Masha McConaghy is a Co-Founder of Ocean Protocol, a blockchain startup focused on bringing data and AI together. Previously, Masha co-founded ascribe in 2013, the world's first blockchain-based service for digital artists and collectors (what's now more broadly known as NFTs). She has a PhD in Arts from Pantheon-Sorbonne University, Paris, and a Museology Degree from Louvre School, Paris. 

In addition to organizing exhibitions in Paris, Berlin, Vancouver, and elsewhere, Masha also assisted curators at the Louvre Museum in Paris, and directed a commercial gallery in Vancouver.