Schedule

Joanna Zeng

Role:
VP, Head of BD
Company:
Aleo
About
Joanna has joined Aleo as VP, Head of BD, reporting directly to the CEO, championing ZK & Privacy tech, as we prepare for the mainnet launch in Q1 2024. Prior to Aleo, she worked at Optimism as their BD Lead, NFT & Gaming and before that at Coinbase, where she helped launch 2 products (Coinbase Institutional Prime Broker and Coinbase NFT Marketplace). She caught the “crypto bug” back in 2017 as an FX Sales “career hedge”. Since then she’s developed an unhealthy amount of interest in DeFi / NFT and personally involved in a few - BD Consulting for Chainlink, Board Member of CryptoNYC and Advisor to AGG, a blockchain gaming studio.
Speaking On:
L1s vs. Rollups (zkVM vs. zkEVM)
Seamount Stage
Spork Castle
March 2, 2024
1:20 pm
Building ZK Products That Solve Real World Problems: Identity (zPass)
Coral Stage
Spork Castle
February 29, 2024
1:10 pm
ZPASS: Truly Secure Identity Verification
Trident Stage
#BUIDLHub
February 27, 2024
5:00 pm
Presentation Title Building ZK Products That Solve Real World Problems: Identity (zPass) Describe idea - creating practical, real-world solutions leveraging unique technology (zero-knowledge proofs) - understanding the what, how, and why of product development in blockchain space - what is different? - how is it different? - why should we care? - example: zPass - private identity verification - enhancing privacy and security on the web key takeaway - the importance of aligning the needs of the internet with the capabilities of decentralized solutions - how zero knowledge proofs can be used to improve safety and security on the web
Demo and Q&A on the first real-world use case of ZK for identity verification.