> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://vottun.gitbook.io/vottun-whitepaper/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://vottun.gitbook.io/vottun-whitepaper/welcome-to-vottun/the-founders-team.md). # The Founders - Team The founders engaged a senior management team with strong and diverse business, technology and investment experience. They have a combined experience in entrepreneurship and blockchain of over 40 years.\ \ **THE FOUNDERS:** **Luis Carbajo** - CEO and co-founder - [Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/luiscarbajo/) Before founding Vottun, Luis was the Global Head of User Experience at Amazon, becoming the company’s first Spanish director and working alongside Jeff Bezos teams. Following five years at Amazon, he joined Vistaprint as Head of Marketing and then served as CEO of SoloStocks, Spain’s leading online marketplace for SMEs. Luis co-founded Vottun in 2018 and is considered a leading expert on blockchain technology, with deep knowledge of business aplications and scalability challenges and extensive technical experience regarding protocols, consensus algorithms and associated cryptography. Luis holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Valencia (Spain) and an MBA in Business Administration from the Ross Business School at the University of Michigan (USA). **Marta Valles** - COO and co-founder - [Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/marta-valles-2867576/) Prior to co-founding Vottun, Marta worked as a lawyer before founding Messless Distributions, a strategic consulting firm supporting companies entering new international markets and helping global brands such as Alibaba expand to new territories. As a business leader, entrepreneur and blockchain enthusiast, Marta is passionate about increasing the participation and presence of women and girls in STEM subjects. As a member of WA4STEAM, the all-women angels investment group, and a board member of WStartupCommunity, an association that promotes equality policies that support female entrepreneurs, she advocates for female representation in the technology workforce. Forbes has named Marta in the top ten women leading digital transformation, and she has also been named one of Spain’s top 100 female entrepreneurs. She holds a law degree from the Central European University of Budapest and a PDD from the IESE Business School. --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter, and the optional `goal` query parameter: ``` GET https://vottun.gitbook.io/vottun-whitepaper/welcome-to-vottun/the-founders-team.md?ask=&goal= ``` `ask` is the immediate question: it should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. `goal` is optional and describes the broader end goal you are ultimately trying to accomplish on behalf of the user. GitBook uses it to tailor the answer towards what is most useful for that goal. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.