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Mohammad Shaikh is the founder of Maximum Frequency. He was previously the co-founder and CEO of Aptos and the strategic director of ConsenSys. He has also worked at Meta, The Boston Consulting Group, and BlackRock. Mohammad holds an MBA from the University of Rochester - Simon Business School and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Economics, and Accounting from Hunter College.
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