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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>Jacob Appelbaum, Advocate, Security Researcher, and
30)           Developer</dt>
31)           <dd>Speaks at conferences and gives

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

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

35)           of ttdnsd, <a href="https://check.torproject.org/">Tor
36)           check</a>, <a href="https://exitlist.torproject.org/">Tor
37)           DNSEL</a>, and <a href="https://weather.torproject.org">Tor

38)           weather</a> site. Runs one of the directory authorities.</dd>
39) 

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

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

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

56) 
57)           <dt>Griffin Boyce, Developer</dt>
58)           <dd>Works on <a href="http://cupcakebridge.com/">Cupcake</a>,
59)           a set of browser extensions to let people volunteer to become
60)           a <a href="https://crypto.stanford.edu/flashproxy/">Flash
61)           Proxy</a> for censored users.</dd>
62) 
63)           <dt>Kathleen Brade, Developer</dt>
64)           <dd>Part of the Tor Browser team &mdash; develops

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

66) 
67)           <dt>Arlo Breault, Developer</dt>
68)           <dd>Rewrote <a href="https://check.torproject.org/">Tor
69)           Check</a> so now it can handle all our users, and helps with
70)           Flash Proxy and other pluggable transport work. Also working
71)           on the Tor Instant Messaging Bundle.</dd>
72) 
73)           <dt>Colin Childs, Translation Coordinator and Support</dt>
74)           <dd>Helps wrangle <a
75)           href="https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/torproject/">Transifex</a>
76)           for us, and also helps answer all the users who contact the
77)           support desk.</dd>
78) 

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

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

86) 

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

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

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

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

92)           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>

93) 
94)           <dt>Kevin Dyer, Developer, Researcher</dt>
95)           <dd>Main developer of <a
96)           href="https://fteproxy.org/">fteproxy</a>, and part of the
97)           pluggable transports team. Grad student at Portland State.</dd>
98) 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

130) 

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

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

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

137)           <dd>Develops OONI, and has helped with Torflow and other Tor
138)           services.</dd>
139) 

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

141)           <dd>Cryptographer, privacy expert,
142)           and professor; one of the designers of <a
143)           href="http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/">Off-the-Record
144)           Messaging</a>.</dd>

145) 
146)           <dt>David Goulet, Developer</dt>
147)           <dd>Lead developer of Torsocks 2.0.</dd>
148) 

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

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

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

154) 
155)           <dt>Sebastian Hahn, Developer, Advocate</dt>

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

158)           Tor better. Generally helps everything run smoothly. Runs one
159)           of the directory authorities.</dd>
160) 

161)           <dt>Harmony, Support, Advocate</dt>
162)           <dd>Writes for <a href="<wiki>TorWeeklyNews/">Tor Weekly
163)           News</a>, the help desk, and the browser manual.</dd>
164) 

165)           <dt>Dr. Nick Hopper, Researcher</dt>
166)           <dd>Cryptographer, privacy expert, and professor.</dd>
167) 

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

169)           <dd>Our main interface with the <a
170)           href="https://tails.boum.org/">Tails</a> project.</dd>
171) 
172)           <dt>Isis, Developer</dt>
173)           <dd>Lead maintainer and developer on <a
174)           href="https://bridges.torproject.org/">BridgeDB</a>. Used to
175)           work on OONI.</dd>
176) 
177)           <dt>Dr. Rob Jansen, Researcher</dt>
178)           <dd>Lead developer for <a
179)           href="https://shadow.cs.umn.edu/">Shadow</a>,

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

182) 
183)           <dt>Dr. Aaron Johnson, Researcher</dt>
184)           <dd>Works on understanding diversity and trust
185)           in Tor network locations. See for example the <a
186)           href="http://freehaven.net/anonbib/#ccs2013-usersrouted">CCS
187)           2013</a> paper.</dd>
188) 

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

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

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

195) 

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

197)           <dd>Developer of Obfsproxy, the Tor side of pluggable
198)           transports, and researcher on bridge scanning resistance. Part
199)           of the pluggable transports team.</dd>
200) 
201)           <dt>Georg Koppen, Developer</dt>

