Brian Spector is a seasoned founder and cryptography-focused technology leader with over a decade of experience building secure, decentralised products across cybersecurity and Web3. He has founded and scaled multiple companies—from MIRACL’s cryptographic authentication platform and Apache Milagro contributions to Zenrock’s decentralised custody solutions—raising institutional capital and landing enterprise customers like Experian, Google and government agencies. Most recently he led Drey Finance to rethink pensions and inheritance with a decentralised actuarial operating system and now co-leads 2Real, applying AI and low-latency systems to interactive content. Equally comfortable shaping product strategy, running engineering organisations, and contributing to open-source cryptographic projects, he blends deep technical expertise in blockchain and privacy with a track record of commercialising research-driven security innovations. An unexpected through-line in his career is repeatedly turning advanced academic cryptography into practical, auditable systems that large enterprises trust.
11 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science, Political Science and Government, Bachelor of Science, Political Science and Government at Arizona State University
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