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Findora envisions a new financial infrastructure that services everyone with full interconnectivity, native privacy, transparency, and compliance.


Remembering John Powers
In July of 2020, after many months of battling multiple myeloma, John Powers passed away. He was 67 years young. John served as CEO of the Stanford endowment fund from 2006 to 2015. In addition to chairing Stanford’s endowment, John also had an extensive background on Wall Street that gave him the perspective as a principal, advisor, and agent. John co-headed a private equity business at Credit Suisse and ran research at the renowned technology investment bank, Robertson Stephens. This gave him invaluable experience and put him face to face with many of the problems faced in finance today. John leaves behind a legacy that touched people around the world and a family that he loved dearly. His friends will forever remember him as JP; Findora will remember him as one of our founders. In the present day, the Findora team around the world is committed to building in the spirit of John, in order to make his vision a reality.
Advanced Research Institute

Dr. Whitfield Diffie
Senior Advisor
2020 ACM Fellow
2015 Turing Award Winner
Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange
MIT
2020 ACM Fellow
2015 Turing Award Winner
Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange
MIT

Dr. Jonathan Katz
Cryptography, University of Maryland
2019 ACM SIGSAC Outstanding Contribution Award
IACR Fellow
PhD, Columbia University
2019 ACM SIGSAC Outstanding Contribution Award
IACR Fellow
PhD, Columbia University

Dr. Vipul Goyal
Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Microsoft Research
MPC
Microsoft Research
MPC

Dr. David Galindo
Professor, University of Birmingham
Applied Cryptography
Head of Cryptography at Fetch.AI
Applied Cryptography
Head of Cryptography at Fetch.AI

Will Cong
Professor, Cornell U Johnson School
Expert in Tokenomics and Blockchain
Advisor, Wall Street Blockchain Alliance
PhD, Stanford Business School
Expert in Tokenomics and Blockchain
Advisor, Wall Street Blockchain Alliance
PhD, Stanford Business School

Abhishek Jain*
Johns Hopkins University
2020 NSF CAREER Award
Microsoft Research
PhD in Cryptography, UCLA
* Participation by Abhishek Jain as an advisor to Findora Foundation does not constitute or imply endorsement of Findora by Johns Hopkins University.
2020 NSF CAREER Award
Microsoft Research
PhD in Cryptography, UCLA
* Participation by Abhishek Jain as an advisor to Findora Foundation does not constitute or imply endorsement of Findora by Johns Hopkins University.
Contributors

Paul Sherer
F.I.R.S.T. Director Findora Foundation
Managing Director, VantagePoint Funds
Managing Director, Robertson Stephens
Stanford MBA
Managing Director, VantagePoint Funds
Managing Director, Robertson Stephens
Stanford MBA

John Powers, Emeritus
General Contributor
(1953-2020)
Former CEO, Stanford Endowment Fund
Co-Chair, Hedge Fund, Credit Suisse
Stanford MBA
(1953-2020)
Former CEO, Stanford Endowment Fund
Co-Chair, Hedge Fund, Credit Suisse
Stanford MBA

Young Yu
Strategic Partnership
Managing Director, CAIS
Director, UBS & Deutsche Bank
Brown University
Managing Director, CAIS
Director, UBS & Deutsche Bank
Brown University

Matt Arney
Head of Growth
Serial entrepreneur
VP, Transperfect
Founder, TranslateNow (Acquired)
Founder, ACT2, & CSOFT
Serial entrepreneur
VP, Transperfect
Founder, TranslateNow (Acquired)
Founder, ACT2, & CSOFT

Ken Berniklau
Head of Project Management & Integration
20 years success in TMT
Executive Director, Tellabs
Director, Calix
Co-Founder, Sandia Wireless
20 years success in TMT
Executive Director, Tellabs
Director, Calix
Co-Founder, Sandia Wireless

