# Albert Chon

> Albert Chon is the Co-founder and CTO of Injective Labs, previously working for Amazon, and holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from Stanford University...

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**Albert Chon** is the Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of [Injective Labs](https://iq.wiki/wiki/injective-protocol). Before Injective Labs, Chon worked with several tech companies including Linc Global and Amazon. [\[1\]](#cite-id-sfj6o8hyfw)[\[3\]](#cite-id-esminqyt8bv)  
  
  
# Early Life and Education  
  
Albert Chon completed a Master of Science in Computer Science with a focus on Systems at Stanford University. He also attained a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with a specialization in [Artificial Intelligence](https://iq.wiki/wiki/artificial-intelligence-ai) from the same institution. [\[2\]](#cite-id-lwrw09nky1)  
  
In high school, Albert took additional courses at Cerritos College and participated in the Summer Academy in Applied Science & Technology at the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied biotechnology. Albert achieved the distinction of being the valedictorian of his graduating class at Gretchen Whitney High School. [\[1\]](#cite-id-sfj6o8hyfw)[\[2\]](#cite-id-lwrw09nky1)  
  
# Career  
  
Albert Chon started his career as an Analytical Chemist and Marketing Associate at Advanced Botanical Consulting & Testing Inc. in 2014. Afterward, he moved to the role of a Marketing Copywriter & Technical Analyst at L3 Networks. He served as a Researcher at Stanford Parallel Distributed Processing Lab in 2016. [\[2\]](#cite-id-lwrw09nky1)  
  
In 2017, Chen became a Full Stack Software Engineer at Linc Global Inc. In 2018, he contributed as a consultant at [Open Zeppelin](https://iq.wiki/wiki/openzeppelin) and served as a Software Development Engineer at Amazon. In 2021, Chen became a [Tendermint](https://iq.wiki/wiki/tendermint) Fellow.[\[2\]](#cite-id-lwrw09nky1)  
  
## Injective Protocol  
  
Albert Chon joined [Injective Protocol](https://iq.wiki/wiki/injective-protocol) as a Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in 2018 alongside [Eric Chen](https://iq.wiki/wiki/eric-chen). Injective Protocol is a layer-2 [DEX](https://iq.wiki/wiki/decentralized-exchange) (Decentralized Exchange) that supports advanced trading features such as margin trading and derivatives. [\[5\]](#cite-id-483khto3308)  
  
In April 2021, Injective raised $10 million in a funding round with participation from billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban, [Pantera Capital](https://iq.wiki/wiki/pantera-capital), [BlockTower Capital](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blocktower-capital), [Hashed Ventures](https://iq.wiki/wiki/hashed), CMS Holdings, and QCP Capital. [\[6\]](#cite-id-k97l1xe840d)  
  
In August 2022, Injective raised $40 million to accelerate the adoption and growth of [Web3](https://iq.wiki/wiki/web3) finance. The funding round consisted of Jump Crypto and BH Digital (the crypto arm of famed hedge fund manager Alan Howard). [\[7\]](#cite-id-ksbaotxmwhs)  
  
Albert Chon in an interview describes Injective Protocol:  
  
> "A platform that is building a fully decentralized derivatives and spot exchange protocol. This protocol is being developed on top of the Cosmos SDK."[\[8\]](#cite-id-yf41e8abrx)