Kevin Hurley
Co-founder Chief Architect at Lightspark
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolKevin Hurley is a co-founder and chief architect with 12 years of experience designing high-scale payments and blockchain systems, currently leading architecture at Lightspark in the Los Angeles area. He previously served as tech lead for Meta Payments and Novi/Diem, where he built core pieces like messenger P2P payments, a tokenization engine, mempool and state synchronization for a blockchain-backed wallet. Kevin’s background spans embedded systems, avionics software, and startup product engineering, reflecting a rare blend of low-level C/C++ expertise and distributed systems design. He graduated top of his class in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and combines rigorous technical discipline with entrepreneurial instinct, having co-founded consumer and enterprise ventures earlier in his career.
12 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 4.0/4.0 Major GPA, 3.9/4.0 Overall GPA, Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 4.0/4.0 Major GPA, 3.9/4.0 Overall GPA at Bradley University
Github Skills (31)
diem10
financial10
ledger10
cryptocurrency10
fintech10
xrp10
verifiable-credentials10
ethereum10
blockchain10
libra10
facebook9
c-library9
cpp8
currency-exchange-rates8
currency7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
diem/dip
Jun 2020 - Jan 2021
Libra Improvement Proposals
Contributions:52 reviews, 141 commits, 66 PRs in 7 months
ethereumproposalsblockchainimprovementlibra
kphfb/libra-1
Sep 2019 - Oct 2019
Libra’s mission is to enable a simple global currency and financial infrastructure that empowers billions of people.
Contributions:3 pushes in 1 month
financialreactjavascriptinfrastructurecurrency
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