Meet the team

Tessera is built by a team with experience across cryptography, blockchain infrastructure, product, institutional finance, and legal compliance. We are focused on building the privacy layer needed to make stablecoin payments workable for regulated institutions on public blockchains.

Tech Lead

Jay

Technical lead and Co-founder - (Computer Engineer & Cryptographer; ex-Ethereum Foundation; 700K+ USD in cryptography research grants; Founder PZ)

Cryptography engineer

Cryptographer specialising in MPC, FHE, ZK; Inventor FHE bootstrapping techniques; Author of lattigo)

Finances - Banking Liaison

David

+20yrs in investment banking, corporate finance & private equity, BBA & MBA ESADE, CFA

Business Lead

Business & Compliance lead and Co-founder (Esade BBA & MBA, Columbia Uni. MIA, Kings College PhD, Deutsche Bank, Blockchain for Impact Foundation)

Legal Council

Marta

Tech Law. Artificial Intelligence & web3 | Associate Lecturer Universitat Pompeu Fabra