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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, works on videos and documentation, and
31)           helps answer all the users who contact the support desk.</dd>
32) 
33)           <dt>Jacob Appelbaum, Advocate, Security Researcher, and
34)           Developer</dt>
35)           <dd>Speaks at conferences and gives

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

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

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

42)           weather</a> site. Runs one of the directory authorities.</dd>
43) 
44)           <dt>Moritz Bartl, Advocate</dt>
45)           <dd>Manages <a href="https://torservers.net">Zwiebelfreunde</a>
46)           (a German non-profit to run exit relays), and coordinates
47)           the many similar non-profits that are springing up in other
48)           countries. Speaks and organizes in support of Tor and freedoms
49)           in Europe and world-wide.</dd>
50) 
51)           <dt>Caspar Bowden, Director</dt>
52)           <dd>Advocate for Tor in Europe, and specialist in data
53)           protection policy, EU and US surveillance law, PET research,
54)           identity management, and information ethics and philosophy.</dd>
55) 
56)           <dt>Griffin Boyce, Developer</dt>
57)           <dd>Works on <a href="http://cupcakebridge.com/">Cupcake</a>,
58)           a set of browser extensions to let people volunteer to become
59)           a <a href="https://crypto.stanford.edu/flashproxy/">Flash
60)           Proxy</a> for censored users.</dd>
61) 
62)           <dt>Kathleen Brade, Developer</dt>
63)           <dd>Part of the Tor Browser team &mdash; develops

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

65) 
66)           <dt>Arlo Breault, Developer</dt>
67)           <dd>Rewrote <a href="https://check.torproject.org/">Tor
68)           Check</a> so now it can handle all our users, and helps with
69)           Flash Proxy and other pluggable transport work. Also working
70)           on the Tor Instant Messaging Bundle.</dd>
71) 
72)           <dt>Colin Childs, Translation Coordinator and Support</dt>
73)           <dd>Helps wrangle <a
74)           href="https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/torproject/">Transifex</a>
75)           for us, and also helps answer all the users who contact the
76)           support desk.</dd>
77) 

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

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

85) 

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

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

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

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

91)           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>

92) 
93)           <dt>Kevin Dyer, Developer, Researcher</dt>
94)           <dd>Main developer of <a
95)           href="https://fteproxy.org/">fteproxy</a>, and part of the
96)           pluggable transports team. Grad student at Portland State.</dd>
97) 

98)           <dt>Nima Fatemi, Support, Advocate</dt>
99)           <dd>Farsi team; helps answer all the users who contact
100)           the support desk, does training and outreach and works on usability.</dd>
101) 

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

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

104)           href="https://crypto.stanford.edu/flashproxy/">Flash Proxy</a>,
105)           and part of the pluggable transports team. Grad student at
106)           Berkeley.</dd>
107) 

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

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

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

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

129) 

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

131)           <dd>Helped with many Python projects, such as the
132)           get-tor email auto-responder, check.torproject.org, bridge db,
133)           tor weather, tor controller, tor flow, etc.</dd>
134) 

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

136)           <dd>Develops OONI, and has helped with Torflow and other Tor
137)           services.</dd>
138) 

139)           <dt>Melissa Gilroy, CFO and Internal Audit</dt>

140)           <dd>With a strong background in non-profit accounting and
141)           auditing, Melissa is in charge of Tor's finances, audit
142)           compliance, and keeping Tor's financial operations moving
143)           along.</dd>

144) 

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

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

150) 
151)           <dt>David Goulet, Developer</dt>
152)           <dd>Lead developer of Torsocks 2.0.</dd>
153) 

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

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

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

159) 
160)           <dt>Sebastian Hahn, Developer, Advocate</dt>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

187) 
188)           <dt>Dr. Aaron Johnson, Researcher</dt>
189)           <dd>Works on understanding diversity and trust
190)           in Tor network locations. See for example the <a
191)           href="http://freehaven.net/anonbib/#ccs2013-usersrouted">CCS
192)           2013</a> paper.</dd>
193) 

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

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

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

200) 

