beyond identity
Enabling interoperability among decentralized applications with authentication and identity functionality
the team
We come from multiple disciplines, backgrounds and cities across the globe combining vast technical expertise, strong business acumen and deep connections within the blockchain space.
Andrea Carmignani
Project Lead
Serial entrepreneur, former strategy consultant and project manager at Roland Berger and Accenture. Angel investor and advisor to crypto projects. INSEAD MBA.
Prof Giuseppe Ateniese
Research Lead
Expert in proxy re-encryption, cloud security, blockchain, and applied cryptography. Department chair of the computer science dep. at Stevens Institute of Technology.
Prof Paolo Gasti
Technology Lead
Expert in network security, secure multi-party protocols, privacy-preserving and behavioral biometrics. Associate Professor at New York Institute of Technology.
Paul Warren
Product
Facilitator. Growth hacker. Digital entrepreneur. Product manager and UX designer. Former govt consultant and Bloomberg tech ops analyst. INSEAD MBA.
Rolf Hoefer, PhD
Senior Researcher
Published scientist. Expert in distributed networks, blockchain and crypto-asset implementations. Partner at crypto hedge fund. INSEAD PhD.
Bernardo Magri, PhD
Senior Researcher
Author of numerous publications on blockchain and cryptography. Expert in subversion attacks, signature schemes, zero-knowledge proofs, and secure MPC.
Easwar Mangipudi, PhD
Senior Researcher
Winner of 2018 DFINITY Scholarship Program. Deep expertise in multi-party computation protocols, DKG, network security and applied cryptography. CS PhD at Purdue.
Mads Buch
Senior Developer
Full Stack. Expert in differential privacy, probabilistic programming and mathematical proofs. Former Engineer at Palantir. M.Sc. in Computer Science.
Ahmad Saeed
Senior Developer
Network developer. Deep expertise in distributed consensus mechanism, computer vision, deep learning and neural networks. Computer scientist.
Fabian Eberle
Operations
Senior management consultant. Scrum master. Experienced enterprise software professional. Former Trainee at SAP. INSEAD and Wharton MBA.
Gianluca Turrisi
Growth
Tech entrepreneur and business advisor. Managing Partner at fintech fund. Early supporter of cryptocurrency. Former Quant. Computer Scientist.
advisors and partners
We are advised by bright academic minds, successful businessmen and cryptocurrency pioneers. Furthermore, we partnered with leading global biometric technology providers.
Prof Aniket Kate
Technical Advisor
Expert in cryptographic systems for privacy, Layer-2 schemes and distributed ledger. Assistant Professor in the computer science department at Purdue university.
Prof Francesco Bruschi
Technical Advisor
Expert in behavioral biometrics and intelligent data transportation systems. Assistant Professor at Politecnico di Milano. PhD in Information Engineering.
Prof Vincenzo Rana
Technical Advisor
Expert in embedded systems design methodologies for efficient and high-performance hardware architectures, neural networks and distributed ledger tech.
Sam Goldenberg
Technical Advisor
Serial entrepreneur. 35 years of industry experience with strong focus on image and video analytics. Former Head of R&D for various companies. Electrical engineer.
Miko Matsumura
Business Advisor
Serial entrepreneur. Co-founder at Evercoin Exchange. General partner at Gumi Cryptos. Limited partner at Pantera Capital. Advisor to Arrington XRP Capital. Public speaker.
Luca Cosentino
Business Advisor
Business nerd. Engineer. Former Googler. Navigating businesses and organizations with data and analytics. Growth Manager at Oasis Labs. Berkeley Haas MBA.
Daniel Pouget
Business Advisor
Former MD of Nasdaq Europe. Serial Entrepreneur. Member of the Supervisory Strategic Committee at Swiss Private Bank. Startup Advisor and Chairman of Board.
Lucio De Costanzo
Business Advisor
CFO and COO at Caeli Nova. Equity Partner at iStarter. Investment Professional. Former vice president at Morgan Stanley. Aerospace Engineer and MBA.
David Orban
Community Advisor
Founder of Network Society Ventures. Faculty of and Advisor to the Singularity University. Mentor for the Thiel Fellowship. Author and public speaker.
Leonardo Pedretti
Community Advisor
Founder of Ethereum Italy. Early investor. Started one of the first Bitcoin and Litecoin mining farms in Italy. Lawyer specialized in financial law and computer science.
IBIA
Strategic Partner
Leading association for the biometrics industry. Advances the adoption of technologies to enhance security, privacy, productivity and convenience.
IsItYou Ltd
Strategic Partner
Leading biometric tech provider specialized in facial recognition. Headquartered in Israel with presence in Romania. Member of the Fido alliance.
