John C. Vernaleo

John C. Vernaleo has over 18 years of work experience in the technology industry. John C. began their career in 2002 as a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Maryland, where they studied the interaction of jets from black holes and the galaxy cluster they reside in. In 2008, they worked as a Scientific Programmer at Wyle Laboratories, where they provided support for NASA's Fermi Gamma Ray Space Telescope. In 2010, they joined Ada Investments as a Research Associate, where they were the primary developer supporting and enhancing the internal software platform for financial modeling and trading. In 2011, they worked as a Data Scientist at Octopart, where they built an analytics environment using Python, MongoDB, and MapReduce for Octopart's search engine. In 2012, they worked as a Senior Software Engineer at Kikin, Inc. and as a Senior Developer at Conformal Systems, LLC. In 2017, they joined MadHive as a Lead Blockchain Engineer, where they evaluated and provided feedback on new blockchain related technology and designed the initial version of blockchain-based GDPR solution product. In 2018, they joined Bloq as Vice President of Engineering, Principal Engineer, and Senior Blockchain Engineer.

John C. Vernaleo's education history includes a Bachelor of Science in Physics and Astronomy, a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy, all obtained from the University of Rochester and the University of Maryland, respectively. John C. completed their undergraduate studies between 1996 and 2001, and their doctoral studies between 2001 and 2008.