Josh Zerlan

Josh Zerlan is Chief Operating Officer at Butterfly Labs.
 
Butterfly Labs manufactures a line of high speed encryption processors for use in bitcoin mining, research, telecommunication, and security applications.
 
Josh has an excellent track record of identifying industry trends, capitalizing on upcoming product and service vacuums that will present an excellent opportunity for fast, nimble startups to fill.
 
He designed, built, and deployed one of the most recognized Bitcoin mining pools. He has also operated a successful ISP for over a decade. He has held roles as diverse as IT, banking system administration, network & system architect, database administration, hardware development, medical robotics, and image guidance.
 
Josh is an Army veteran, having served during Desert Shield and Desert Storm as a Korean linguist in the 1990s and holds degrees in Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, and Liberal Arts.
 
He holds patent Method and system for automatic testing of network elements.
 
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