Stellar Lumens
(XLM)
COmpany Statement: Stellar Lumens is a global community working to expand access to financial services for the world’s unbanked billions developed by the same developer who created Ripple. This time the developer made it a non-profit project that will serve the unbanked.
The team of top technology and finance professionals sets this crypto currency apart from so many. Stellar.org is a nonprofit that will connect people to low-cost financial services to fight poverty and develop individual potential. Some would call this a dream team.
Bartek Nowotarski – Developer – Before joining Stellar, Bartek worked as a lead developer and security consultant, and he has found vulnerabilities in high-profile sites such as Facebook and Yahoo.
Boris Reznikov – Partnerships – In a previous life, Boris advised Fortune 500 companies on hostile mergers and proxy contests. Boris holds an MBA from Duke University.
Brian GaleBrian Gale – Growth – Prior to joining Stellar, Brian was a strategic consultant for early-stage startups in Europe and the U.S. across a variety of industries working on product launches, go-to-market strategies and developing global growth initiatives. Brian holds an MBA from ESADE.
David Mazières – Chief Scientist is a professor of Computer Science at Stanford University, where he leads the Secure Computer Systems Group. Prof. Mazières received a BS from Harvard and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT
Jed McCaleb – is a co-founder of Stellar Development Foundation. created Mt. Gox, the first bitcoin exchange, which was subsequently sold and re-coded by its current owners, followed by his creation of Ripple.
TEAM
Bartek Nowotarski – Developer
Boris Reznikov – Partnerships
Brian GaleBrian Gale – Growth
David Mazières – Chief Scientist
Ella Qiang – Partnerships China
Jed McCaleb – Stellar Developer
Lisa NestorLisa Nestor – Partnerships
Łukasz Lachowski – Developer
Nicolas Barry CTO
Rafał Malinowski – Developer
Scott Fleckenstein – Developer
Tunde Ladipo -Partnerships
Board Members
Keith Rabois – Investment Partner, Khosla Ventures
Joyce Kim Stellar cofounder
Shivani Siroya CEO of InVenture
Greg Brockman – Former CTO at Stripe
ADVISORS
Patrick Collison CEO of Stripe
Greg Stein – Director at the Apache Software Foundation
Matt Mullenweg -Founder of WordPress.com
Naval Ravikant – Founder of AngelList
Ronaldo Lemos – Director, Institute for Technology & Society of Rio de Janeiro (ITSrio.org)
Sam Altman – President of Y Combinator
Dan Kaminsky – Chief Scientist at White Ops
Bhagwan Chowdhry – Professor at UCLA Anderson