Omar Syed

Omar Syed is the Co-Founder and CTO at Shardeum, where he is working on building a highly scalable smart contract platform based on sharding. Prior to this role, Omar worked as a Blockchain/DLT Architect at Shardus, focusing on developing a decentralized sharded distributed ledger technology. With a background in computer engineering and electrical engineering, Omar has also held roles at companies like Zynga, Yahoo!, and NASA Glenn Research Center, where he was involved in designing and developing various systems and software. Additionally, he has experience in consulting and founding companies related to blockchain technology and social media data analysis for stock sentiment.