Last week we announced Foundry’s designation as a Mainnet Verified Operator within the SSV Network. SSV (Secret Shared Validators), is a ground-breaking leader in DVT (Distributed Validator Technology). Foundry’s Mainnet Verified Operator designation signifies that our staking operations have undergone evaluation, ensuring exceptional uptime and robustness across our infrastructure, software, and hardware.

In this episode, Ian Humes and Lucas Kohorst delve into how SSV and DVT offers a vital infrastructure solution aimed at bolstering the decentralization and security of Ethereum validators.

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In this episode, we sit down with Adrian Hale, Foundry’s Director of Economic & Community Development, Director of Foundry Deploy, and proud champion for Rochester, NY. Adrian discusses his journey into blockchain technology and the efforts he now leads that help to maximize mining operations while also providing opportunities to recent graduates of the Rochester City School District.

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Adrian joined Foundry as its Director of Economic & Community Development in December of 2021. Adrian is a proud son and champion for Rochester NY, who previously created and oversaw the office of Workforce Development, Regional Talent Strategy, and Education Initiatives at the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce. Before his role as a civic leader at the Greater Rochester Chamber, Adrian spent much of his career serving in the United States Military. Adrian was an active-duty Marine for five years. During Adrian’s time as a US Marine, he made two combat deployments to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). After his honorable discharge from the Marines, Adrian re-enlisted in the US Air Force Reserves, where he served for three years. Adrian joined the Foundry team because he believes in the socio-economic problem-solving power of decentralized infrastructure technologies, particularly for communities such as Rochester. Adrian graduated with an Associate of Science in Liberal Arts, with a concentration in Social Science from SUNY Monroe Community College and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Yale University.

In this episode, we are joined by Mike Spring, Joe Hoffend, and Kseniya Lifanova to discuss the evolution of Ethereum and some examples of "green flags" that institutions should keep in mind when looking for a staking partner.

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Mike Spring joined Foundry in April 2022 as Senior Business Development Manager for Staking. Mike comes from a software background–most recently as a Strategic Account Manager supporting clients through custom enterprise software projects. Mike has extensive experience navigating complex requirements and customer expectations along with the leadership skills and agile background to see those expectations through for his clients and Foundry.

Joe Hoffend is Foundry’s VP of Product Development. He started his career co-founding an eSports media company, and prior to joining Foundry, was at Fastly, helping improve the user experience of their Edge applications and partner offerings. Joe first became interested in blockchain in 2012 as he saw Bitcoin as the intersection of sound money and technology. Since then, he’s spent a good deal of time learning about blockchain technology and what problems it can help solve in the world and believes every asset will eventually be digitized. Joe has led Foundry’s Staking business as well as productizing other areas of the business.

As VP of Decentralized Strategy & Engineering, Kseniya leads a team that is building best-in-class staking infrastructure in order to provide staking to institutions for many different protocols, including Ethereum. Before Foundry, Kseniya and her co-founders started and ran Upstate Interactive, a web3 consultancy that built applications on Ethereum. Kseniya is passionate about increasing diversity in the tech space and has been part of several organizations that educate, promote, and empower women. She’s a member of Meta Gamma Delta, a DAO focused on raising funds for women-led projects in the blockchain space.