Rob Witoff

Rob Witoff currently serves as Head of Platform at Coinbase, focusing on onboarding the next billion users onchain. Witoff co-founded and is the CEO of Unit 410, specializing in institutional cold storage and staking, while also holding a board member position at the same company. Previous experience includes serving as Chief Technology Officer at Polychain Capital, where artisan hash functions were a key focus, and working in security at Google, where responsibilities included detection and response engineering. Earlier roles at Coinbase encompassed Chief Architect, Director of Infrastructure & Security, and Infrastructure Engineer, contributing significantly to the firm's infrastructure and service delivery. Witoff's career also includes impactful positions at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, where roles ranged from Data Scientist to Software Engineer, contributing to major projects like the Mars Curiosity rover and NASA's first operation LEO laser communication satellite. Witoff's educational background comprises a BS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder and participation in Y Combinator's Summer '09 program.