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7)     <a href="<page index>">Home &raquo; </a>

8)     <a href="<page about/overview>">About &raquo; </a>

9)     <a href="<page about/corepeople>">Tor People</a>

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12)     <p>The Tor Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit based in

13)     the United States. The official address of the organization is:

14)     </p>

15) 
16)     <address>

17)     The Tor Project<br>

18)     7 Temple Street, Suite A<br>
19)     Cambridge, MA 02139-2403 USA<br><br>

20)     </address>
21) 

22)     <p>The organization consists of many volunteers and a few employees.

23)     Please don't contact us individually about Tor topics — if you
24)     have a problem or question, please look through the <a href="<page

25)     about/contact>">contact page</a> for appropriate addresses.</p>

26) 

27) <h1>Core Tor People</h1>

28) <dl>

29)           <dt>Sherief Alaa, Support</dt>
30)           <dd>Arabic translator, worked on videos and documentation and helps
31)           respond to users who contacted the support desk.</dd>

32)           <dt>Jacob Appelbaum, Advocate, Security Researcher, and
33)           Developer</dt>
34)           <dd>Speaks at conferences and gives

35)           trainings all over the world to get people excited about Tor,
36)           explain how Tor is used in real world situations, and generally

37)           explain why anonymity online matters to you. Original developer

38)           of ttdnsd, <a href="https://check.torproject.org/">Tor
39)           check</a>, <a href="https://exitlist.torproject.org/">Tor
40)           DNSEL</a>, and <a href="https://weather.torproject.org">Tor

41)           weather</a> site. Runs one of the directory authorities.</dd>
42) 

43)           <dt>Isabela Bagueros, Project Manager</dt>
44)           <dd>Coordinates Tor's development teams and helps them define
45)           their road maps, keeps track of priorities, and ensures that
46)           Tor is always thinking “user first” while building things.</dd>
47) 

48)           <dt>Moritz Bartl, Advocate</dt>
49)           <dd>Manages <a href="https://torservers.net">Zwiebelfreunde</a>
50)           (a German non-profit to run exit relays), and coordinates
51)           the many similar non-profits that are springing up in other
52)           countries. Speaks and organizes in support of Tor and freedoms
53)           in Europe and world-wide.</dd>
54) 

55)           <dt>Katherine Bergeron, Executive Administrator</dt>
56)           <dd>Katherine is streamlining our operations, including
57)           fundraising, merchandise management, travel, and other
58)           projects.</dd>

59) 
60)           <dt>Griffin Boyce, Developer</dt>
61)           <dd>Works on <a href="http://cupcakebridge.com/">Cupcake</a>,
62)           a set of browser extensions to let people volunteer to become
63)           a <a href="https://crypto.stanford.edu/flashproxy/">Flash
64)           Proxy</a> for censored users.</dd>
65) 
66)           <dt>Kathleen Brade, Developer</dt>
67)           <dd>Part of the Tor Browser team &mdash; develops

68)           and maintains Tor Launcher and Torbutton.</dd>

69) 
70)           <dt>Arlo Breault, Developer</dt>
71)           <dd>Rewrote <a href="https://check.torproject.org/">Tor
72)           Check</a> so now it can handle all our users, and helps with
73)           Flash Proxy and other pluggable transport work. Also working
74)           on the Tor Instant Messaging Bundle.</dd>
75) 
76)           <dt>Colin Childs, Translation Coordinator and Support</dt>
77)           <dd>Helps wrangle <a
78)           href="https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/torproject/">Transifex</a>
79)           for us, and also helps answer all the users who contact the
80)           support desk.</dd>
81) 

82)           <dt>Erinn Clark, Packaging and Build Automation</dt>

83)           <dd>Erinn is tackling the growing needs for easy to install
84)           and configure packages on a variety of operating systems.
85)           Also working on automating the build system and producing
86)           nightly builds for all operating systems we support. Erinn is
87)           also doing some advocacy by talking to audiences at FSCONS,
88)           CodeBits.eu, and various European universites.</dd>

89) 

90)           <dt>Roger Dingledine, Project Leader, Director, Researcher, Interim Executive Director</dt>

91)           <dd>Original developer of Tor along with Nick Mathewson and Paul
92)           Syverson. Leading researcher in the anonymous communications

93)           field. Frequent speaker at conferences to advocate Tor and

94)           explain what Tor is and can do. Helps coordinate academic

95)           researchers. Runs one of the directory authorities. Roger is serving as the Interim Executive Director while Tor searches for a new one to step in.</dd>

