Solana Foundation Bolsters Leadership with Binance Marketing Veteran
Solana Foundation has hired Rachel Conlan as its new chief strategy officer. She previously worked at Binance for three years, running global marketing, and also held roles at OKX, CAA Sports, and Havas.
Her responsibilities include building institutional partnerships, pushing ecosystem growth, and developing go-to-market strategies for Solana (SOL).
Rachel Conlan's new role is part of a broader effort to expand the foundation's leadership. Jamal Raees joined alongside her as the head of payments, bringing experience from Polygon Labs, Bridge, and Wyre.
The Solana Foundation president, Lily Liu, sees this shift in focus as part of a larger trend towards blockchain infrastructure, which she calls a 'long-term supercycle for tokenized assets.'
These changes come during a period of technical upgrades on the network. Block production speed has increased with a recent reduction in target slot time to 250 milliseconds, and a separate upgrade to consensus is currently being tested.