Alan Ransil

Alan Ransil is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of Devonian Systems, where Alan focuses on pioneering biochar carbon removal solutions and building web3 tooling to interconnect data and code.

Alan also serves as a Sustainability Advisor at Filecoin Foundation and an Advisor for Global Carbon Reward.

With deep expertise in management, engineering, research, and strategy, Alan's work centers on climate tech, data provenance, and cryptoeconomics. Alan founded and leads Filecoin Green, an initiative dedicated to building web3 tools for tracking and verifying carbon emissions and decarbonizing decentralized networks.

Alan has been a lead for projects such as Cherty and Operad.ai, and organizes the Sustainable Blockchain Summit.

Alan holds a PhD in Materials Engineering from MIT, where Alan's doctoral research focused on energy storage materials. Alan's background includes work on projects for the MIT Energy Initiative, ARPA-E, and DARPA, and co-founding CoolComposites.

Currently, Alan is dedicated to advancing verifiable sustainability and innovative data systems to address climate challenges.

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