People

Management

KURT NIELSEN, PhD
Chief Executive Officer, Partner

Kurt combines Economics and Information Management in developing innovative it-services and businesses. He holds a PhD in Business Economics and did combined graduate studies at the University of Copenhagen, University of Toronto and UC Berkeley. He co-founded Partisia, Energiauktion.dk and Sepior,  and functions as CEO of Partisia alongside a parttime position as Associate Professor at University of Copenhagen.

PETER F. FRANDSEN
Chief Technology Officer, Partner

Peter has 20 years of experience in the software development industry where he worked as a developer and a manager of both projects and people in Danish companies such as Vestas, Dansk Supermarked and Rambøll Management Consulting. Since 2017 he has worked with developing solutions based on advanced cryptographic technology in Partisia and Secata making ZK computations feasible in real world scenarios. He also serves as an external examiner for the computer sciences in Denmark.

JESPER BALMAN GRAVGAARD
Senior MANAGER

Jesper has extensive experience with successfully creating and operating complex software. His previous position was as a Director responsible for development, operations, sales and marketing of the leading SaaS products SurveyXact and Heart&Mind with thousands of customers and millions of users. He is passionate about programming languages and compilers, and has previously created a high-level modelling language for real-time systems, a DSL for filters and queries in datasets and most recently a C-compiler for the MOS6502 CPU. Jesper is also an external examiner on Computer Science for MSc / Bachelor of Engineering examinations in Denmark.

EMIL BREMER ORLOFF
Principial Engineer, Partner

Primary software developer within advanced cryptography and zero knowledge. Emil has engineered all of the recent protocols developed in Partisia including the MACE protocol as well as the core of the privacy blockchain infrastructure.

KIM NØRSKOV
Project manager

Kim is a seasoned project manager with experience from a variety of software disciplines and project types. He comes from a position as teammanager for a team of user experience consultants and product management. Kim has a track record of completing successful projects, both development and implementation of tendered systems, and at the start of his career he worked as a user experience consultant. Kim focuses on creating a continually learning and improving team with shared understanding and shared goals, both internally with the producing team and externally with stakeholders.

DORTHE HAAGEN NIELSEN
Office manager

Dorthe has 15 years of experience working with a wide range of administrative tasks. She spent 13 years at the Department of Computer Science, Aarhus University, working as an administrative anchor for i.a. the Cryptography and Security group. Dorthe holds a Master’s degree in English and Film & TV from Aarhus University and a supplementary diploma degree in management.

+45 3155 2092

dhn@partisia.com

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Researchers

IVAN DAMGÅRD, Professor
Chief Cryptographer, Partner

Ivan is a Professor and head of the research group in cryptography at Aarhus University. Ivan is co-founder of Cryptomathic, Partisia and Sepior. He is one of the top cited and publishing researchers in cryptography, is a fellow of the IACR (International Association for Cryptologic Research), and received the 2015 RSA Award for Excellence in the Field of Mathematics.

JESPER BUUS NIELSEN, Professor
Chief cryptographic system designeR, Partner

Jesper is a Professor in Computer Science at Aarhus University and also one of the co-founders of Partisia and Sepior. He is one of the top cited and publishing researchers in secure multiparty computation. Jesper’s primary research areas are secure multiparty computation, distributed consensus, and universal composability.

CLAUDIO ORLANDI, Professor
Chief cryptographic protocol designer, Partner

Claudio is a Professor in Computer Science at Aarhus University  and co-founder of Partisia Infrastructure. He is a leading researcher on secure multiparty computation and zero-knowledge protocols. Claudio has a broad interest in the theory and practice of cryptographic protocols, with a focus on efficient constructions of advanced cryptographic primitives, threshold cryptography, privacy-preserving technologies, theory and practice of cryptographic protocols.

Carsten Baum, Assistant Professor
SCIENTIFIC CONSULTANT ON MPC AND BLOCKCHAIN

Carsten is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at DTU and Aarhus University. He is an expert in practical cryptographic protocols, such as verifiable secure computation and its combination with blockchains, as well as efficient zero-knowledge protocols.

Developers

ESBEN OVERLUND ANDERSEN
Senior Software Developer

Experienced Senior Consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the management consulting industry. Esbens experience and capabilities have been fundamental in Partisia’s solutions where he ensures both visual and technical quality. Esben has worked in all parts of the software stack all the way from protocol implementation to user interface implementation.

JESENKO MEHMEDBAŠIĆ
Senior Software Developer

Passionate software developer with a broad experience. He has great analytical skills and will come up with a simple and solid solutions to complex problems. Jesenko contributes eagerly to technical projects and works in a plethora of languages, including rust, the latter is used for implementing performance critical applications.

