Ed Roman is a former engineer and open-source developer who authored a best-selling book on software development and founded companies including HackHands and Ghostfire Games before joining Hack VC. He created hack.summit(), a large-scale virtual developer and blockchain conference that built him a global community of engineers, giving him unusually deep grassroots access to developer talent compared to most investors. Ed Roman is a former engineer and open-source developer who authored a best-selling book on software development and founded companies including HackHands and Ghostfire Games before joining Hack VC. He created hack.summit(), a large-scale virtual developer and blockchain conference that built him a global community of engineers, giving him unusually deep grassroots access to developer talent compared to most investors.