For over two decades of studying and developing big data platforms and writing more than 100 research papers, I witnessed how such platforms were making it easy to collect, distribute and analyze data, but hard to trace where it came from, where it was going and how it was being used. We needed a different way to think about privacy in the big data world.

Amol Deshpande |  Co-Founder and Chief Scientist
Professor, University of Maryland

Starting with my days at NASA, I knew that machine learning could really help on tough issues for companies, and I saw that in field after field. When the challenge of privacy hit my radar, I knew that bringing that insight to this fundamentally people- driven problem was critical.

Chris Getner |  Co-founder & Chief Solutions Officer
Former Rocket Scientist