96) 
97)           <dt>Kevin Dyer, Developer, Researcher</dt>
98)           <dd>Main developer of <a
99)           href="https://fteproxy.org/">fteproxy</a>, and part of the
100)           pluggable transports team. Grad student at Portland State.</dd>
101) 

102)           <dt>Nima Fatemi, Support, Advocate</dt>
103)           <dd>Farsi team; helps answer all the users who contact
104)           the support desk, does training and outreach and works on usability.</dd>
105) 

106)           <dt>David Fifield, Developer, Researcher</dt>

107)           <dd>Developer and co-inventor of <a

108)           href="https://crypto.stanford.edu/flashproxy/">Flash Proxy</a>,
109)           and part of the pluggable transports team. Grad student at
110)           Berkeley.</dd>
111) 

112)           <dt>Arturo Filastò, Developer</dt>

113)           <dd>Project leader for <a
114)           href="https://ooni.torproject.org/">OONI</a>, has helped
115)           with <a href="http://tor2web.org/">tor2web</a>, wrote <a
116)           href="https://atlas.torproject.org/">Atlas</a>, and generally
117)           helps to evaluate and improve security.</dd>
118) 
119)           <dt>Matt Finkel, Developer</dt>
120)           <dd>Helps maintain and develop <a
121)           href="https://bridges.torproject.org/">BridgeDB</a>, has helped
122)           with OONI, and generally helps on many projects.</dd>
123) 

124)           <dt>Nathan Freitas, Mobile phone hacker</dt>

125)           <dd>The driving force behind <a
126)           href="https://guardianproject.info">The Guardian
127)           Project</a> and Tor on the Android platform in the form of
128)           <a href="<page docs/android>">Orbot</a>. He also works on <a
129)           href="https://guardianproject.info/apps/orlib/">OrLib</a>:
130)           an Android library for Tor, and <a
131)           href="https://guardianproject.info/apps/orweb/">Orweb: A
132)           privacy-enhanced mobile browser</a>.</dd>

133) 

134)           <dt>Christian Fromme, Developer</dt>

135)           <dd>Helped with many Python projects, such as the
136)           get-tor email auto-responder, check.torproject.org, bridge db,
137)           tor weather, tor controller, tor flow, etc.</dd>
138) 

139)           <dt>Aaron Gibson, Developer</dt>

140)           <dd>Develops OONI, and has helped with Torflow and other Tor
141)           services.</dd>
142) 

143)           <dt>Melissa Gilroy, CFO and Internal Audit</dt>
144)           <dd>Melissa is in charge of Tor's finances, audit compliance, and keeping
145)           Tor's financial operations moving along.</dd>
146) 

147)           <dt>Dr. Ian Goldberg, Director, Researcher</dt>

148)           <dd>Cryptographer, privacy expert,
149)           and professor; one of the designers of <a
150)           href="http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/">Off-the-Record
151)           Messaging</a>.</dd>

152) 
153)           <dt>David Goulet, Developer</dt>
154)           <dd>Lead developer of Torsocks 2.0.</dd>
155) 

156)           <dt>Sathyanarayanan Gunasekaran, Developer</dt>

157)           <dd>Worked on Orbot in Google
158)           Summer of Code 2011. Currently develops <a

159)           href="https://compass.torproject.org/">Compass</a>,
160)           and is a grad student at Georgia Tech.</dd>

161) 
162)           <dt>Sebastian Hahn, Developer, Advocate</dt>

163)           <dd>Improves build and testing automation for TBB. Develops
164)           Tor itself. Helps people around the world use and understand

165)           Tor better. Generally helps everything run smoothly. Runs one
166)           of the directory authorities.</dd>
167) 

168)           <dt>Harmony, Support, Advocate</dt>
169)           <dd>Writes for <a href="<wiki>TorWeeklyNews/">Tor Weekly
170)           News</a>, the help desk, and the browser manual.</dd>
171) 

172)           <dt>Dr. Nick Hopper, Researcher</dt>
173)           <dd>Cryptographer, privacy expert, and professor.</dd>
174) 

175)           <dt>intrigeri, Developer</dt>

176)           <dd>Our main interface with the <a
177)           href="https://tails.boum.org/">Tails</a> project.</dd>
178) 
179)           <dt>Isis, Developer</dt>
180)           <dd>Lead maintainer and developer on <a
181)           href="https://bridges.torproject.org/">BridgeDB</a>. Used to
182)           work on OONI.</dd>
183) 
184)           <dt>Dr. Rob Jansen, Researcher</dt>
185)           <dd>Lead developer for <a
186)           href="https://shadow.cs.umn.edu/">Shadow</a>,

