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
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