John Woods
John Woods is the Chief Technology Officer of Algorand Foundation, a not-for-profit, community organisation dedicated to fulfilling the global promise of blockchain technology by leveraging the Algorand protocol.
He joined the Algorand Foundation as CTO in 2022. Prior to joining the leadership team, he worked as Chief Architect of Cardano at IOHK. John has held roles leading software architecture and applied cryptography at a number of firms including Informatica and ConsenSys.
Current Work
Chief Technology OfficerAlgorand Foundation
Previous Work
Director of Cardano ArchitectureInput Output
Oct 2021 – Jun 2022Senior Security Architect / Applied CryptographerInformatica
Feb 2020 – Sep 2021Lead Architect / Applied CryptographerConsensys
Oct 2018 – Feb 2020Senior Solution ArchitectCentral Bank of Ireland
Jul 2016 – Oct 2018FENICS – Lead Derivative Analyst for EMEAGFI Group
Nov 2012 – Jul 2016Income Operations ManagerCiti
Jan 2012 – Nov 2012FX TraderCiti
Feb 2011 – Jan 2012Compliance AnalystCiti
Sep 2010 – Feb 2011Lead R&D Software EngineerEricsson
Jan 2008 – Jan 2010Education
Technological University DublinBEng. Computer & Communications
2003 – 2007
✎ Last updated Aug. 4, 2026