Jesenko has implemented network stacks in java, spdz lowgear in Rust and type script Mace frontend.

MARTIN MESSELL
Senior Software Developer

Software developer focusing on developing solutions based on cryptographic protocols and techniques. Martin has implemented both zero knowledge proofs as well as other protocols, with a strong interest in exploring the inner workings and usages of MPC, he has worked in all relevant fields. Martin is a core developer on Partisia Blockchain.

ANDERS PETER KRAGH DALSKOV, PhD
Cryptographic engineer

Software developer with extensive experience implementing fast secure multiparty protocols focusing on machine learning. Anders holds a PhD in cryptography from Aarhus University where the research focus was efficient and practical solutions that utilize secure multiparty computation protocols for machine learning tasks.

ANDERS LYNGSØ JØRGENSEN
Software Developer
Anders holds a master’s degree in computer science, with a focus on cryptology, from Aarhus University. Anders started as a junior developer at Partisia in 2020 and became a full time employee in 2022. Anders is working in the applications team.
CASPER ROURSGAARD CHRISTENSEN
Software Developer

Casper has extensive experience and interest in developing software applications. Casper is our lead expert in establishing and maintaining the governance layer on the Partisia blockchain

MIKEY BRUUN ANDERSEN
DEVELOPER ADVOCATE

Mikey is an experienced complexity crusher with a masters degree from Aarhus University in Informations Studies. He has worked as a cloud developer in the shipping industry and before that as an academic developer at the Centre for Educational Development.
Mikey has created knowledge based systems in his former roles and led the journey of introducing user bases into complex systems while maintaining transparency in to the inner layers of such systems. He is dedicateted to creating a better code base for all, finding the common ground through systems and reducing complexity for both developers internal and external. 

TUE THUSBØLL HOLST
Cryptographic engineer

Tue is an experienced software developer with a Master’s Degree from Aarhus University specializing in cryptography. Tue has worked professionally with software development for more than 5 years from different angles.

Tue has previously worked on cryptographic solutions for banking systems and other, similar cryptographic solutions and brings these capabilities to work on the Partisia Blockchain.

ALLAN LINNAU
Senior Software Developer

Allan is a seasoned software developer who has a long history in many different projects. He is currently building applications for privacy preserving statistical analysis instilling Privacy by design into our systems.

His capabilities range in the field of software development over  Multi Party Computations (MPC), DevOps, CI/CD, Domain Driven Design and REST.

Allan’s passion is to design SOLID software with high standards for code quality and has high ambitions for the software we are shipping

KRISTIAN ROSE SCHMIDT HU
Community Manager

Kristian is passionate about translating esoteric technical information into the human tongue. His work consists of making core concepts and technologies of Partisia more widely known and understood. Kristian is also our community manager and helps node operators and external developers through documentation to gain access to the many exciting features and new opportunities presented by Partisia’s privacy blockchain technology.

JON MICHAEL AANES
Software Developer

Software Developer with a solid background in programming language theory and compiler implementation which Jon shown in his background as a MSc from Aarhus University. Jon will be part of the core language team where he will ensure Partisia’s various language backends are usable, robust, and performant.

MILANA MAJEWSKA
Product designer
Product Designer with experience in UX & UI design responsible for translating customers’ needs and requirements into usable, functional & user friendly digital products. Mila holds Bachelor Degrees in Innovation & Entrepreneurship and Digital Concept Development. Her responsibilities are developing design concepts, drawing ideas to determine which one suits the product the best, and communicating her plans effectively so our engineers can execute them.
JEPPE OVERVAD NIELSEN
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

Jeppe holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Aarhus University, specializing in cryptography. During his studies Jeppe worked at Partisia for 2 years as a junior software developer, and he is working in the applications team.

SEBASTIAN DIGE BERTELSEN
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

Develops Partisia Blockchain platform focusing on governance and language, creating a safe and sound platform.

Mark Medum Bundgaard
Infrastructure product owner

Mark has extensive experience with distributed systems in industries such as fintech, IoT and Telco. In his previous position he focused on moving millions of customers into the cloud as part of leading the distributed architecture. He has also been part of creating a new way of working with IoT.

Junior Developers

THOMAS NORMANN LUXHØJ
JunIOR Software Developer

Develops Partisia Blockchain platform focusing on governance and language, creating a safe and sound platform.

JENS SCHEEL NELLEMANN
Junior Software Developer

Develops Partisia Blockchain platform focusing on governance and language, creating a safe and sound platform.

KAARE ØSTERGAARD KRISTENSEN
Junior Software Developer

Develops Partisia Blockchain platform focusing on governance and language, creating a safe and sound platform.

