{"id":80578,"date":"2023-06-22T10:27:46","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T07:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=80578"},"modified":"2025-09-11T17:49:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T14:49:59","slug":"former-facebook-executive-appointed-ceo-of-starknet-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/former-facebook-executive-appointed-ceo-of-starknet-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Facebook executive appointed CEO of StarkNet Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The StarkNet Foundation, behind the eponymous <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-layer%e2%80%912-solution-in-blockchain\">second-layer solution<\/a>, has appointed former Facebook regional director Diego Oliva as its first CEO.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey, Starklings ? ?<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re thrilled to announce a new captain for our Starknet ship: the one and only Diego <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDIEGOOLIVA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JDIEGOOLIVA<\/a>, taking the helm as our inaugural CEO.<\/p>\n<p>Buckle up, as we&#8217;re set for an exciting journey into the deep crypto universe!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Starknet Foundation (@StarknetFndn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StarknetFndn\/status\/1671536440772276224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The former top executive is also a co-founder of an IoT <span data-descr=\"Internet of Things\" class=\"old_tooltip\">IoT<\/span>-company, Glue Home, and has served on the board of Just Eat.<\/p>\n<p>The new chief executive pledged to focus on growing the ecosystem and expanding the community of developers and participants around <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/what-are-starknets-blockchain-and-cryptocurrency\">StarkNet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cMy top priority will be to support, expand capabilities and build a strong community of developers and others who make StarkNet the most dynamic ecosystem for the development and scaling of Ethereum,\u201d Oliva said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The project will deepen work on STARK Proofs technology and its global dissemination.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2022, payments giant Visa <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/visa-reviews-starknet-for-automating-recurring-payments\">used StarkNet<\/a> in a proof-of-concept for automated and programmable payments.<\/p>\n<p>In February 2023, the StarkWare startup <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/starkware-announces-partnership-with-chainlink\">expanded its collaboration<\/a> with the Chainlink decentralized oracle network to accelerate the rollout of the L2 solution.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, the project team <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/opinion-starknet-roadmap-lays-the-groundwork-for-a-2024-airdrop\">unveiled a roadmap<\/a> focusing on performance and user experience in 2023, with the next year concentrating on decentralisation of operations and governance. Analyst Colin Wu saw in the document signs of preparation for a utility-token launch and an airdrop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The StarkNet Foundation, behind the eponymous second-layer solution, has appointed former Facebook regional director Diego Oliva as its first CEO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1702,1374],"class_list":["post-80578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-leadership","tag-starkware"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"13","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80580,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80578\/revisions\/80580"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}