Our Team
We are the dreamers, doers, and disrupters who wish to push the world toward a better future
Tri Pham
CEO / CO-FOUNDER
Tri is a Tech Startup founder and advisor in London with over 10 years of entrepreneurship experience in multiple sectors such as mobile app, finance, and services. He focuses his business on bringing cutting-edge technologies to the masses.
Huy Nguyen
CTO / CO-FOUNDER
Huy is a senior Tech Lead Manager at Google, with over 10 years of experience in building large-scale distributed infrastructures. Huy has a track record of leading many high profile projects, most notably Google Access Wireless Platform and Google Fiber Network Infrastructure.
Anthony Vo
CFO
Mr. Vo is a seasoned financialist who is currently working as First VP, Bank of Hope, the largest Korean American commercial bank in the US. His past experience was with KPMG Advisory in a Manager role for Risk Management Analytics.
Johnny Tri Dung
CBO
COO & Co-founder of Big Cat Entertainment. Chief Grow Officer at Galaxy Play. Partner Manager at Facebook Vietnam and Youtube Vietnam. Strategic Business Management Director at Tiki.vn. Asia Pacific Director at CleverAds Corporation
Thien Nguyen
TECH LEAD
Thien is a senior software engineer at Google with over 10 years experience in software infrastructure, with a strong expertise in highly secure and scalable database systems. Before Google, Thien worked at Oracle, Amazon, and co-founded Quosap as VP of Engineering.
Nam Do
TECH LEAD
Nam works as a senior software engineer at Google. Nam has over 10 years of experience in systems infrastructure, advanced algorithms and complex backend systems, most recently including Google search infrastructure and Assistant platform.
Huy Doan
TECH LEAD
Duc Huy is a seasoned software engineer at Google with a burning desire to work on impactful projects. He led the Google+ engineering team and is currently contributing to Google Health and Biosciences with his expertise in Machine Learning applications.
Luu Tran
DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Luu is a seasoned developer and researcher with 12 years of expertise in infrastructure solution for enterprises leveraging emerging technology. Previously, he was the CTO at INVESTIP Group, consulting businesses around the globe, building technology copyrights and technology transferring.
Thao Dang (Astrid)
HEAD OF MARKETING AND PARTNERSHIPS
Astrid is a proactive player with vast business connections, having worked at top ICT companies like FPT Software as IT business analyst. She was also a devoted Marketing and BD Manager at a leading Vietnamese blockchain agency and VC, where she analyzed investment and built Asia market for international projects.
Our Advisor
Mr Vuong Duy Bien
FORMER DEPUTY MINISTER OF CULTURE – SPORTS AND TOURISM
Former Deputy Minister of Culture – Sports and Tourism. Former Director of the Department of Performing Arts. Member of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Member of Vietnam fine arts association. Awarded the People’s Artist (the highest level of artist) by the State – For having won many domestic and international artistic awards
Mr Huy Ho
CHAIRMAN OF MAI LINH CORPORATION
Chairman of Mai Linh Group (largest taxi corporation and transportation operator in Vietnam) with nearly 30,000 employees, more than 16,000 vehicles with a charter capital of $74.71 million, the first to receive ISO 39001:2012. He is also the Honorary Consulate General of Slovakia in Ho Chi Minh City.
Mr. Richard Yun
COO OF COINPLUG AND CO-FOUNDER OF METADIUM
Richard is a successful entrepreneur with deep expertise in Finance, M&A and Operations. As one of the earliest pioneers of blockchain technology, he worked a great deal to introduce cryptocurrency and blockchain technology to enterprises in Korea.
He obtained his BA in Economics from University of California at Berkeley.
Colonel Tuan Pham
FORMER DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION
Colonel Tuan Pham is the Former Deputy Director of Traffic and Transportation, Honorary Vice President of Vietnam Traffic Safety Association – Ministry of Public Security, and member of Vietnam Lawyer Association. He was honorably awarded the Fatherland Defense Order by the government of Vietnam.
Mr. Ryan Fang
CO-FOUNDER AND COO, ANKR NETWORK
Ryan is a seasoned character in the blockchain industry with a background in finance. He used to work in major banks such as Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, China Renaissance, Capgemini and State Street. His serial entrepreneur career earned him a title of Forbes 30 Under 30 when running ANKR Network. He received B.S., Business Administration & Statistics from UC Berkeley and is also Member of Delta Sigma Pi.
Thang Huynh
PROFESSOR
Prof. Thang Huynh, Mathematics Professor at UC San Diego
Prof. Thang is a SEW assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics at University of California at San Diego, received Ph.D. from Courant Institute, New York University. His research broadly falls within the field of mathematical signal processing, more specifically, quantisation theory and analog-to-digital conversion methods with particular emphasis on the settings of frame theory, compressive sampling, and phase retrieval.
Mr. Michael Parks
MARKETING DIRECTOR, BLOCK CRAFTERS
Before Block Crafters, Michael co-founded and was CEO of B&K, Michael’s second IT/beauty start-up. Michael exited his first IT start-up Freakual to TMON in just 6 months. He also worked as a team leader at Perples, an IOT start-up, and as senior researcher at SMI, consulting government and defense industry companies.
Our Ambassador
Ian Kidson (Jungle Boy)
Ian is a highly skilled entrepreneur with 12+ yrs in senior management.
He has offered his strengths in leadership to multiple successful blockchain start-ups since early 2017. A master organiser, keen educator and longtime believer Ian will provide us with much value in the months and years ahead.
Peter Carroll (Bankless)
Bankless is a seasoned blockchain contributer who has been both early and successful with his fundamental analysis of NEO, OmiseGo and Icon. In 2020 he has committed all of his efforts to Kardiachain and our global community, offering educational content and insights that enable a better understanding of our path to mass adoption.
Jonny Reid
Jonny is an seasoned entrepreneur with over 5 years in production and wholesale distribution, alongside being a personal trainer for over 8 years. He has operated in the crypto space for last 4 years, building valuable relationships, previously an ambassador for a successful blockchain company Unibright, volunteered time to Tellor by his substantial skills. He believes in the Kardiachain vision and is dedicated to enabling success.