Pelle Brændgaard
Chief Executive Officer at Notabene
Zug, Switzerland
Summary
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Top SchoolPelle Brændgaard is a CEO and veteran blockchain technologist with over 20 years of experience building financial and identity systems that bridge traditional regulation and decentralized innovation. As founder/co-founder of multiple startups and current CEO of Notabene, he focuses on helping crypto businesses meet AML and regulatory requirements while preserving user-controlled identity. His background combines hands-on engineering—from early Rails OAuth work and mobile Bitcoin wallets for emerging markets to Solidity and Clojure smart contract work—with strategic product and policy engagement at organizations like uPort and ConsenSys. Pelle has repeatedly launched infrastructure-focused products (virtual currencies, ticketing/value platforms, and remittance integrations) that prioritize security and real-world operability. Based in Zug, he pairs entrepreneurial grit with deep protocol knowledge and a long-term view on financial inclusion. An oft-overlooked strength is his early experience applying cryptography and object-capability security in consumer-facing services, a thread that runs through his work today.
20 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Computer Systems, BSc Computer Systems at Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd
English, Danish, Spanish, German
Github Skills (7)
ruby-rails10
user-authentication10
authentication10
rails10
oauth10
ruby10
testing9
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
pelle/oauth-plugin
Nov 2007 - Sep 2013
Rails plugin for OAuth
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:176 commits in 5 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Pelle appears to be responsible for enhancing the functionality of the OAuth plugin for Rails. Their work included creating a new controller method to check for authenticated users, fixing bugs related to user authentication, and updating the plugin to be compatible with the OAuth gem updates. They also made changes to the controller specifications and added support for OAuth 1.0a.
railsrubyrails-pluginoauth2oauth
TransactionAuthorizationProtocol/TAIPs
Jan 2024 - Mar 2025
Contributions:5 reviews, 38 PRs, 91 pushes in 1 year 3 months
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