TOM BEAN

Tom has spent over 15 years developing and leading teams. He was Lead Developer at HERE, a multi-billion dollar consortium of German car companies (BMW, Audi, Daimler) specializing in GPS technology, before co-founding bZx. Tom graduated from Georgia Tech with a degree in Computer Engineering before later receiving his MBA. He built the bZx protocol from the ground up in Solidity in addition to co-authoring the whitepaper.

KYLE KISTNER

Kyle is the lead author and architect of the whitepaper. MSc in Computational and Molecular Biology. PhD track dropout. Microeconomics nerd. He has been following blockchain with an academic interest since 2011 and has been critical to the inception and execution of the project. He directs his strengths in analysis and synthesis toward decentralized system design.

ALIAKSEI HIATSEVICH

Experienced senior Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry. Skilled in Blockchain, Ethereum, C/C++ and Linux. Aliaksei specializes in full-stack DApps development with a higher expertise on smart contracts development, maintenance, performance optimization and auditing. Lately, he's been working on security audits, sidechain networks (parity based), atomic swaps development, ICO/TGE/Crowdsales/Airdrops and protocol development. He has deep knowledge on several Token standards such as ERC20 and ERC721. He is passionate about speaking at conferences about Tokens and Solidity development.

ALEX SHAFRANOVICH

Alex is an accomplished software engineer with 10+ years in building web applications and an extensive experience in leading development teams. As a Team Lead, he can boast of strong expertise in all the facets of project implementation—from establishing communication with the customer to testing and post-production support. Besides development, Alex is efficient in formalizing and distributing tasks, always aware of the strengths and weaknesses of each team member. He is passionate about blockchain technologies and applying best practices in both, software development and agile project management.

MANUEL GARCÌA

Manuel is Technical Lead at Protofire, a blockchain development firm that provides Project Management services. Manuel works alongside Tom Bean to develop the product and manage the bZx development team. Manuel has spent the last 15+ years working at the intersection of business and software innovation. He has seen how the latter can change the way existing and completely new organizations behave and create value. Manuel is responsible for helping token-based startups with protocol and smart contract engineering.