Humphrey Polanen
Institutional Advocacy
Board Director, Heritage Bank of Commerce
GM, Sun Microsystem
JD, Harvard Law
Board Director, Heritage Bank of Commerce
GM, Sun Microsystem
JD, Harvard Law

Lily Chao
General Contributor
Entrepreneur
Investor in early stage ventures
Expert in privatization, SPAC & M&A
People person at Findora
Entrepreneur
Investor in early stage ventures
Expert in privatization, SPAC & M&A
People person at Findora

David Lin
VPE
Senior Director, ThunderCore
CTO, ZeroLabs
Senior Director, ThunderCore
CTO, ZeroLabs

Warren Paul Anderson
VP of Product at Findora
Product Lead, Ripple
Co-founder & Head of Product, Hedgy
Harvard & Northwestern University
Product Lead, Ripple
Co-founder & Head of Product, Hedgy
Harvard & Northwestern University

Mike Lin
Senior Product Manager at Findora
Co-Founder & Head of Product, Lumeos
Equity Research Associate, Stifel Financial
MBA, Sloan School at MIT
Co-Founder & Head of Product, Lumeos
Equity Research Associate, Stifel Financial
MBA, Sloan School at MIT

David Lee
Smart Fund and Legal Partner, Strategic Capital Group, Investcorp
Head of Transactions, Credit Suisse Anteil Capital Partners
Advisor, BNM Ventures & Powerscale Capital Management
J.D., Fordham University School of Law
Head of Transactions, Credit Suisse Anteil Capital Partners
Advisor, BNM Ventures & Powerscale Capital Management
J.D., Fordham University School of Law

Ricky Fiel
SVP of People, Operations
UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley

Tanmay Bhattacharya
US Lead Engineer
Senior Software Developer, OneLedger
Research Scientist, Conduent
Senior Software Developer, OneLedger
Research Scientist, Conduent

Hridam Basu
Cryptography Engineer at Findora
Cryptography and Blockchain Researcher, Polygon
NTT Labs Tokyo, AT&T Labs NYC
Northeastern University
Cryptography and Blockchain Researcher, Polygon
NTT Labs Tokyo, AT&T Labs NYC
Northeastern University

Charlie Chen
Senior Software Engineer at Findora
Senior Blockchain Engineer, OneLedger
Zhejiang University
Senior Blockchain Engineer, OneLedger
Zhejiang University

Kevin Singh
Blockchain Engineer
Senior Engineer, OneLedger
9 years FinTech Professional
Senior Engineer, OneLedger
9 years FinTech Professional

Fred Madrid
Lead Designer
Co-founder, Nougit
Designer at Ron Paul, Under Armour, Disney, Hipmunk, Cover Girl
Co-founder, Nougit
Designer at Ron Paul, Under Armour, Disney, Hipmunk, Cover Girl

Fanhui
China Lead Engineer
Former technology lead, DiDi blockchain department
RUST expert, blockchain consensus mechanism profession
Over ten years of development experience
Former technology lead, DiDi blockchain department
RUST expert, blockchain consensus mechanism profession
Over ten years of development experience

Lemon Lin
Head of Marketing (Greater China)
Marketing & Investment Manager, NetEase
Co-founder, btcu blockchain community
Founder, BITRUN Hackathon
Zhejiang University
Marketing & Investment Manager, NetEase
Co-founder, btcu blockchain community
Founder, BITRUN Hackathon
Zhejiang University

Mengxue
Head of Public Relations (Greater China)
Host, SNRTV
Brand Director, Coinbull
Extensive experience in Public Relations
Host, SNRTV
Brand Director, Coinbull
Extensive experience in Public Relations
Advisors

Jack Lee
Managing Partner, HCM Capital
Founder, Foxconn Supply Chain Finance
Early Investor, Digital Currency Group (parent of Grayscale Investments)
& Galaxy Digital
Founder, Foxconn Supply Chain Finance
Early Investor, Digital Currency Group (parent of Grayscale Investments)
& Galaxy Digital
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