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Dr. William Blanke
VP of Engineering
Before Chia, Dr. Blanke was a software architect at Nok Nok Labs and helped create the first FIDO enabled multi-factor authentication clients for Android and iOS. His security focus results from a decade as a technical director at PGP Corporation, where he developed the PGP product line for Windows, Windows CE, Windows Mobile, and iOS. Previously, William taught graduate and undergraduate courses as a lecturer of Computer Science at the University of the South Pacific, in Suva, Fiji Islands.