The Judges
All applications for XRPL Grants are reviewed by members of the XRPL Grants Judging Committee.
XRPL Grants relies on a diverse panel of judges from around the world. Each is a respected member of their industry and among academia, bringing key expertise in the blockchain or crypto space.
David Bchiri
CEO, XRPL Commons
Sean Bennett
Co-Founder, Stronghold
Luc Bocahut
Product Director & Solutions, XRPL Commons
Jordan Cates
Developer Advocate, Anchain.AI
Vivek Chauhan
Principal Product Manager, FalconX
Laura Chioda
Director of Research for the Lab for Inclusive Fintech (LIFT) and the Institute for Business and Social Impact (IBSI), UC Berkeley
Kenneth Chung
Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Pennsylvania
Jasmine Cooper
Senior Product Manager, RippleX
Melanie Damour
Strategic Initiatives Director, XRPL Commons
Guillaume Evrat
Senior Technical Partner, XRPL Commons
Lauren Feld
GTM, Collective Works
Yebo Feng
Research Fellow, Nanyang Technological University
Carl Hua
Investment Partner & CTO, Shima Capital
Chris Jimison
CTO, Forte
Adam Kagy
CEO, xrp.cafe
Kenneth Kou
Head of Venture Lab, Mercy Corps Ventures
Lukasz Kowalski
Lecturer, Industry Fellow, and Co-Director Blockchain X-Lab SCET, UC Berkeley
Ajit Kulkarni
Senior Product Manager, RippleX
Alejandro Laplana
CEO, Shokworks, Inc
Elliot Lee
Engineering Manager, RippleX
Andrew Mangle
Associate Professor, Bowie State University
Shashwat Mittal
Senior Product Manager, RippleX
Ryan Molley
Founder, Crossmark
Shen Morincome
Co-Founder & CEO, Gen3 Games
Marco Neri
Senior Manager, Developer Advocate, RippleX
Aanchal Malhotra, PhD
Head of Research, RippleX
Sanjay Bapna, MBA, PhD
Interim Associate Dean, Earl Graves School of Business and Management, Morgan State University
Peter Rosberg
CTO, Centigrade.earth
Apoorva Sahay
Associate, Climate Intelligence Program, RMI
Mayukha Vadari
Senior Software Engineer, Interoperability, RippleX
Jiahua Xu, PhD
Programme Director MSc Emerging Digital Technologies, University College London
Bo Yang
Professor, Bowie State University
Max Zheng
Director of Investments, Blockchain Founders Group
Jan Zibelnik
Product Manager, Lossless
XRPL Grants seeks to continue to expand the panel of judges to increase the level and diversity of expertise in judging. If you are interested in becoming a member of the judging committee for XRPL Grants, please send an email outlining your experience to info@xrplgrants.org