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Hans Walter Behrens

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Chief Technology Officer at Plasma
📍 United States

Hans Walter Behrens is the CTO of Plasma, a high-performance blockchain for stablecoin transactions. His expertise, backed by a PhD from Arizona State University, lies in resilient distributed systems, backend architecture, and smart contract security. He previously served as CTO and later CEO at the blockchain firm Topl before its acquisition.

He is passionate about protocol-level innovation and building resilient, decentralized technologies that redefine how money moves. An active contributor to his field, he was the founding president of the ACM Computing Honors Society chapter at his university and is a member of the Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Honor Society.

Unique fact: Hans is a published author who co-authored a book chapter on distributed ledgers and consensus.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Chief Technology Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
United States
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Blockchain Scalability
His PhD research and publications focus on improving block propagation and scalability in distributed ledger systems, aiming to enhance performance and throughput.
DeFi Infrastructure
As CTO of Plasma, he is known for advancing modular DeFi infrastructure specifically for high-performance stablecoin transactions and user protection.
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Career

Work history

8-2024
Chief Technology Officer
Plasma
12-2023 - 8-2024
Chief Executive Officer
Topl
3-2023 - 12-2023
Chief Technology Officer
Topl
5-2022 - 3-2023
Senior Research Scientist
Topl
11-2020 - 5-2023
PhD Candidate
Arizona State University
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Education
2016 - 2022
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Arizona State University
Master of Science - MS
Arizona State University
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