Henk Van Cann
Chairman KERI Foundation
Lagos, Portugal
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Top SchoolHenk Van Cann is a technology entrepreneur and open-source advocate with eight years focused on blockchain, self-sovereign identity, and public ledger infrastructure. As co-founder and current Chairman of the KERI Foundation, he champions an open-license trust layer for the internet and organized KERICONF26 in Utah to advance the KERISuite ecosystem. He also leads Blockchainbird and a blockchain training venture, combining hands-on documentation, concept development, and capacity building for decentralized identity projects. Henk brings decades of leadership from founding and exiting multiple software businesses, blending product strategy with community-driven development. Based in Lagos, Portugal, he balances technical advocacy with conservation work as chairman of a nature and recreation foundation, reflecting a rare mix of digital trust-building and real-world stewardship. A musician, husband and father, he describes himself as a Bitcoin purist and trainer who prefers pragmatic open-source solutions over proprietary lock-in.
8 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
vwo, Atheneum-B, Atheneum - B, vwo, Atheneum-B, Atheneum - B at Bisschoppelijk college SchöndelnMasters, management & computer science, Masters, management & computer science at University of Amsterdamn.a., Drupal, n.a., Drupal at Drupal Jam 2015Bachelor, Water & soil management, Bachelor, Water & soil management at LarensteinPrimairy school, primary school, Primairy school, primary school at Smeelenberg
English, German, Spanish, French
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Github Skills (112)
terminology10
cryptocurrency10
c-lightning10
signer10
backend10
wallet10
swift10
lightning10
crossword10
bitcoin10
tor10
spec10
overlay10
blockchain10
key-event10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
henkvancann/keri
Nov 2020 - Jul 2022
Key Event Receipt Infrastructure - the spec and implementation of the KERI protocol
Contributions:225 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 7 months
kerikey-eventinfrastructurespec
WebOfTrust/WOT-terms
Jul 2022 - Feb 2023
Concepts and terminology of the KERI Suite
Contributions:1 review, 305 commits, 37 PRs in 7 months
crosswordfulltext-searchterminologywikicreative-commons
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