Tom Brand is Product and research at StarkWare. He has a B.Sc. in Physics and Mathematics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem that he earned as part of the Talpiot program. He is currently pursuing an M.Sc. in Computer Science at the Technion Israel Institute for Technology. Tom’s research is in the consensus protocol and the security properties of Proof of Stake protocol under the supervision of Prof. Eli Ben Sasson. Tom has 5 years of experience in finding technological solutions to complex real-world problems.