Elizabeth Baran is a highly experienced professional in product management and technical program direction, currently serving as Technical Program Director at Cadena Platforms since August 2024. Previously, Elizabeth held the position of Product Director at KOALA and Senior Director of Product Management at Algorand. Elizabeth's extensive background includes roles at Amazon, where responsibilities spanned product management and program management in applied modeling and data science for Alexa A.I. Additionally, experience as a Computational Linguist at Lexalytics, a Graduate Research Assistant at Brandeis University, and various teaching and internship roles further demonstrate Elizabeth's diverse skill set. Academic credentials include a Bachelor's degree in Chinese, Linguistics, and French from Georgetown University and a Master's degree in Computational Linguistics from Brandeis University.