Wayne Chang
Co-Founder and CEO at Spruce Systems, Inc.- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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SpruceID
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Co-Founder and CEO
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Jul 2020 - 3 years 6 months
Spruce lets users control their data across the web.
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WYC Technology
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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Proprietor
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May 2016 - Jul 2020
Delivered greenfield products for startups and enterprises. Focus on security, regulated industries, and open source.
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Recurse Center
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Sabbatical
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May 2020 - May 2020
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Consensys
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United States
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Software Development
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500 - 600 Employee
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Director, Product Management - Identity
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Jan 2020 - Apr 2020
Brooklyn, NY Served as a department lead for decentralized identity, including uPort. Responsible for business development, core technology architecture, and identity standards development.
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Head of Product - Web 2.5
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Oct 2018 - Jan 2020
Brooklyn, NY Created enterprise products using W3C Verifiable Credentials and Decentralized Identifiers. Contributed single digit percent of ConsenSys' bookings in 2019.
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Head of Token Engineering
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Nov 2017 - Oct 2018
Brooklyn, NY Coordinated an interdisciplinary team across incentive design, smart contracts, and cryptoeconomics. Delivered and iterated upon software and economic models underpinning over $100M in network value.
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Founder, Head of Product
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Oct 2018 - Jan 2020
Brooklyn, NY Founded a business unit within ConsenSys focused on products for enterprises and governments. Pioneered use of applied cryptography, identity standards, and platform economics. Winner of NYC BigApps 2019 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NYC_BigApps)
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ConciergeStat
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Hospitals and Health Care
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CTO, Security Officer
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May 2014 - May 2016
NYC Created HIPAA-ready software products that improved patient outcomes after emergency room visits. Acquired by SmartER. Blueprint Health 2014 (https://www.blueprinthealth.org/) Columbia Startup Labs 2014 (https://entrepreneurship.columbia.edu/startup-lab/)
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Conductor
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United States
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Technology, Information and Internet
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200 - 300 Employee
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Software Engineering Intern
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Jun 2013 - Sep 2013
NYC Member of backend team responsible for processing multiple terabytes per day. Worked on parsing engines.
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Bloomberg
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Software Engineering Intern
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Jul 2012 - Sep 2012
Greater New York City Area Implemented new internal services and extensions to core permission/authz system.
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Friendwell Group of Companies
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United States
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Real Estate
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1 - 100 Employee
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IT Manager
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Mar 2011 - Jul 2012
Greater New York City Area Managed technical services for a property management firm.
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Social Expression
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Professional Training and Coaching
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1 - 100 Employee
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Software Engineer
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Sep 2009 - Nov 2011
Delivered bandwidth efficient SIP solutions for voice and video.
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Education
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Y Combinator
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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical and Computer Engineering