Hudson Jameson
Hudson Jameson is Vice President of Governance and Community at Polygon, one of the biggest layer-2 blockchains. He covers many aspects of community coordination, protocol governance, and bridging the technical and non-technical communication gaps. He works on Ethereum governance, which defines how changes to the Ethereum project are proposed, accepted, and implemented. Jameson is a renowned expert, community builder and educator on blockchain technology with specializations in Ethereum, Zcash, decentralized governance, and privacy technology. Since first discovering Bitcoin in 2011, he has played an active role in various online communities for decentralized technology, including Ethereum and Zcash. He also co-founded Ethereum Cat Herders group as well as IoT security start-up, Oaken Innovations.
Hudson Jameson Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Vice President of Governance and Community
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Developer Liaison, DevOps Engineer, and Security Engineer
Academic History
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B.S., Computer Science
Jameson is a long time presence in the Ethereum community who has played a variety of roles at the Ethereum Foundation, Zcash, SEAL, Flashbots, and Polygon Labs.
Jameson served as the unofficial Communicator-in-Chief of the Ethereum Foundation.
He was the moderator of the blockchain's biweekly All Core Devs meeting from 2016 to 2021.
He organizes Ethereum blockchain technology meet-ups in Dallas and moonlights as an official community lead for the Ethereum crypto community.
He also serves as the CEO of Hudsworth Consulting, where he focuses on blockchain technology, smart contracts, and distributed application stocks.
EARLY CAREER
He was the Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer and Blockchain Lead at Oaken Innovations where he focused on distributed ledgers and smart contract systems.
He served as a Software Developer within the Research and Development division of USAA.
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
Jameson has been featured or quoted in Yahoo! Finance, Blockworks, CoinDesk, Cointegraph, and The Block.
He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.