Harley Sugarman is a Founder & CEO and former security-focused Stanford computer science graduate with 11 years of experience building products, teams, and investment theses across media, enterprise, and startups. He has shipped infrastructure and publishing platforms at Bloomberg and NBCUniversal, founded and scaled early-stage ventures (including Dwellers/Yup Technologies), and invested at Bloomberg Beta before founding Anagram and creating the privacy-first product usecipher. Comfortable switching hats—from security engineer and product manager to producer—he combines technical depth in cybersecurity and distributed systems with practical go-to-market instincts. Notably, he has hands-on experience producing professional film shoots and rapid product launches, reflecting a rare blend of creative production and engineering execution. Based in New York, he focuses on building secure, user-centric products that bridge media, fintech, and developer tooling.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree Management Science and Engineering, Master's Degree Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University
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