Our leadership team

Peng was the first employee in the company, joining as Chief Design Officer in 2015 before becoming CEO in May 2020. His strong experience in product design and go-to-market strategies from conception through engineering, positions him with a robust understanding of feature prioritization, delivery, and scaling to meet the evolving needs of the world. He also advises founders on building sustainable blockchain organizations in the Cosmos ecosystem.

Peng believes that breakthrough applications of blockchain technology will insert themselves into every aspect of our daily lives, with far-reaching implications in efficiency, transparency, and security.

In his spare time, Peng enjoys traveling, meeting new people, and trying new cuisines from around the world.

Sane oversees Marketing, PR, ecosystem development and business development at Ignite.

Before joining Ignite in May 2021, Sane was a growth consultant for various clients operating in the blockchain industry, including crypto wallets, top tier crypto news media and crypto savings platforms. He also held the position of Marketing Group Manager at Gameloft.

Sane is a strong believer only 1% of the potential of blockchain technology has been explored, and the remaining will be unlocked by breaking the barriers to entry to the mass market with accessible products, approachable communications that appeal to more diverse audiences, and partnerships with top brands outside of the crypto space.

Sane is currently an active member of Dema1n, a French platform for volunteer professionals to offer personalized support to students from disadvantaged backgrounds in the success of their studies and their professional integration.

Jeff brings over 15 years of experience within HR & People Operations across the hospitality, technology, and blockchain industries.

He has made it his professional mission and personal HR brand to purposefully disrupt the misdirections of “traditional HR”.

Upon joining Ignite in August 2019, it was clear that Jeff’s brand of revolutionary people ops leadership was tailor made for the space, which itself is notable for innovation and creative disruption. With a completely decentralized global workforce, Jeff built scalable people foundations to support Ignite’s operational agility, and designed people solutions that served to inspire new levels of organizational engagement.

When he’s not whiteboarding new HR concepts, Jeff enjoys spending time with his wife, being a father to their beautiful little boy and dog dad to a super cool pup. He is a motorcycle enthusiast, an artist and maker, a collector of oddities and curiosities, and loves traveling, meeting new people, and seeing new places.

As CFO, unblocking token payouts, pioneering token compensation, and supporting exciting investment activities have been some of the recent highlights achieved by Chris at Ignite. Previously the Director of Finance at Coinbase, Chris joined Ignite in June 2019 and has since used his experience scaling teams within the cryptocurrency industry to build out a best in class support function at Ignite.

Chris is convinced that crypto currencies and other blockchain technologies will fundamentally change lives, professions and organizations. New product offerings, lower transaction friction and empowering individuals’ agency are the points that excite Chris the most.

Chris aspires to leave every place, person and organization better off than when he found them. He loves dogs, especially corgis, and enjoys spending time outside golfing, camping or hiking.

Alessio is responsible for the technological strategy, growth and resources in Ignite.

He is a long time contributor to the Free & Libre Open Source Software. Before joining Ignite, Alessio was working as Vice President of Global Markets Operations Technology at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London.

Alessio first worked using Tendermint Core, which was developed by Ignite’s founding team, back in 2016. He was working on the design of a proof-of-concept distributed ledger for a foreign exchange clearing system. Two years later in June 2018, he joined Ignite as a senior technical consultant as part of the engineering team.

He believes that the Cosmos stack is a powerful blockchain technology that has the potential to bridge the gap between the traditional financial services sector and the crypto ecosystem in today's global market and ultimately pave the way towards a sustainable global economy.

Ted is General Counsel at Ignite, overseeing all legal, compliance and risk matters.

He holds over 30 years of experience advising emerging technology companies and over seven years advising fintech and crypto companies as a leader in several in-house legal departments.

Just before joining Ignite in 2021, Ted worked in fintech and crypto companies includingJumio Corp, Coinbase Inc. and Block, (formerly Square). Prior to that, he held various management positions in various technology companies and operated his own law firm specializing in early stage technology companies.

Ted obtained his Master in Business Administration from University of Southern California and his Masters of Laws degree and Juris Doctor from Golden Gate School of Law.