Elissa Shevinsky joins Cointelegraph as chief technology officer
The former head of product at Brave looks to drive the crypto media platform's evolution. Cointelegraph, the world’s foremost blockchain-focused media platform, is pleased to announce that tech veteran Elissa Beth Shevinsky has joined the company as chief technology officer.Shevinsky began her Bitcoin (BTC) journey in 2013, selling shirts for BTC as part of a fundraising campaign for her encrypted messaging startup, Glimpse, but her career in software began earlier — as employee number 33 at Everyday Health, which went public in 2014. More recently, she served as head of product at Brave....
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