John Nahas is the Vice President of Business Development at Ava Labs, supporting the Avalanche blockchain and its ecosystem. In his capacity, John oversees expanding the Avalanche Ecosystem with a focus on wallets, assets, and applications across Decentralized Finance (DeFi), NFTs, Enterprise, Institutional and Capital Markets, Exchanges/ Fiat On-Ramps, and Gaming. John has degrees in Public Diplomacy (MPD), Political Science, and Communication from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.