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Blockchain Platform Algorand Steals Pablo Azar as chief economist
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Algorand has appointed Pablo Azar as chief economist, responsible for leading the company's economic policies.
Based in Boston and founded by Turing award winner Silvio Micali, Algorand solves the "blockchain trilemma" with a platform that offers decentralization, scalability and security.
Azar brings experience in the application of computer science and cryptography towards the creation of better market mechanisms. It will aim to broaden the visibility of Algorand's economic policy and improve the tools necessary for developers to build on its platform.
His appointment comes after the appointments of Steve Kokinos and W. Sean Ford respectively as CEO and COO,
"By increasing the amount of tokenisation, the need for sound economic management also increases," said Kokinos. "With his deep background in economics and computer science, Pablo will provide our community with the policies and economic tools necessary for companies to build on our base platform".
"The main goal of Algorand is to build a blockchain that adds real value to the economy," said Azar. "The type of research problems undertaken by Algorand intersect with many subsectors of economics.Its initial focus is on key issues such as mitigation of the risks faced by our users and collaboration with industry partners in order to design new economic applications I look forward to being part of a team of eminent academics, engineers and business experts. "
Azar joins MIT Algorand, where he worked for 10 years on cryptography and macroeconomics, including the development of rational interactive evidence, using software engineering metrics to understand the complexity of US financial regulations and the development of training models supply chains and their effects on economic growth.
He received a B.A. in Harvard Applied Mathematics, a Ph.D. in Computer Science from MIT in 2014, and will receive a Ph.D. in Economics from MIT in 2019.