187)           a full Tor network simulator that he's using to help us understand
188)           and improve Tor network performance.</dd>

189) 
190)           <dt>Dr. Aaron Johnson, Researcher</dt>
191)           <dd>Works on understanding diversity and trust
192)           in Tor network locations. See for example the <a
193)           href="http://freehaven.net/anonbib/#ccs2013-usersrouted">CCS
194)           2013</a> paper.</dd>
195) 

196)           <dt>Damian Johnson, Developer</dt>

197)           <dd>Author of <a href="https://www.atagar.com/arm/">arm</a>,
198)           a command-line application that provides
199)           real-time status information for Tor relays, and <a
200)           href="https://stem.torproject.org/">Stem</a>, a controller

201)           library for interacting with Tor.</dd>

202) 

203)           <dt>asn, Developer</dt>

204)           <dd>Developer of Obfsproxy, the Tor side of pluggable
205)           transports, and researcher on bridge scanning resistance. Part
206)           of the pluggable transports team.</dd>
207) 
208)           <dt>Georg Koppen, Developer</dt>

209)           <dd>Works on Tor Browser, Torbutton, and our build

210)           automation.</dd>
211) 

212)           <dt>Kate Krauss, Director of Communications and Public Policy</dt>
213)           <dd>Plans Tor's communications strategy and evaluates Tor's
214)           possible role in pubic discussions about Tor-related issues.</dd>
215) 

216)           <dt>Pepijn Le Heux, Advocate</dt>
217)           <dd>Tireless advocate and Tor enthusiast in the Netherlands.</dd>
218) 
219)           <dt>Andreas Lehner, Advocate</dt>
220)           <dd>Operates a directory authority in Germany with the CCC,
221)           and does talks and discussions in support of privacy around
222)           Europe.</dd>
223) 
224)           <dt>Bruce Leidl</dt>
225)           <dd>Lead developer of

226)           <a href="http://www.subgraph.com/orchid.html">Orchid</a>,
227)           a Tor client in Java.</dd>

228) 

229)           <dt>Dr. Karsten Loesing, Metrics Researcher and Developer</dt>

230)           <dd>Primary researcher and developer into
231)           <a href="https://metrics.torproject.org/">anonymous metrics</a>

232)           which started as a National Science Foundation grant.</dd>

233) 
234)           <dt>Lunar, Support Coordinator and Developer</dt>
235)           <dd>In addition to leading the support team and helping with
236)           Debian packaging, he also helps lead the Tor Weekly News
237)           issues.</dd>
238) 
239)           <dt>Ximin Luo, Developer</dt>
240)           <dd>Flash Proxy developer, and member of the pluggable transports

241)           team. Helps with Debian packaging.</dd>

242) 

243)           <dt>Nick Mathewson, Chief Architect, Vice President, Researcher, Director, Interim Deputy Executive Director</dt>

244)           <dd>One of the three original designers of Tor; does a lot

245)           of the ongoing design work, and coordinates and leads ongoing

246)           development. He's helping Roger while he serves as Interim Executive Director.</dd>

247) 
248)           <dt>meejah, Developer</dt>
249)           <dd>Author of <a
250)           href="https://github.com/meejah/txtorcon">txtorcon</a>, a Tor
251)           controller library in Twisted.</dd>
252) 

253)           <dt>Ondrej Mikle, Developer</dt>
254)           <dd>Maintains our RPM packages.</dd>
255) 

256)           <dt>Kelley Misata</dt>
257)           <dd>Kelley handles press, coordinates Tor talks and outreach,
258)           helps with trainings, helps with annual reports, and generally works
259)           on community-facing activities.</dd>
260) 

261)           <dt>Dr. Steven Murdoch, Researcher and Developer</dt>

262)           <dd>Researcher at University College London who works

263)           on security, performance, and usability of Tor. Creator
264)           of the <a href="<page projects/torbrowser>">Tor Browser

265)           Bundle</a> (now just called the Tor Browser). You can find
266)           out more about his work on his

267)           <a href="http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/staff/s.murdoch/">professional

268)           website</a>.</dd>
269) 

270)           <dt>Linus Nordberg, Advocate, Developer</dt>

271)           <dd>Swedish advocate for Tor, anonymous communications research,
272)           and employee at <a href="http://nordu.net">NORDUnet</a>. Works
273)           on implementing IPv6 in Tor, and helps with build
274)           automation. Runs one of the directory authorities.</dd>
275) 
276)           <dt>Matt Pagan, Support</dt>
277)           <dd>Maintains the FAQ, works on documentation, and helps answer
278)           all the users who contact the support desk.</dd>
279) 

280)           <dt>Peter Palfrader, Sysadmin and Developer</dt>

281)           <dd>Manages the Debian packages, runs one of the directory
282)           authorities, runs the website and the wiki, and generally helps
283)           out a lot.</dd>

284) 
285)           <dt>Mike Perry, Tor Browser and Tor Performance
286)           Developer</dt> <dd>Lead developer on Tor Browser, developer

287)           of <a href="<page docs/torbutton/index>">Torbutton</a>, author of <a

288)           href="https://gitweb.torproject.org/torflow.git/tree/README">TorFlow</a>.

