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[Zug, Switzerland — press release issued on 16 Jan. 2018]
Ambrosus, Switzerland-based blockchain-IoT company ensuring transparency of the supply chains in food and pharma sectors today announced the appointment of Dr. Roger Wattenhofer as Solutions Architect, effective immediately.
Wattenhofer comes to Ambrosus from the prestigious ETH Zurich, where he is a professor and head of its Distributed Computing Group.
“We’re incredibly excited about this most recent addition to the Ambrosus team,” says CEO Angel Versetti. “Leading the Distributed Computing Group at ETH Zurich — one of the world’s top engineering schools — Roger has a unique combination of academic expertise, applied technical skills, and industry connections key to helping drive Ambrosus’ success.“
Ambrosus seeks to ensure a more secure and autonomous supply chain for food and pharmaceutical products, with improved transparency processes that allow consumers to easily see where their products come from and what’s really in them. The company aims to radically improve global supply chains by creating a trusted ecosystem which consumers can trust, trace the products’ entire supply chain from point of origin to point of sale, and execute commercial transactions accordingly.
Wattenhofer will be working on the company’s blockchain architecture design, including token functionality, protocol scalability, smart contracts, sensor data ‘trust,’ and user authentication/privacy.
His research interests focus on fundamental problems in computer science and information technology that have global impact, in particular, wireless networking, wide area networking, mobile systems, social networks, and physical algorithms. His distributed computing expertise spanning more than two decades prior to blockchains entering mainstream will be invaluable to Ambrosus.
“I’m thrilled to be joining the Ambrosus team, particularly at this crucial stage in its growth,” Wattenhofer says. “This is an extraordinarily talented group of individuals building infrastructure that was previously unthinkable. My interest has always been in solving problems with real-world impact, and I’m excited to be helping Ambrosus do just that.”
Wattenhofer received his doctorate in Computer Science in 1998 from ETH Zurich. From 1999 to 2001 he worked in the USA, first at Brown University in Providence, RI, then at Microsoft Research in Redmond, WA, before returning to ETH Zurich as a professor.
He has authored more than 250 peer-reviewed publications in different areas: Distributed Computing (e.g. PODC, SPAA, DISC), Systems & Networking (e.g. SIGCOMM, OSDI, MobiCom, MobiHoc, SenSys, IPSN, HotNets, IPTPS), and Theory of Computer Science (e.g. STOC, FOCS, SODA, ICALP).
He is the recipient of the 2012 Winning Prize for Innovations in Distributed Computing, for “extensive contributions to the study of distributed approximation.”
Wattenhofer’s projects have also spawned startup companies, including Wuala, StreamForge, and BitSplitters. His work has garnered media coverage in Gizmodo, Lifehacker, The New York Times, NBC News, NZZ, PC World Magazine, Red Herring, and Technology Review. Two years ago, he published the book, “Distributed Ledger Technology: The Science of the Blockchain.”
About Ambrosus
Ambrosus is building the world’s first universally-verifiable ecosystem to ensure the quality, safety, and origins of the products we consume. Combining high-tech sensors, blockchain protocol built on Ethereum, and smart contracts, Ambrosus’ technology will radically improve global supply chains by reliably recording the entire history of products — particularly in the food and pharmaceuticals space. This will enable a more secure and autonomous supply chain, optimize distribution processes, and allow consumers to easily see where their products come from and what’s really in them. Always thinking bigger, Ambrosus aims to drive powerful social change, enabling developers to build solutions to global problems faced by consumers and businesses — both large and small — here and in the developing world. In 2018 and beyond, we’ll work to build a global trade and financial ecosystem, creating a flexible platform that connects the movement of goods to the movement of finances. At Ambrosus, we’re building an ecosystem of trust: creating a healthier, wealthier, and more sustainable world — for everyone.
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