Erik Trautman
Erik Trautman is CEO at NEAR Foundation. Building a scalable, dev-friendly blockchain at Near Protocol. Founder of Viking Education, The Odin Project. After teaching himself to code through online resources and attending App Academy in San Francisco, Erik Trautman created The Odin Project, an online, open-source education program that teaches aspiring web developers to code and become job-ready. In 2013 he started The Odin Project with almost 100,000 members. In 2014 I founded Viking Education, a fully online software engineering program where students don't have to pay until they get a job. Both were acquired in 2017.
Officials

Experience

Satori Technologies Inc.
Chairman
Feb 2023 - Present
Satori Technologies Inc.
Chairman and Interim CEO
Jul 2022 - Feb 2023
NEAR Protocol
Contributor
Aug 2018 - Present
NEAR Foundation
CEO
Jan 2019 - Jan 2021
Near Inc
Head of Operations
Jan 2018 - Jan 2019
Phillips Academy
Blue Key Alumni Liason - Entrepreneurship and Technology
Jan 2013 - Jan 2019
Viking Education
Founder/CEO
Jan 2014 - Jan 2018
Tech for Campaigns
Team Lead
Jan 2017 - Present
The Odin Project
Founder
Jan 2013 - Jan 2017
Coding School Alumni Association
President
Jan 2013 - Jan 2015
App Academy
Developer and Doer of Everything
Jan 2013 - Present
Freepoint Commodities
West Power Trader / Market Analyst
Jan 2011 - Jan 2012
BP
West Power Market Analyst
Jan 2009 - Jan 2011
Bank of America
Gas and Power Trading Analyst
Jan 2007 - Jan 2009
Onchain
CTO
Aug 2014 - Present
NEO blockchain
Founder & Core Developer
Jun 2014 - Present

Education

Shanghai University
计算机科学
2006 - 2009
University of Pennsylvania
BSE | Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics
2003 - 2007
Phillips Academy
2000 - 2003
Stockholm School of Entrepreneurship
N/A, Entrepreneurship