Before founding BlockApps, Kieren was instrumental in working on Ethereum prior to its launch. He used this knowledge to help build BlockApps' initial product, STRATO. Kieren is responsible for architecting and implementing BlockApps RESTful API and surrounding products & components, including the authorization framework, peer-to-peer networking code, Node.js client, and third-party integrations. Leveraging his extensive background in technology, Kieren is now responsible for maintaining and growing BlockApps’ business.

Kieren was an all-but-dissertation at UC Berkeley in Mathematical Physics and holds a B.A. in Mathematics from Princeton University. He is also Co-Chair of the Technical Steering Committee at Enterprise Ethereum Alliance.