Bill Laboon is Technical Education at the Web3 Foundation. Author of "A Friendly Introduction to Software Testing", used as an undergraduate-level textbook by numerous colleges and universities and ”Strength in Numbers: A Novel of Cryptocurrency“, a techno-thriller set in a world where traditional currency has been entirely replaced by Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum, and Monero.
Editor at "Ledger: The Journal of Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technology Research".
Lecturer at University of Pittsburgh: courses taught include Blockchain Technology & Cryptocurrency, Software Quality Assurance, Software Engineering, and the Computer Science Capstone. In addition, I advise numerous students for projects, independent research, and their academic and professional careers. My focus is on preparing students to develop high-quality software in a "real-world" environment.
Primary Programming Languages: Ruby, Java, Solidity Other Recent Programming Language Experience: Rust, Haskell, JavaScript / CoffeeScript, C++
Teaching Awards: Most Effective Instructor of an Upper-Level Computer Science Course, 2016-2017 Highest-rated instructor at University of Pittsburgh on ratemyprofessors.com
