We’re redefining “zero-trust.”

Vivek has spent over a decade researching applied cryptography. He was a Technical Lead in elite cyber units of the CIA and the US Department of Defense, and finished his Ph.D. in Computer Science at UC Berkeley at 22.

Dave spent ten years in the defense industry as an ASIC designer, then founded Studio 256, a Web3 consultancy. In 2024 he co-founded Keypo, which built programmable encryption on secure hardware and joined Multifactor in 2026.

Pierre spent five years as a senior engineer at Synthesis, building its iPad app and leading the move of its game servers from Heroku to Kubernetes for 10,000 learners. Before that, he built API security scanners at Data Theorem.

James studied graphic design at Uludag University and design and visual communications at Anadolu University. He designed websites for Dogslanding for three years, and as a freelancer on 99designs, before joining Multifactor in 2026.