Brink is happy to announce our newest board member: Alex Leishman. Alex will serve on our board for a term of two years.
Alexander Leishman is the Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer at River. Mr. Leishman brings his deep expertise in software engineering, information security, and Bitcoin to River where he oversees investor relations, corporate strategy, and engineering. Prior to co-founding River, Alexander most recently served on the investment team at Polychain Capital where he helped lead Bitcoin venture investments while hosting the San Francisco Bitcoin Developer Meetups in his free-time. Mr. Leishman has previously served as an engineer at Airbnb’s security team, a management consultant for Deloitte, and first got deeply involved in the Bitcoin industry as an early engineer at Maicoin, Taiwan’s largest digital asset exchange. Mr. Leishman holds a degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Maryland and a Master’s in Computer Science from Stanford University where he helped teach the first Bitcoin class under Professor Dan Boneh.
On joining Brink’s board, Alex says: “Brink is one of the most impactful organizations in the Bitcoin ecosystem and I am thrilled to join the board to help support an extremely talented group of core developers.”
Alex brings to Brink years of experience building engineering teams and leading a Bitcoin organization. Please join us in welcoming Alex!
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