Meet Our Team

GEODNET Foundation is a non-profit organization established in Singapore. The Foundation is the initiator of this project and piloting the creation, bootup, and GEODNET network coordination. It unites miners, end-users, and project developers together to move the project forward. Its purpose is to promote and deploy the world’s largest RTK network for everyone.

Our team includes renowned open source and blockchain developers, and seasoned experts from leading technology platform companies.

Mike A. Horton

Project Creator

Mike is an experienced executive with over 20 years in the navigation industry. Mike is a co- founder and the Chief Technology Officer of Anello Photonics. Mike is the project creator of the GEODNET geospatial reference network. Prior, Mike was CEO and co-founder of Crossbow Technology a leader in developing MEMS sensor system that was successfully sold in 2011 to Moog Aerospace for close to $50M. In 2019, Mike was recognized as a top 50 expert in sensor technology in the world by Sensors Magazine. He has won two consecutive best presentation awards at the Institute of Navigation GNSS+ Conferences in 2021 and 2022 respectively. He has been active in the Silicon Valley angel investment community, and has over 20 patents to his name.

David Chen

Head of Blockchain

David Chen is a proven technology leader with over 20 years of experience in Silicon valley. As a blockchain pioneer since 2013, He is full stack blockchain expert ranging from consensus protocols, network and security, to smart contracts and DAPPs. Previously David was the co-founder of multiple blockchain projects including Jingtum, MOAC.

Yudan Yi

Head of GNSS

As one of the top experts in his area, Yudan served as a senior director with Aceinna for 3 years. Prior to that, he was a research scientist with Qianxun SI for 2 years, and a senior research scientist with Topcon Positioning Systems for 10 years. Yudan received Ph.D in geodesy from The Ohio State University and B.Sc from Wuhan University.

GEODNET is backed by leading Blockchain and #DePIN Investors

Events

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Consensus Hong Kong

HKCEC, Hong Kong

February 18 -20, 2025

Eth Denver

Denver, Colorado

February 23 - March 02, 2025

Token2049 Dubai

Madinat Jumeirah

April 30 - May 01, 2025

Medici LA

Beverly Hills, California

May 04 -07, 2025

Consensus Toronto

Toronto Canada

May 14 -16, 2025

Xponential

Houston, Texas

May 19 - 22, 2025

Permissionless

Brooklyn, New York

June 24 -26, 2025

ETHcc

Cannes, France

June 30 - July 03, 2025

Esri User Conference

San Diego, California

July 14 -18, 2025

Commercial UAV Show

Las Vegas, Nevada

September 02 - 04, 2025

Token2049 Singapore

Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

October 01 - 02, 2025

Intergeo

Frankfurt, Germany

October 07 - 09, 2025

Equip Expo

Louisville, Kentucky

October 21 - 24, 2025

Mainnet

TBD

Horizon

TBD

CES

Las Vegas, Nevada

January 06 - 09, 2026