289)           Runs one of the directory authorities.</dd>
290) 
291)           <dt>Sina Rabbani, Advocate</dt>
292)           <dd>Developer and maintainer of <a
293)           href="https://cloud.torproject.org/">Tor Cloud</a>, and
294)           does trainings and outreach. Runs one of the directory
295)           authorities.</dd>
296) 
297)           <dt>Leif Ryge, Developer</dt>
298)           <dd>Works on security analysis, designer of "bananaphone"
299)           transport, and part of the pluggable transports team.</dd>
300) 

301)           <dt>Runa A. Sandvik, Advocate</dt>
302)           <dd>Maintains the Tor Translation Portal and the translations for
303)           projects such as Vidalia, Torbutton and the website.</dd>
304) 

305)           <dt>Christian Schulz, Developer</dt>
306)           <dd>Developer and maintainer of <a
307)           href="https://globe.torproject.org/">Globe</a>, which is on
308)           its way to replacing Atlas and eventually Compass.</dd>
309) 

310)           <dt>Wendy Seltzer, Director</dt>
311)           <dd>Lawyer, cyberlaw professor, and founder of <a
312)           href="http://chillingeffects.org/">ChillingEffects.org</a>.</dd>

313) 

314)           <dt>Andrea Shepard, Developer</dt>
315)           <dd>Works with Nick as a core Tor developer.</dd>

316) 

317)           <dt>Sukhbir Singh, Developer</dt>

318)           <dd>Develops and maintains TorBirdy (Torbutton for Thunderbird).
319)           Rewrote and maintains Gettor. Working on the Tor Instant
320)           Messaging Bundle.</dd>
321) 
322)           <dt>Mark Smith, Developer</dt>
323)           <dd>Part of the Tor Browser team &mdash; develops

324)           and maintains Tor Launcher and Torbutton.</dd>

325) 

326)           <dt>Dr. Paul Syverson, Researcher</dt>

327)           <dd>Inventor of <a href="http://www.onion-router.net/">Onion
328)           Routing</a>, original designer of Tor along with Roger and
329)           Nick, and project leader for original design, development,
330)           and deployment of Tor. Currently helps out with research
331)           and design.</dd>

332) 

333)           <dt>Noel David Torres Taño</dt>
334)           <dd>Spanish translator; helps answer all the users who contact
335)           the support desk.</dd>
336) 

337)           <dt>Rabbi Rob Thomas, Director</dt>

338)           <dd>Shares his experience with smoothly running non-profits, and
339)           also serves as our Internet governance bureaucracy guru.</dd>
340) 

341)           <dt>Jeremy Todaro, Illustration &amp; Design</dt>

342)           <dd>Works on the artwork and design for various projects,
343)           annual reports, and brochures. His other work can be found at
344)           <a href="http://jmtodaro.com/">http://jmtodaro.com/</a>.</dd>

345) 
346)           <dt>Nicolas Vigier, Developer</dt>
347)           <dd>Working on build automation, particularly around the Tor
348)           Browser.</dd>
349) 
350)           <dt>vmon, Support, Developer</dt>
351)           <dd>Farsi translator; helps answer all the users who contact
352)           the support desk. Also working on Stegotorus, and part of the
353)           pluggable transports team.</dd>
354) 

355)           <dt>Philipp Winter, Researcher</dt>
356)           <dd>Understands how to manipulate and circumvent Tor network

357)           censorship attempts. Main developer of <a
358)           href="http://www.cs.kau.se/philwint/scramblesuit/">ScrambleSuit</a>,
359)           and part of the pluggable transports team. Grad student at
360)           Karlstad University in Sweden.</dd>

361) 

362)           <dt>Yawning, Developer</dt>
363)           <dd>Lead developer on <a
364)           href="https://github.com/yawning/obfsclient">obfsclient</a>,
365)           a C++ implementation of obfs2, obfs3, and ScrambleSuit. Part
366)           of the pluggable transports team.</dd>
367) 

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