MADS HEJLESEN
Junior Software Developer

Develops Partisia Blockchain platform focusing on governance and language, creating a safe and sound platform.

MATHIAS RUD LAURSEN
Junior Software Developer

Develops Partisia Blockchain platform focusing on governance and language, creating a safe and sound platform.

MIE KROGH
Junior Software Developer

Focusing on user oriented parts of the code building quality solutions in terms of user experience and software quality.

KASPER SCHOUBORG NIELSEN
Junior Software Developer

Develops Partisia Blockchain platform focusing on governance and language, creating a safe and sound platform.

AMALIE ROSENLYST
Junior Software Developer

Focusing on user oriented parts of the code building quality solutions in terms of user experience and software quality.

ANNE KIRSTINE DOLL OVERGAARD
Junior Software Developer

Focusing on user oriented parts of the code building quality solutions in terms of user experience and software quality.

VIKTOR SALLING
Junior Software Developer

Develops Partisia Blockchain platform focusing on governance and language, creating a safe and sound platform.

MIKKEL SKAFSGAARD BERG
Junior Software Developer

Develops Partisia Blockchain platform focusing on governance and language, creating a safe and sound platform.

TOBIAS MEYENBURG DUUS
JUNIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

Works on internal processes developing web services and process optimization.

 

ANDREAS HØILUND PEDERSEN
JUNIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

Focusing on user oriented parts of the code building quality solutions in terms of user experience and software quality.

IDA FRICKE JØRGENSEN
JUNIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

Focusing on user oriented parts of the code building quality solutions in terms of user experience and software quality.

 

ANDERS KALLESØE
JUNIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

Develops Partisia Blockchain platform focusing on governance and language, creating a safe and sound platform.

Staff

MALENE KALLESØE
Administrative employee

Malene works as an administrative employee, and handles many different tasks, administratively as well as practically, in the company. 

DORTHE HAAGEN NIELSEN
OFFICE MANAGER

Dorthe has 15 years of experience working with a wide range of administrative tasks. She spent 13 years at the Department of Computer Science, Aarhus University, working as an administrative anchor for i.a. the Cryptography and Security group. Dorthe holds a Master’s degree in English and Film & TV from Aarhus University and a supplementary diploma degree in management.

+45 3155 2092

dhn@partisia.com

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Partners

PETER BOGETOFT, Professor, Dr. Merc.
Chief Economist, Partner

Peter is a Professor in Management Science and Micro Economics at Copenhagen Business School. He has extensive experience within consultancy from numerous projects within European and US industries and governments on incentives, contracting, regulation, auctions and benchmarking.

JANUS FRIIS NIELSEN, PhD
SENIOR SOFTWARE DEVELOPER, PARTNER

Janus is an expert in application of secure multiparty computation and secure computation in general. Janus has been working as senior security architect at the Alexandra Institute prior to joining Sepior. Janus received the PhD degree from Aarhus University in 2009. Janus is the author of a number of fun iOS applications.

DAN LUND CHRISTENSEN, MSc
Senior Software Developer, Partner

Dan is an expert in application of secure multiparty computation (MPC). He was part of the team developing the first implementation of practical used MPC. He is co-founder of Partisia and Sepior, were he has worked with innovation, design, architecture and implementation in the domain of MPC. Previous work includes the Alexandra Institute where he e.g. helped companies adopt new cryptographic solutions.

THOMAS PELLE JAKOBSEN, PhD
Senior Software Developer, Partner

Thomas has 10 years of experience with software architecture and applied cryptography. He holds a PhD in computer science from Aarhus University. Thomas is co-founder of Partisia and Sepior and works full-time as software developer in the Partisia spinout Sepior. Prior to this Thomas worked at the Alexandra Institute where he helped companies adopt new cryptographic solutions.

JAKOB ILLEBORG PAGTER, PhD
ChIef Technology Officer Sepior, Partner

Jakob works on creating innovative security solutions based on applied cryptography. He was formerly the head of the Security Lab at Danish research institute Alexandra Instituttet and is the co-founder of Partisia and Sepior. Jakob holds a PhD in computer science from Aarhus University and is a member of the Danish Council for IT Security as well as being part of the committee for it security at the Confederation of Danish Industry.

TOMAS TOFT, PhD
Senior Software Developer, Partner

Tomas is an expert in application of secure multiparty computation (MPC). Tomas has specialized in mathematical programming using MPC e.g. Linear Programming (LP Problems). He is co-founder of Partisia and has worked with designing and implementing MPC protocols for advanced benchmarking. Previous work includes an position as assistant professor in cryptography at University of Aarhus.