Iryna Tsimashenka

Dr. Iryna Tsimashenka is DevRel at RISC Zero - a company revolutionizing the internet by creating the infrastructure & tooling for Web3 developers to build zk-proof software. RISC Zero has built a zkVM - a general-purpose verifiable VM. RISC Zero built Bonsai, proving as a service network and allowing the generation of zk-proofs of even greater workloads at a fraction of the speed. RISC Zero ZK coprocessor enables ETH developers to build ZK apps directly on Ethereum using Rust and Solidity. Previously, she was a Developer relations manager at Protocol Labs, Mina Foundation, and R3, a backend engineer at investment banks and fintech for ten years, and taught various computer science subjects at universities for four years. Iryna focuses on developer education and DevEx. She holds PhD in performance optimization of parallel queueing systems from Imperial College.