So, you’ve heard of Laser. You get the idea. You think it’s pretty cool. But who exactly are the people behind it?

Contrary to the way our futuristic appearance may make us look, we aren’t a squad of code-speaking robots who whisper to blockchains and make them work faster and more efficiently (or are we?).

Rather, we’re a diverse team of technology experts who have all played a unique role in making Laser happen, and have brought this project to where it is today. Here is a quick profile of each of us that will hopefully convince you that we’re not all robots…

Shidan Gouran (LinkedIn)

Shidan is the brain behind this project. Involved with cryptocurrencies since 2009, Shidan is one of the founders of the Laser Network’s parent company, Global Blockchain Technologies Corp. He recognized the need for a solution that helps blockchains work more efficiently and for them to interoperate with one another — which is why he made the necessary partnerships to make the company part of the early developments of Laser as it was being developed by Hughes Systique. Under Shidan’s leadership, this project has gone from concept to reality, and as of this writing — it is positioned to succeed as the SWIFT of blockchains.

Maxwell Arnold (LinkedIn)

Maxwell is an analyst at Global Blockchain. He has used his research abilities to identify and secure solid business opportunities for the company, and he has used his writing abilities to draft compelling business proposals and obtain coverage of the company in news media. Maxwell played a significant role in developing Laser’s whitepaper and website content. Through a balanced knowledge of the technical side of blockchain and the non-technical side of most people’s brains, Maxwell is able to simplify the significance of Laser’s strengths in terms that can be understood by the less-technical folks of the blockchain community.

Richard Interlandi (LinkedIn)

Richard is a copywriter who has been brought onto the Laser Network project to assist with content strategy, and provide a more “technical” perspective with regard to the structure of content such as press releases. He also contributed to the whitepaper, in addition to optimizing Laser’s introductory video. Maxwell and Richard work closely together on content production, and are the main personalities behind Laser’s blog. Can you guess which one of us is writing this?

Mike Khoroshun (LinkedIn)

Mike is a web developer who, like many web developers, wears a lot of hats. He designed both Global Blockchain and Laser’s websites. He also did the styling for Laser’s whitepaper. He also worked out our creative vision so that one of Dribbble’s top-rated graphic designers could come up with logos, insignia, and colour schemes for us. His ability to juggle design work and development work, all while keeping Laser’s objectives as a technology in mind, has held much of Laser together to be brought to its current state.

“What’s cool about Laser is that there is something for everyone”, says Mike. “Fast transactions for the impatient, anonymous transactions for the paranoid, and inter-chain transactions for the extroverts.”

That is us, the team behind Laser! As we expand our team with new members, we will be profiling them in later blog posts. Stay tuned for our next posting on Friday, where we’ll be telling you all about how anonymous transactions work on Laser.