passion, organization, and an analytical perspective to any project or team he is a part of. With a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration-Finance, he started his career as an Operations Analyst in Deutsche Bank in Florida and move on to becoming a Full Stack Developer and Team Lead at The Agenct at UF. He now serves as the Director of Engagement at Blockchain Education Network, an international non-profit organization dedicated to forming a robust network of student organizations for blockchain education, innovation, and development. He also works as a Programmer in the Mobile Development Team at Florida Blue and serves as an Advisor to Bitjob, LAToken and Ties.Network.
Suarav Tomar: Blockchain Technologist
Suarav is an entrepreneur, an innovator and a technology enthusiast in blockchain since 2015. With extensive knowledge and programming experience as a developer, he has created, managed and brought numerous blockchain projects to success. He’s a co-founder of Cefy, a FinTech startup which aims to simplify payments, credit system and lending. Suarav also founded NewsMeme in 2016, an opensource tech news media company. Suarav is one of the recipients of Amazon’s research grant for innovative projects and came up with FaceCrop, a compression program that highlights informative parts of educational videos allowing users on low internet bandwidths to stream them. He also designed and taught a course on Chatbots (& python/Django) at Coding Blocks in New Delhi. His commitment and passion in blockchain, smart contracts, automation and artificial intelligence is unparalleled.
Edward Ruchevits: Lead back-end Developer, Tallysticks
Edward Ruchevits is the Lead Back-End Developer at Tallysticks, a Fintech 100 Europe company and a revolutionary supply chain finance solution that enable lenders with the ability to cost-effectively offer credit by harnessing blockchain technology. Edward is deeply involved in the crypto industry in the last few years and has a clear passion for development. Prior to taking the role, Edward was a Programmer at Ethereum and a Developer at Savrs, managing a team of programmers and handled end-to-end website development. With major development experience, he is well versed in almost every type of project and deliver high-level technological solutions. He’s a collaborator and a leader with constant thirst for knowledge. He constantly studies coding, blockchain and attends tech meetups during his spare time.
