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David Schwartz is the Chief Technology Officer at Ripple and one of the original architects of the XRP Ledger. Prior to joining Ripple, he was the Chief Technical Officer for WebMaster Incorporated, a Santa Clara software developer. He developed encrypted cloud storage and enterprise messaging systems for organizations such as CNN and the National Security Agency (NSA). He is widely known as "JoelKatz" and is a respected voice in the digital currency community.
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Chris Larsen
Chris Larsen is the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Ripple, an enterprise blockchain solution for global payments. He is presently an advisor at Distilled Analytics, a data science firm. Prior to founding Ripple, Larsen was the CEO of Prosper, a P2P lending service, and was also the CEO of E-LOAN, an online lending service.
Matt Hamilton
Matt Hamilton is the lead Developer Advocate at Protocol Labs, having previously held positions at Bittensor and Ripple. He graduated from the University of Bristol.
Don Steul
Don Steul is the Vice President Global Services at Ripple. Presively he worked as Head of RCS Delivery at Google.Don Steul graduated from MIT.
Danny Aranda
Danny Aranda is the co-founder of PartyDAO and previously the Managing Director of Ripple Europe. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania.
Will Liu
Will Liu is the Founder of Yoz Labs. He is an ex-Facebook and ex-Ripple employee, a Y Combinator founder, and wears many hats - both literally and figuratively.
Bill Gleim
William Gleim (Bill) is the Chief Technology Officer of Equideum Health and previously worked at ConsenSys and Ripple. Previously, he created the iot Black Hat Group at Google.
Niraj Pant
Niraj Pant is the Co-Founder at Ritual. Presively he was a General Partner at Polychain Capital, where he invests in early-stage cryptocurrency projects. Prior to this role, he researched privacy in the Decentralized Systems Lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Niraj has also served as a Member of the Board of Directors for CoinDCX, an Ambassador for Sequoia Capital, and Co-Founder and CTO of Source Networks. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Greg Kidd
Greg Kidd is Founder of Hard Yaka, GlobaliD, Shift Payments and 3taps.com, Message.me. First Round Investor of Twitter, Senior Analyst Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve. Believer that ones identity credentials should be truly portable and owned by individuals themselves rather than corporations or governments. The trade-off between security and privacy can meet the needs of both traditional institutions worried about compliance and risk, but also consumer protection advocates who care about the underserved and underbanked. Adviser/Investor via hardyaka.com for numerous startups in the exchange space including Shift, Ripple and 3taps, and previously Square and Twitter. Previously a director at Promontory Financial and a senior analyst for payments at The Board of Governor of the Federal Reserve. Senior Associate at Booz Allen. Founded and took Dispatch Management Services Corp public on the NASDAQ. Have worked as an instructor/leader for Outward Bound and the National Outdoor Leadership School. Specialties: Portable identity, digital currencies and exchange markets for goods, services, and information with functional emphasis on messaging, payments, and reputation/trust/risk. Well versed in visualizations for risk reporting and controls.
Kristina Campbell
Kristina Campbell is the former CFO of Ripple and holds an MBA from Harvard University.
Brad Garlinghouse
Brad Garlinghouse is the CEO of Ripple and a member of its Board of Directors. Prior to Ripple, he served as the CEO of the file collaboration service Hightail. From 2009 to 2012, he was President of Consumer Applications at AOL, and before that, he held various executive positions at Yahoo! from 2003 to 2009, including Senior Vice President. Earlier in his career, Brad pioneered the VoIP industry as CEO of Dialpad Communications. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of OutMatch and has held board positions at Ancestry.com and Tonic Health.