Luigi Donorio Demeo is the Head of DeFi at Ava Labs. Luigi started his career in traditional finance, working as an institutional trader at Citigroup for 6 years with credit and equity products. Luigi also worked as a consultant for 2 years, focusing on valuation and M&A. He founded his own venture-backed dapp in 2018 and has been involved in crypto since 2016. Most recently, Luigi joined Ava Labs as the Director of DeFi working to grow out its ecosystem.