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Pool D — Technical Non-Investor Validators

Prof. J. Alex Halderman

Applied cryptography, electronic voting security, Let's Encrypt founder.

Academic-ValidatorGreenRank 3 · 91/100

Source record

Role

Professor of CSE, UMich; Director, CCSS

Michigan anchor / connection

Ann Arbor / UMich

Required proof deliverable

Kernel isolation review & independent security assessment.

Strategic value vector

Applied cryptography, electronic voting security, Let's Encrypt founder.

In-depth profile analysis

Background

Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Michigan and Director of the Center for Computer Security & Society. Co-founder of Censys, Let's Encrypt and BallotIQ.

Assessment

An authority on applied cryptography, internet-scale scanning and verifiable voting architectures. His foundational work on Let's Encrypt established automated cryptographic trust across the broader web.

Coalition leverage

Primary academic / non-investor validator for the coalition. A formal academic review of Ink Receipt canonicalization algorithms, deterministic encoding and the threat model provides rigorous verification that commercial investors can rely upon.

Priority outreach

Sequence #3
Headline role

Non-Investor Academic Validator

Strategic justification

Exact coalition role

Recommended ask

Warm introduction vectors

Required proof deliverables

Immediate next action

Connectivity

National venture relationships

EFF, Mozilla Foundation, NSF Cyber Grants

Regulated enterprise / market access

US Senate Intelligence Committee, State Dept, EAC

Warm intro source

MJ Cartwright (UMich), BallotIQ team

Potential portfolio conflicts

BallotIQ (election security focus only).

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100-point scorecard

Technical Credibility20/20
Infrastructure Pattern Recognition14/15
Founder / Operator Experience13/15
Investment Capability5/10
Michigan Connectivity10/10
National Investor Network9/10
Diligence Proof Capability10/10
Warm-Intro Feasibility5/5
Regulated Enterprise Relevance5/5
Total91/100

Verification requirement

Research positions only. Verify check-writing capacity, review availability and portfolio conflicts before any outreach or external use.

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