Tess Rinearson

Who is Tess Rinearson?

Tess Rinearson is the Head of Emerging Products at OP Labs, a company working on the Optimism project to build a sustainable future for Ethereum.17 She got into crypto by landing a job with a Bitcoin API company called Chain in 2015, before going on to work with Interstellar, Cosmos, and lead Twitter's Crypto team.1

Tess joined OP Labs in February 2023.1 She is based in Berlin and has over 500 connections on LinkedIn.2 Her Twitter handle is @_tessr.3

Some key facts about Tess Rinearson:

• Previously worked at the Interchain Foundation as VP of Engineering, leading teams building open-source infrastructure5
• Studied at the University of Pennsylvania2
• Wrote a blog post on LinkedIn in August 2021 titled "Come work with us"4
• Has a personal website at tessrinearson.com5
• Is active on the decentralized social network Bluesky under the handle @tessr.bsky.social6
• Was featured in an article by Lakeside School's TATLER publication in May 2023 discussing Optimism and the crypto winter7

In July 2024, Tess announced that by joining the Superchain, various teams are working to expand Ethereum's value.8