About us
When great ideas meet beautiful craftsmanship, it changes the world.
We pour this simple philosophy into every job that we do, and every project that we support. With ideals firmly rooted in open source software, and a desire to give back to the global community, Cypher Stack engages customers of all types and from all walks of life, so that we can change the world together.
Who are we?
Cypher Stack started as a humble design firm that wanted to make the open-source world a better place to be by improving the UI/UX, which can be severely lacking in such projects. But it wasn’t long before this vision expanded. Now, we still do stunning designs, but we’ve expanded into full-stack development with a few neat surprises on the side.
We have a dream!
In the early days of technology, we were excited to learn how tech could help humanity. As the years wore on however, the reverse scenario started to take root. Now, with the harvesting and selling of private data, the reduction of human beings into statistics and numbers, and digitizing everything from connections to human relationships, we are seeing a very different world before our eyes. One where humans are in service to technology.
Cypher Stack envisions a different world. We remember on the other side of every computer is a human being, and they deserve better than being exploited. If the technology we make every day is not to enrich the lives of humanity, then what are we even doing? Cypher Stack is chasing that dream. For the users. For the humans!
Meet your Cypher Stack team
Brandon has studied cryptocurrencies in general, and the Monero protocol in particular, since 2014; he received his Ph.D. in Mathematical Sciences in 2017 from Clemson University, his M.Sc. in Mathematics in 2013 from North Dakota State University, and his B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics in 2009 from Colorado State University. He loves aquariums, bonsai, rock climbing, and the band King Gizzard the Lizard Wizard.
Brandon "suraeNoether" Goodell, Ph.D.
Research Team
Freeman is a cryptographic researcher specializing in zero-knowledge proofs and code-based cryptography. He has co-authored several influential peer-reviewed works, including designing the post-quantum signature scheme CROSS, which is currently under review for government standardization. His work is driven by a strong commitment to advancing the privacy and security of cryptocurrencies such as Monero and Salvium.
Freeman Slaughter, Ph.D.
Research Team
Rigo earned his graduate degree in mathematics and has been dipping in and out of the cryptocurrency space since 2019. As the manager of a separate company (in a non-competing field), he only works part-time with Cypher Stack, with the hope to make a full transition in the future. He also has the exclusive brother right to bust Diego's chops, which makes him invaluable to the team.
Rigo Salazar, M.Sc
Research Team
Luke Szramowski is a mathematical researcher, with a Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics and two Master's Degrees, one in Math, with a focus in Number Theory and another in Math with a focus in Coding Theory. In his free time, Luke works on a litany of different math problems, mainly regarding Number Theoretic conjectures and playing all different types of games.
Luke Szramowski, M.Sc (x2)
Research Team
Dan has been designing, deploying, securing, and managing information systems for multinational banks, publishers, credit agencies, analytics firms, disaster recovery ventures, telecommunications companies and other enterprises for over twenty years. He has a special interest in open-source and integrating the many disparate systems out there so people can encounter less friction when communicating or using computers.
Dan Miller
Infrastructure Team
Julian studied computer science at Langara College and got involved in cryptocurrencies/blockchain in 2013. He has done work on everything from wallet UX to setting up custom chains to PoW-PoS migrations to GPU miners for various cryptocurrencies since then as well as some MacOS and iOS development more recently.
Julian Anderson
Development Team
Alexa studied Psychology at the University of New Mexico for her bachelor's degree, with the intention to put her strengths in writing, acquired understanding of the human mind, and detail-orientation to work in the form of thoughtful and more conscious communication. She additionally has a particular interest in the subject of ethical marketing practices.
Alexa Lee-Dinnes
Marketing Team
Mykah is an artist, illustrator, and graphic designer with background on UX design and communication research. She has worked on mobile apps and games as a graphic designer for over 5 years.
Mykah de Mesa
Design Team
Svetlana is a junior UI/UX designer & illustrator with background in psychology. She is quick and eager to learn and goes above and beyond to make sure her work is done to clients' satisfaction.
Svetlana Vasilieva
Design Team
Maria has delivered numerous graphic design, web and UI/UX projects, always leaving a trail of happy clients in her wake. With more than 5 years of experience, she is ready to tackle new and exciting design projects with her particular brand of professionalism and attention to detail.
Maria Salazar
Design Team
Diego started Cypher Stack, so he’s the boss. He has been in the FOSS/cryptocurrency space for four years, and has built a reputation as a leader, powerful speaker, and all-around fun guy. He has codesigned several projects for various FOSS systems. His people skills have proven invaluable in the online-heavy environment of open source and cryptocurrency, and he uses them to attract and keep Cypher Stack’s top talent.
Diego Salazar
The Boss