Yuval Rooz
Digital Asset
Co-Founder & CEO
Yuval is co-founder and CEO of Digital Asset, the New York-based technology company that created the DAML smart contract language. DAML is the only language for designing, writing, and deploying applications to the DLT of your choice. Digital Asset works through an ecosystem of partners to develop DAML-driven platforms and applications. Yuval co-founded the company in 2014 and served as Chief Financial Officer until 2018 and Chief Operating Officer until he was named CEO in March 2019. As a co-founder and COO, Yuval hired the majority of the company's executive leadership, established its presence in six countries and facilitated the acquisition of four tech startups in two years. Yuval helped the company secure more than $150mm in funding from 15 strategic investors and grew trusted relationships with Digital Asset's clients and partners, including the ASX, Broadridge, and VMware. Today, the company's partners have enabled DAML to work with multiple DLT platforms, such as VMware Blockchain, Hyperledger, Corda, and Amazon's QLDB and Aurora. Prior to Digital Asset, Yuval managed an algorithmic trading desk at DRW Trading and launched DRW Venture Capital. He also worked as a developer at Citadel. He is based at the company's headquarters in New York City.
