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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

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Exact coalition role

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Recommended ask

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Warm introduction vectors

—

Required proof deliverables

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Immediate next action

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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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