Jared Flatow Joins Halliday as the VP of Engineering

We are thrilled to announce that Jared Flatow has joined Halliday as our new VP of Engineering. Jared brings several years of experience and a remarkable track record in blockchain technology, making him an invaluable addition to our team.

Jared led the design and implementation of Compound v2 and v3, as well as the Gateway blockchain. His leadership was instrumental in developing Compound governance and the COMP token, alongside the token distribution mechanism that ignited the Summer of DeFi. Under his tenure, Compound’s protocol grew 1,000x, from $20M to $20B in assets under management.

Jared’s technical expertise spans machine learning, distributed computing, and optimization. With a strong foundation in electrical engineering and specialization in digital signal processing, he has worked on real-time bidding auctions and pricing, peer-to-peer live video streaming, and various technology startups.

Jared’s career began in bioinformatics, where he revolutionized the field by applying the MapReduce framework to large-scale next-generation genomics output data. This led him to the data insight team at Nokia Research Center in Palo Alto, where he continued to pioneer technological advancements.

“Jared brings years of smart contract experience to Halliday. His technical expertise will level up our product, protocol, and operations. I couldn’t be more excited to welcome Jared to the team!” - Griffin Dunaif, CEO

With his deep expertise in Web3 and a track record of successful leadership, he will be instrumental in our mission to bridge the gap between Appchains and commerce.

Welcome to the team, Jared!