VIII. Core Team

CEO – L. Smith

A serial entrepreneur with 15+ years in tech and finance. Previously led a national blockchain infrastructure initiative and facilitated blockchain transformation for 50+ institutions. Formerly at Morgan Stanley Blockchain Lab, L. Smith is responsible for IIICC's global compute strategy.

CTO – D. Liop

A distributed systems expert and former Polkadot core developer. His research in zero-knowledge proofs was adopted by zkSync 2.0, improving smart contract verification by 200%. At IIICC, he developed the HCGP cross-chain protocol and TPM-secured hardware modules with 99.9% Sybil resistance.

CMO – S. Phen

A global Web3 marketing leader who led the Solana-based Neon EVM’s global rollout, gaining 1M+ users in 3 months. At IIICC, she established a localized operational network across 20+ countries.

COO – K. Woord

With 10 years in infrastructure ops, K. Woord previously managed 1B+ daily transactions. His dynamic resource allocation model reduced Uber’s operational costs by 30% and now optimizes IIICC’s multi-region scheduling with 20-second response times.