Jannis Pohlmann

Jannis Pohlmann is the Co-Founder and Engineering Lead at Edge & Node and former Co-Founder and Tech Lead of The Graph. He is credited with inventing or creating many of its signature technologies and protocols. With more than 20 years of experience in software development, Jannis has acquired a deep knowledge of operating and embedded systems, Linux desktop soft- and middleware, fullstack web development, DevOps, blockchains, and decentralized systems. He is also an expert in open source and communities, making him an experienced and thoughtful leader. Jannis believes that decentralization can fix today's broken web by providing long missing incentives and putting individuals in control instead of corporations. He also believes that protocols such as The Graph will transform the way data is organized collectively and that the launch of The Graph Network is just the beginning of a protocol that is helping to power a new, better web.