We, the team members that comprise EOS BlockSmith, met each other for the first time after attending various cryptocurrrency conferences in Oklahoma City and around the San Francisco Bay Area. Together we share a mutual interest in blockchain technology and a belief in its ability to change the world for the better. We share views regarding ethics, society, charity, and perhaps most importantly, a person's responsibility to help serve a higher purpose.
We began with one important question: "Can we create a block producing group that has no conflicts of interest with anyone else in the ecosystem?" EOS BlockSmith was thus founded and the vision forged.
Since our founding, we've added a number of talented team members and now maintains a rapidly growing community of thousands of followers. We now aim to spread our experience, education, ethics, insights, and tools throughout the world.
Shaheen Counts, MD - Head of Community
After graduating from medical school, Shaheen completed a residency in Head and Neck
surgery and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area. It was shortly thereafter that he became
enraptured by Bitcoin and blockchain technology. He joined Blockchain@Berkely as a business
consultant, later leaving in 2018 to start his own blockchain education and technology
consultancy. He is an avid blockchain evangelist and has a fundamental belief in the power
that blockchain technology has to change the world for the better.
Rodrigo Quan - Head of Strategy
Upon graduating from Amherst College in 2014, Rodrigo began his professional career as an
M&A investment banker in New York City and Hong Kong. Driven by his passion for the disruptive
power of tech innovation in traditional industries, he left that job in the pursuit of
high-impact start-up ventures at the intersection of supply chain management and financial
technology. It was during this time of great learning that he discovered the power of
blockchain technology and its potential to mold the world into a better place, and has been
committed to the blockchain cause ever since.
Verbus Counts - CTO
Verbus leads the technology and infrastructure endeavors at BlockSmith. Verbus is a skilled
senior software consultant and IT project manager. Having worked in the realm of programming
and technology for over 50 years, he is experienced in software development management,
database administration, system analysis, and systems programming. He also specializes in
application programming, UNIX/Linux, performance engineering, software training and
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA).