David Galindo

Co-Founder

Great Malvern, England, United Kingdom24 yrs experience

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Key Highlights

Co-founder and CTO with 15 years in computer security.
Expert in cryptography and decentralized governance.
Published multiple papers in top-tier conferences.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in cryptography and blockchain technology, specializing in decentralized systems.

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Skills

Core Skills

BlockchainCryptographyProject ManagementManagementLeadership

Other Skills

AIAlgorithmsApplied MathematicsCCollege TeachingComputer ScienceComputer SecurityCryptocurrencyDistributed Ledger Technology (DLT)Executive ManagementFormal VerificationLaTeXLinuxMathematical ModelingMathematics

About

I am a co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Valory, a research and development company at the intersection of cryptography, multi-agent systems, and AI. My mission is to build software that allows web3 organizations to achieve full-stack decentralization, which will enable co-ownership of AI systems that are fair, transparent, and accountable. With over 15 years of experience in computer security, both in academia and industry, I have a strong background in security protocols, blockchain, zero-knowledge proofs, homomorphic encryption, multiparty computation, electronic voting, and decentralized governance. I have published multiple papers in top-tier conferences and journals, and contributed to several open-source projects and standards. I have also been an advisor and a board member for several organizations and initiatives in the crypto and digital democracy space. I am passionate about applying cryptography to solve real-world problems and create social impact.

Experience

Valory

2 roles

Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer

Promoted

Mar 2023 – Present · 3 yrs

Weaving the economy of the future through research & development at the intersection of cryptography, multi-agent systems and AI.

BlockchainCryptographyAIMulti-agent systems

Co-Founder, Chief Research Officer

Jul 2021 – Mar 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos

BlockchainTeam ManagementProject ManagementLeadershipStrategic PlanningTechnical Documentation+1

Eu blockchain observatory and forum

Member of Expert Panel

Jun 2021 – May 2024 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Blockchain

Parfin

Cryptography Advisor

May 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 10 mos · London, England, United Kingdom

Blockchain

Fetch.ai

2 roles

Head of Cryptography

Feb 2019 – Mar 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Cambridge, United Kingdom

Consensus design, blockchain interoperability, decentralised randomness beacon, privacy-preserving machine learning, governance of open distributed platforms, making sense of Web3.

BlockchainTeam ManagementManagementLeadership

Lead Cryptographer

Sep 2018 – Feb 2019 · 5 mos · Cambridge, United Kingdom

Design and implementation of advanced cryptography techniques for embedding security and privacy in Fetch.AI's decentralised and AI-powered digital economy.

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Crypto in motion ltd

Director

Jan 2018 – Present · 8 yrs 2 mos · Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Professional consultancy services in applied cryptography. Examples of previous work include cryptocurrencies, certification, evaluation and design of cryptographic protocols: secure messaging, key exchange, electronic voting, anonymous credentials and multiparty computation.

BlockchainManagementLeadershipStrategic Planning

University of birmingham

3 roles

Associate Professor in Computer Security

Promoted

Aug 2017 – Apr 2022 · 4 yrs 8 mos · Birmingham, United Kingdom

I am a member of the Security & Privacy research group. I am currently teaching Cryptography in our MSc Cyber Security/Computer Science programmes. In the past I taught Advanced Cryptography, Designing Secure Systems and Anonymity, Privacy and Cybercrime.

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Liberal Arts and Sciences Tutor

Aug 2016 – Jul 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos · Birmingham, United Kingdom

Liberal Arts students can design a personal programme of study. Helped by an academic tutor, our students create new connections between a range of subjects that will help them become part of the next generation of leaders. I held several roles: Liberal Arts and Sciences Tutor, Welfare Academic Tutor and Student Staff Committee liaison.

Assistant Professor in Computer Security

Sep 2015 – Jul 2017 · 1 yr 10 mos · Birmingham, United Kingdom

As a member of the Security & Privacy group at the School of Computer Science of the University of Birmingham, I taught in our MSc Cyber Security programme:
Cryptography
Anonymity, Privacy and Cybercrime
I held the following roles:
Coordinator of mini-projects
MSc Cyber Security Admissions Tutor

Webroots democracy

Member Advisory Board

Sep 2016 – Nov 2020 · 4 yrs 2 mos · London, United Kingdom

WebRoots Democracy (the Institute for Digital Democracy) is a voluntary, youth-led think tank focused on the intersection of technology and democratic participation. Its aim is to help modernise, enhance, and future-proof democracy in the United Kingdom.

Scytl secure electronic voting

Research Lead

Jul 2014 – Sep 2015 · 1 yr 2 mos · Barcelona Area, Spain

Design, analysis and deployment of cryptographic protocols. My main tasks were:
Perform internationally-leading research in cryptographic protocols
Contribute to the deployment of the company's cryptographic solutions
Perform cryptographic code reviews
Provide internal training in cryptography and electronic voting
Co-lead the research strategy
Mentor junior researchers in cyber security and cryptography
Liaise with customers (governments, IT professionals, electoral commissions)
Increase the company's patent portfolio
Submit bids to national and international research funding calls

Cnrs

Researcher

Nov 2012 – Jul 2014 · 1 yr 8 mos · Nancy Area, France

My main research topic at LORIA was the study of cryptographic protocols and security models for (remote) electronic-voting. Keywords: ballot privacy, coercion-resistance, verifiability, accountability, distributed cryptography, Helios (with Véronique Cortier).

University of luxembourg

Research Associate

Sep 2008 – Oct 2012 · 4 yrs 1 mo · Luxembourg

Research on public key cryptography, privacy-preserving cryptographic protocols, side-channel attacks and countermeasures, leakage-resilient cryptography, code-based cryptography (with Jean-Sebastien Coron). PhD student supervision. Promotion of science for the general public.