Meet the Cardano Foundation’s Taipei Team: Frédéric Johnson
Greetings Cardano Family - I’m Fred (@Frederic), technical project manager for the Cardano Foundation. Some of my responsibilities involve managing integration projects with external customers, provide technical knowledge, help evaluate and support Cardano stack technologies and other potential efforts. Born in France, I moved to California where I studied Computer Science at USC. After grad school, started working in aerospace and entertainment but finally took the jump into the cryptoverse two years ago and joined CoolBitX, a hardware wallet company. I got exposed to so many coins, hashing algorithms, hardware-meets-software-meets-blockchain schemes! It’s been a crazy ride and it still is. I love crypto. I think a lot of blockchains skip some steps or rush into production without taking the time to test or formally verify things, and that’s why I love Cardano: Science has to get done (properly) for the good of all of us, and everyone that comes after. I’m looking forward to the challenges ahead, and I also look forward to the successes around the corner - Shelley’s release is in progress: the Stake Pools are running on the Testnet, and I just can’t wait to see what 2020 will bring (Basho! Goguen!)
Fun bits: major sweet tooth (cake is real), bad tennis player, love hiking.
Music: Hendrix, Bowie, Daft Punk, the White Stripes, R. D. James.
Underrated: “An American Tail: Fievel Goes West”
“Don’t Trust, Verify.”