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

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

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

208)           automation.</dd>
209) 
210)           <dt>Pepijn Le Heux, Advocate</dt>
211)           <dd>Tireless advocate and Tor enthusiast in the Netherlands.</dd>
212) 
213)           <dt>Andreas Lehner, Advocate</dt>
214)           <dd>Operates a directory authority in Germany with the CCC,
215)           and does talks and discussions in support of privacy around
216)           Europe.</dd>
217) 
218)           <dt>Bruce Leidl</dt>
219)           <dd>Lead developer of

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

222) 

223)           <dt>Andrew Lewman, Former Executive Director</dt>
224)           <dd>Managed the business operations of The Tor Project, Inc.
225)           Played roles of finance, advocacy, project management,
226)           strategy, press, law enforcement liason, and victim of
227)           domestic violence advocate. He is currently aiding Roger in
228)           the Executive Director transition.</dd>

229) 

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

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

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

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

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

243) 

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

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

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

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

248) 
249)           <dt>meejah, Developer</dt>
250)           <dd>Author of <a
251)           href="https://github.com/meejah/txtorcon">txtorcon</a>, a Tor
252)           controller library in Twisted.</dd>
253) 

254)           <dt>Ondrej Mikle, Developer</dt>
255)           <dd>Maintains our RPM packages.</dd>
256) 

257)           <dt>Kelley Misata, Outreach and Communications</dt>
258)           <dd>Helps handle press, coordinates Tor talks and outreach,
259)           helps with trainings, helps with annual reports, and generally
260)           works on community-facing activities.</dd>
261) 

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

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

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

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

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

269)           website</a>.</dd>
270) 

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

272)           <dd>Swedish advocate for Tor, anonymous communications research,
273)           and employee at <a href="http://nordu.net">NORDUnet</a>. Works
274)           on implementing IPv6 in Tor, and helps with build
275)           automation. Runs one of the directory authorities.</dd>
276) 
277)           <dt>Matt Pagan, Support</dt>
278)           <dd>Maintains the FAQ, works on documentation, and helps answer
279)           all the users who contact the support desk.</dd>
280) 

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

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

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

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

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

290)           Runs one of the directory authorities.</dd>
291) 
292)           <dt>Sina Rabbani, Advocate</dt>
293)           <dd>Developer and maintainer of <a
294)           href="https://cloud.torproject.org/">Tor Cloud</a>, and
295)           does trainings and outreach. Runs one of the directory
296)           authorities.</dd>
297) 
298)           <dt>Leif Ryge, Developer</dt>
299)           <dd>Works on security analysis, designer of "bananaphone"
300)           transport, and part of the pluggable transports team.</dd>
301) 
302)           <dt>Runa A. Sandvik, Advocate</dt>
303)           <dd>Maintained the Tor Translation Portal and the translations
304)           for projects such as Vidalia, Torbutton and the
305)           website.</dd>
306) 
307)           <dt>Christian Schulz, Developer</dt>
308)           <dd>Developer and maintainer of <a
309)           href="https://globe.torproject.org/">Globe</a>, which is on
310)           its way to replacing Atlas and eventually Compass.</dd>
311) 

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

315) 

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

318) 

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

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

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

327) 

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

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

334) 

335)           <dt>Noel David Torres Taño</dt>
336)           <dd>Spanish translator; helps answer all the users who contact
337)           the support desk.</dd>
338) 

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

340)           <dd>Shares his experience with smoothly running non-profits, and
341)           also serves as our Internet governance bureaucracy guru.</dd>
342) 

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

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

347) 
348)           <dt>Nicolas Vigier, Developer</dt>
349)           <dd>Working on build automation, particularly around the Tor
350)           Browser.</dd>
351) 
352)           <dt>vmon, Support, Developer</dt>
353)           <dd>Farsi translator; helps answer all the users who contact
354)           the support desk. Also working on Stegotorus, and part of the
355)           pluggable transports team.</dd>
356) 

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

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

363) 

364)           <dt>Yawning, Developer</dt>
365)           <dd>Lead developer on <a
366)           href="https://github.com/yawning/obfsclient">obfsclient</a>,
367)           a C++ implementation of obfs2, obfs3, and ScrambleSuit. Part
368)           of the pluggable transports team.</dd>
369) 

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