Steven is the VP of Engineering, Protocol and Applied Research at Tools for Humanity (TFH), a core contributor to the World Network, a network of real humans built on a privacy-preserving proof of human and a globally inclusive financial network. In this role, he is focused on pushing the limits of cryptography and AI for privacy, scalability, and usability through the World protocol, an open source, privacy-preserving proof of human protocol. Prior to joining TFH, Steven was Head of Engineering and Product Management at the Electric Coin Company, the primary developers of the Zcash protocol and cryptocurrency. He also spent more than 10 years in engineering roles at Salesforce and Cisco.