Ava Labs
Russell K. currently serves as Assistant General Counsel at Ava Labs since 2022 and as Fund Manager and Chief Compliance Officer at a DeFi Investment Fund since 2021. Prior experience includes roles as Venture Capital Transaction Attorney at USAA (2019-2021), VC Fintech Attorney at Citi Ventures (2014-2018), Corporate Associate focusing on Securities at Kane Kessler, P.C. (2010-2013), and a Legal Analyst at Goldman Sachs (2009-2010). Russell also worked as a Corporate Associate in Technology Transactions & Licensing at WilmerHale (2007-2009) and in M&A at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (2005-2007). Educational qualifications include a Doctor of Law (JD) from Columbia Law School and a BA in Economics and Psychology from Tufts University.
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Ava Labs
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Ava Labs makes it simple to launch decentralized finance applications on Avalanche, the fastest smart contracts platform in the blockchain industry. They are empowering people to easily and freely digitize all the world’s assets on one open, programmable blockchain platform. Ava Labs was founded by Cornell computer scientists who brought on talent from Wall Street to execute their vision. The company has received funding from Andreessen Horowitz, Initialized Capital, and Polychain Capital, with angel investments from Balaji Srinivasan and Naval Ravikant.