China
Lei Wu is the Co-Founder and CTO of BlockSec, a blockchain architecture security platform that focuses mainly on smart contract security that automates transfer transactions by running open-source code, as well as the popularisation of new blockchain technologies like Ethereum. Dr. Wu began his career after achieving his Doctor of Philosophy from Carolina State University in 2015 by joining Qihoo 360 as a Senior Security Researcher. He was the security expert on the Android platform with bold searching services. He served as the team lead of 360 Jiagu value-added services. And eventually, he got involved in the emerging blockchain technology when he founded PeckShield, a company based in Hangzhou, China. Currently, serving as the platform’s Vice President of Engineering dealing with the focus on blockchain technology security including Smart Contracts, Wallets, as well as Exchanges. He has an enlarged contribution to the BlockSec company serving as its Chief Technology Officer since its existence in May 2021. Dr. Wu along with Yajin Zhou founded BlockSec when they realized that many security vulnerabilities are related to the particular business situations on smart contracts. At present their company completed an angel round of financing and raised $8 Million which was jointly led by CoinSummer, Mirana Ventures, and YM Capital.
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