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

203)           automation.</dd>
204) 

205)           <dt>Kate Krauss, Director of Communications and Public Policy</dt>
206)           <dd>Plans Tor's communications strategy and evaluates Tor's
207)           possible role in pubic discussions about Tor-related issues.</dd>
208) 

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

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

221) 

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

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

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

226) 
227)           <dt>Lunar, Support Coordinator and Developer</dt>
228)           <dd>In addition to leading the support team and helping with
229)           Debian packaging, he also helps lead the Tor Weekly News
230)           issues.</dd>
231) 
232)           <dt>Ximin Luo, Developer</dt>
233)           <dd>Flash Proxy developer, and member of the pluggable transports

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

235) 

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

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

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

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

240) 
241)           <dt>meejah, Developer</dt>
242)           <dd>Author of <a
243)           href="https://github.com/meejah/txtorcon">txtorcon</a>, a Tor
244)           controller library in Twisted.</dd>
245) 

246)           <dt>Ondrej Mikle, Developer</dt>
247)           <dd>Maintains our RPM packages.</dd>
248) 

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

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

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

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

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

256)           website</a>.</dd>
257) 

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

259)           <dd>Swedish advocate for Tor, anonymous communications research,
260)           and employee at <a href="http://nordu.net">NORDUnet</a>. Works
261)           on implementing IPv6 in Tor, and helps with build
262)           automation. Runs one of the directory authorities.</dd>
263) 
264)           <dt>Matt Pagan, Support</dt>
265)           <dd>Maintains the FAQ, works on documentation, and helps answer
266)           all the users who contact the support desk.</dd>
267) 

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

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

272) 
273)           <dt>Mike Perry, Tor Browser and Tor Performance
274)           Developer</dt> <dd>Lead developer on Tor Browser, developer

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

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

277)           Runs one of the directory authorities.</dd>
278) 
279)           <dt>Sina Rabbani, Advocate</dt>
280)           <dd>Developer and maintainer of <a
281)           href="https://cloud.torproject.org/">Tor Cloud</a>, and
282)           does trainings and outreach. Runs one of the directory
283)           authorities.</dd>
284) 
285)           <dt>Leif Ryge, Developer</dt>
286)           <dd>Works on security analysis, designer of "bananaphone"
287)           transport, and part of the pluggable transports team.</dd>
288) 
289)           <dt>Christian Schulz, Developer</dt>
290)           <dd>Developer and maintainer of <a
291)           href="https://globe.torproject.org/">Globe</a>, which is on
292)           its way to replacing Atlas and eventually Compass.</dd>
293) 

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

297) 

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

300) 

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

302)           <dd>Develops and maintains TorBirdy (Torbutton for Thunderbird).
303)           Rewrote and maintains Gettor. Working on the Tor Instant
304)           Messaging Bundle.</dd>
305) 
306)           <dt>Mark Smith, Developer</dt>
307)           <dd>Part of the Tor Browser team &mdash; develops

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

309) 

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

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

316) 

317)           <dt>Noel David Torres Taño</dt>
318)           <dd>Spanish translator; helps answer all the users who contact
319)           the support desk.</dd>
320) 

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

322)           <dd>Shares his experience with smoothly running non-profits, and
323)           also serves as our Internet governance bureaucracy guru.</dd>
324) 

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

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

329) 
330)           <dt>Nicolas Vigier, Developer</dt>
331)           <dd>Working on build automation, particularly around the Tor
332)           Browser.</dd>
333) 
334)           <dt>vmon, Support, Developer</dt>
335)           <dd>Farsi translator; helps answer all the users who contact
336)           the support desk. Also working on Stegotorus, and part of the
337)           pluggable transports team.</dd>
338) 

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

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

345) 

346)           <dt>Yawning, Developer</dt>
347)           <dd>Lead developer on <a
348)           href="https://github.com/yawning/obfsclient">obfsclient</a>,
349)           a C++ implementation of obfs2, obfs3, and ScrambleSuit. Part
350)           of the pluggable transports team.</dd>
351) 

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