Jay Berg
Founder at Sidepit
San Francisco Bay Area United States
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Top SchoolJay Berg is a seasoned founder and technologist with over 20 years at the crossroads of technology and finance. As founder of Sidepit, he is redefining decentralized finance with fair, transparent markets that eliminate execution risks and empower traders of all sizes. His career began at Bloomberg LP and spans leadership roles at Fortress Investment Group and VMware, where he delivered scalable trading systems and blockchain solutions. He specializes in C++, trading systems, and blockchain, and is passionate about building robust, open protocols that push fintech beyond conventional boundaries. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he continues to bridge traditional finance principles with cutting-edge blockchain technology to transform how financial markets operate.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Master's Degree at City University of New York-Baruch CollegeBachelor's Degree, Bachelor's Degree at Brooklyn Touro College
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Github Skills (77)
trading10
bitcoin-core10
cryptocurrency10
c-plus-plus10
p2p10
staging10
bitcoin10
cryptography10
blockchain10
blockchain-network10
abc9
zcash9
fault-tolerant9
wallet8
currency8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
protoblock/website
Nov 2017 - Oct 2020
Protoblock.com website bootstrap
Contributions:4 PRs, 14 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 11 months
javascriptbootstrap
SatoshiFantasy/docs
Apr 2015 - Nov 2017
Contributions:2 PRs, 6 pushes, 2 branches in 2 years 7 months
pythonsatoshiwhite-paperfantasywhite
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