Ex-Ethereum Foundation Heavyweight Vladislav Martynov Joins Azuro Protocol As An Advisor
Vladislav Martynov, global serial entrepreneur, Co-founder of Blockgeeks, and ex-advisory board member of the Ethereum Foundation has joined the Azuro Protocol team as an advisor, committing to help them on the journey of making betting fully transparent, fairer, and more fun.
Azuro seeks to decentralize and democratize the business of betting by breaking down the role of the bookmaker into several smaller roles, openly available for anyone to benefit from liquidity provision, front-end management, data provision via oracles, decentralized governance. As a result, they envision creating a betting environment with decreased service cost to players, trustless and sharing more value with more participants.
The Azuro team has announced that Vladislav Martynov, who also is Executive Chairman at ICEBERG Sports Analytics, has joined as an advisor. The parties will also explore options for cooperation between the protocol and ICEBERG, on top of their core focus of changing betting for the better through decentralization.
Azuro CEO Paruyr Shahbazyan commented that “Vlad contributes a ton of expertise & smarts from the blockchain space and as co-founder of Blockgeeks. But much more importantly — in the world of founding and running businesses that make a positive social impact, Vlad’s experience is second to none. We are thrilled to have him alongside us and can already see how his contribution will be invaluable to our mission.”
Vlad Martynov, from his end, said, “It’s inspiring to see a capable, passionate team, which is focused not only on business gain but improving on how an industry works. I am delighted to be able to support Azuro Protocol on their journey. In their solution & approach, I see the right ingredients for both commercial success and positive social impact.”
About Vladislav Martynov
Vladislav Martynov is well-known as a successful entrepreneur with 25 years of experience in the field of digital technologies in a variety of technology projects.
Throughout the years, he’s running Columbus IT (the company became the largest international partner of Microsoft in the market of corporate control systems) and worked as a corporate director at Microsoft Corporation. In 2015, Martynov invested in ICEBERG Sports Analytics — a hockey analytics system based on artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data analysis, where he’s now Executive Chairman. In 2016, he joined the advisory board of the Ethereum Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to establishing a platform for the development of services based on blockchain technology. He also served as the Head of the Ethereum Competence Center Russia where he was responsible for developing the ecosystem around blockchain technology and providing consulting support to entrepreneurs, large companies, and government organizations about why blockchain is needed, how to apply it and what prospects the transition to this technology entails.
In October 2016, Martynov launched BlockGeeks (a platform for online
training of professionals in the field of blockchain) as one of the investors and founded a fund that invests in blockchain startups.
About Azuro Protocol
Azuro utilizes smart contracts to build a decentralized betting protocol, which brings full transparency to the betting process and delivers a classic experience with plentiful markets, ample liquidity, and innovations like collectible bets and gamification via NFTs. It also democratizes the business of betting by breaking down the role of the bookmaker into several smaller roles, openly available for anyone to benefit from liquidity provision, front-end management, data provision via oracles, decentralized governance.
