Alex Grinman

Alex Grinman is a technology entrepreneur and software engineer with extensive experience in cryptography, product design, and privacy. He is currently the Co-founder and CTO of Footprint, a company he founded in April 2022 that focuses on frictionless and secure identity verification and onboarding.13

Prior to Footprint, Grinman's career highlights include:

1. Co-founding krypt.co (acquired by Akamai), where he worked on cryptographic protocols, product design, and iOS engineering.12

2. Serving as Principal Product Architect at Akamai Technologies for nearly 3 years.1

3. Founding grinmans.com, where he worked as a software engineer from 2010 to 2015.1

4. Brief stints as a software engineer at Microsoft and as an iOS engineer at KAYAK.1

Grinman has a strong educational background, having completed both his undergraduate and master's degrees in computer science with a focus on cryptography at MIT.2 During his time at MIT, he worked on his master's thesis titled "Natural Language Processing on Encrypted Patient Data" under the guidance of Shafi Goldwasser.2

With over 10 years of experience in iOS app development, Grinman has been creating applications since iOS 3, including real-time transportation apps for Boston commuters.2 His expertise lies at the intersection of product development, engineering, security, and cryptography.2

At Footprint, Grinman and his co-founder Eli Wachs have developed technology that combines KYC (Know Your Customer), authentication, and fraud prevention into a unified platform for user onboarding.3 The company has raised significant funding, including a $13 million Series A round in May 2024, to expand its product offerings and tackle identity verification challenges in the digital age.3