Yaacov Akiba Slama

Yaacov Akiba Slama has a diverse work experience spanning multiple companies and roles. Yaacov Akiba co-founded Breez in 2018, a Bitcoin card powered by Lightning Network. At Safelynet Ltd., they were involved in Free Software starting in 2002. In 2007, they co-founded and served as the CTO of byen.site. Yaacov Akiba worked as a Principal Architect at Legolas Exchange from an unspecified date in 2017 until May 2018. Yaacov also worked as a Software Engineer at IBM from 1997 to 2001.

Yaacov Akiba Slama completed their Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science from the Ecole Normale Supérieure in the years 1990 to 1995. Yaacov Akiba further pursued their education from 1995 to 1996 at the Unité de Formation de Recherche Mathématique et Informatique in Strasbourg, although the specific degree and field of study are not provided for this period. Yaacov then continued their studies in Mathematics and Computer Science at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem from 1996 to 1997.