The AVA Labs Team

We're a world-class team of experts in computer science, economics, finance, and law with offices in New York City and Ithaca, New York. We're passionate individuals creating a frictionless world by redefining the way people build and use finance applications.

Maofan "Ted" Yin

Founder

Michael Kaplan

Senior Software Engineer

Cevahir Demirkiran

‍Software Engineer

Lydia Chiu

Operations Business

VP of Business Development

Zane Witherspoon

Developer Outreach Manager

Tyler Smith

Software Engineer

Jay Kurahashi-Sofue

VP of Marketing

Patrick Sutton

Director of Communications

Chris Lavery

Chief Finance Officer

Felipe Andres

Designer

Amani Moin

Chief Economist

Stephen Buttolph

Software Engineer

Carrianne Fairbairn

Executive Assistant‍

Bernard Wong

Software Engineer

Emin Gün Sirer

Operations Business Engineering

Founder & CEO

Phillip Liu Jr.

Business Operations

Head of Strategy

Fabio Barone

Software Engineer

María Paula Fernández

Director of Social Media

Farid Rached

General Manager

Ryan Chen

General Manager

Joe Ferrara

Business Development

Kevin Sekniqi

Operations Business Engineering

Founder & COO

Chris Wilbourgé

Designer

Radostin Minchev

General Manager‍

Collin Cusce

Software Engineer

Emre Kanatli

Software Engineer

Daniel Laine

Software Engineer

John Wu

Operations Business

President

Olivia Song

Business Community

Business Development - Korea

Ricardo Vazquez

Business Community

Business Development - LATAM

Aytunç Yıldızlı

General Manager

Nicolas Lemaitre

General Manager

Noah Childress

General Manager

Aaron Buchwald

Software Engineering Intern

Collin Montag

Software Engineering Intern

Daniel Weber

Software Engineer

Momo Araki

Software Engineer

Saulo Santos

Community Growth Ambassador

Hongbo Zhang

Software Engineering Intern

Yuri Aflen

Intern

Evan Tong

Operations Business

Intern

ADVISORS

Maureen O'Hara

Robert W. Purcell Professor of Finance at the Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University. Seminal figure in microstructure theory.

Adam Kravetz

COO Seven Eight Capital. COO ETF Market Making and Arbitrage, Citadel Securities. COO Global Execution Services, Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Managing Director, Tower Research Capital.

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