Cade D
Founder at World Ethical Data Foundation
Berlin, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolCade D is a Berlin-based founder and researcher with 11 years of experience building cross-disciplinary organisations that interrogate the political and infrastructural fabric of digital systems. As founder of New Design Congress and Para-Real, he develops theoretical frameworks and pragmatic prototypes—using a methodology he calls "alternative forking"—to translate underexplored historical and technical alternatives into real-world countermodels. His background spans product and design leadership at privacy-forward projects (Chief Design Officer at SpiderOak, design work for Signal) and hands-on front-end contributions to open-source security tooling like Encryptr. Cade advises governments and civil society on digital identity, ethical data architectures and threat modelling, and currently leads research initiatives at the World Ethical Data Foundation. He combines a design-first sensibility with operational experience in building resilient, community-aligned tech and policy interventions that aim to reshape defaults rather than merely mitigate harms.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Design, Design and Applied Arts, Bachelor of Design, Design and Applied Arts at Bond UniversityMaster of Design (Research) (Incomplete), Design, Master of Design (Research) (Incomplete), Design at Monash University
English, German
Github Skills (6)
css10
responsive-design10
ui-design10
javascript9
ux-design9
html8
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
SpiderOak/Encryptr
Oct 2015 - Oct 2015
Encryptr is a zero-knowledge cloud-based password manager / e-wallet powered by Crypton
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:32 commits, 6 PRs, 16 pushes in 6 days
Contributions summary:Cade primarily focused on front-end development tasks within the encryptr repository, making various UI/UX enhancements. They implemented new font declarations and adjusted the styling of UI elements. Their contributions included adding animations, improving login/signup form layouts, and updating dialog box messaging, indicating a focus on improving the user experience. They also adjusted breakpoints for better responsive design.
cryptographycryptone-walletzeroknowledge
shibacomputer/txt
Jul 2019 - Jul 2020
A simple, private writing app.
Contributions:59 commits, 34 PRs, 322 pushes in 1 year
writing-appelectronjournalnotebookjavascript
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