Chris Georgen
Co-Founder at Stand With Crypto
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolChris Georgen is a web3 founder and operator with 11 years of experience building blockchain protocols and impact-focused products, having launched his first startup in 2015 and later founding Topl to serve ReFi, social impact, and financial inclusion builders. He combines product, go-to-market, and technical judgement—leading token design, Scala-based L1 architecture choices, and SDK/API delivery across Python, JavaScript, and Scala—while scaling teams and securing venture funding. Chris has moved between hands-on product leadership and strategic advisory roles (including guiding Topl through acquisition and integration into a stablecoin network), and now leads new ventures and local advocacy in Chicago and Illinois. His background in math, physics and philosophy informs a research-minded approach—he co-authored condensed matter papers at Rice and brings that analytical rigor to tokenomics and protocol design. A seasoned speaker and educator, he has presented in 23 countries (including the UN) and guest-lectures on technology and startups, signaling strong storytelling and policy engagement alongside technical depth.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Chemical Physics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Chemical Physics at Rice UniversityCarmel Catholic High School
English, Spanish
Github Skills (47)
ethereum10
blockchain10
golang9
go9
p2p9
abi8
geth8
cryptocurrency6
cpp6
evm6
lighttable6
biodiversity5
scala5
foundry4
ide4
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
c-georgen/Introducing-the-Poly-the-first-single-token-stablecoin
Oct 2018 - Nov 2018
Contributions:431 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
Topl/Legal
Sep 2020 - Dec 2023
Contributions:55 pushes, 5 branches in 3 years 3 months
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