Sean Lee is an accomplished executive and conference speaker with extensive experience in digital innovation, cloud strategy and FinTech. Sean is the CEO of Algorand Foundation, where he leads a team of cryptographers and economists as the custodian of the Algorand blockchain protocol, a highly scalable and decentralized digital currency and transactions platform founded by Alan Turing Award winner Silvio Micali. The Foundation’s mandate include broadening ecosystem participation, community building, and responsible distribution of the protocol’s digital token. He is currently based in Hong Kong. Previously he held leadership roles within global technology companies, working primarily with financial services clients and partners across 20+ countries. A technologist at heart, he has been advising and investing in blockchain startups since 2018, as well as mentoring at FinTech accelerators. Sean holds an EMBA from CUHK and Computer Science degree from the University of Waterloo. Fun fact: He is an avid Star Wars fan, an amateur photographer and a whiskey enthusiast.