Hello from the Enigma team! We’ve been hard at work on our protocol, and with our initial testnet release coming this month (June), we’re completely focused on the mission at hand. We are committed to building the world’s first platform for scalable, end-to-end decentralized applications — and that’s a big task.

At Enigma, we often talk a lot about what we’re building and why. But we don’t always talk enough about who is building.

A few months ago, we introduced the growing Enigma team. Over the past months we have continued to expand. Enigma now has a full time team of fifteen, with many more in our community contributing to our growth.

Today, we’ll introduce four new members of the team and their roles within Enigma. If you see them in our Telegram or around the world, say hello — they’re helping us build a more decentralized future. And if you’d like to join Enigma yourself, please keep reading until the end!

Aaron Mayer

Community Marketing Manager

Aaron is the latest addition to the Enigma marketing team. While studying philosophy with a focus on ethics at Brown University, Aaron led the Blockchain @ Brown club, where he started the community from scratch. He is the founder of Impact Labs, an organization at the intersection of technology and social good that pivots tech talent to where its most needed through a suite of varying initiatives, including a fellowship, a summit, and others. He is extraordinarily passionate about emerging technologies — blockchain in particular — and he aspires to use these technologies to uplift and empower those who have been historically disenfranchised and neglected.

Elichai Turkel

Software Engineer

Elichai has been interested in Bitcoin and blockchain since 2013, and he has written a number of tools and scripts related to Bitcoin. He has also contributed to some popular Bitcoin libraries (such as Bitcore) — including a minor fix committed inside Bitcoin Core’s code. He is one of the admins of the facebook group “Israeli Bitcoin” (ביטקוין ישראלי), which consists of over 30,000 members. He also worked in GAP600 for 2 years as a Bitcoin researcher & consultant.

Aditya Palepu

Software Engineer

Aditya is magnetically drawn to the crypto space from both a technical and financial angle — he’s very interested in contributing to this disruptive technology while also studying the market dynamics of these assets.

Prior to Enigma, Aditya was an algorithmic trader at a leading proprietary trading firm, DRW, where he was deeply involved in the ML-based modeling of a number of markets, the development of algorithms, and the execution of these strategies. He holds a dual major in Electrical & Computer Engineering and Computer Science from Duke University.

When not diving headfirst into the crypto landscape, he can be found pursuing his interests in studying deep learning approaches to real world problems or watching his beloved Duke Basketball and D.C.-area sports teams.

Nir Zyskind

Director of Business Development (EMEA)

Nir is a dedicated, passionate and out-of-the-box thinker, with over 8 years of experience in sales management and business development in the high tech industry. Prior to Enigma he had taken leadership roles in sales and business development, both in Tamkix LTD and IVC Research Center. In both cases, Nir was introducing the company’s business to C-Level executives of various enterprise companies, and he led integration and cooperation with outstanding results. Nir holds an M.B.A degree from the College of Management in Israel.