John Woods

John Woods is Chief Technology Officer at Algorand Foundation. In his role as CTO at the Algorand Foundation, Woods will oversee infrastructure development, technical partnerships, and developer tooling, education, and engagement. He will focus in particular on removing friction from the developer UX, clarifying and improving the developer education journey, and adding tools and resources for building applications on Algorand.

Prior to joining the Algorand Foundation, Woods served as Director of Cardano Architecture at Input Output Global, the company that runs the Cardano blockchain. Previously, he held senior architect roles at Informatica and ConsenSys.

I am a dynamic, highly motivated individual, highly focused on execution & product, leveraging strong interpersonal skills with meticulous attention to detail. With extensive experience across a range of technological and financial silos.

Key Skills:

• Highly experienced in a significant range of financial & technical disciplines (Enterprise Architecture, Software Development, Derivatives, FX, Business Analysis, Operations)

• Expert in Cryptographic Engineering (Sym, Asym, Prime, ECC)/Blockchain (BTC, CryptoNote, MimbleWimble, ZKP/SNARKS/STARKS), Post Quantum schemes

• Expert in a range of programming languages (Swift, C/C++, Objective C, Java/C#, Python, Rust)

• Contribute at a code level to open source cryptocurrency projects

• Skilled people manager/major change management experience

• Adept Stakeholder/Client relationship management

• Expert in iOS/macOS development stack & APIs

• Deep knowledge of SDLC/Software design paradigms and best practice

• Deep knowledge of CI/CD, Containerisation, K8s, Terraform, AWS, GCP, AZR

• Comprehensive experience with schema design (SQL, Oracle, Mongo, IPFS)

• Strong compliance/Regulatory awareness and implementation (GDPR/PSD2/FedRAMP/FIPS/SOC2)

• Exceptional technological knowledge, emerging tech (resilience, scale, security)