Co-Founder, IDA
Sean is the Co-founder of IDA, a digital asset technology company to lead the widespread adoption of blockchain finance and to empower Belt and Road businesses to seamlessly integrate between Web2 and Web3. Previously, Sean was the CEO of the Algorand Foundation, where he spearheaded ecosystem development and token governance efforts which led to the layer-1 protocol achieving top-10 in network valuation of over $10 billion under his leadership.
Sean has active engagements with global regulators and policymakers as a Senior Advisor for the Crypto Council for Innovation in regulatory advocacy and advancing the transformative potential of digital assets. He is also APAC policy advisor for the Stablecoin Standard, and co-chair of the regulatory committee for Hong Kong based Web3 Harbour. Sean is an elected member of Hong Kong Government’s Cyberport Entrepreneurship Committee Advisory Group, and a Forbes Digital Asset contributor.
Before entering into crypto and blockchain, Sean spent 15 years and held leadership positions in cloud computing and open source software development companies, working closely with leading financial services institutions on Wall Street and in Asia.