Jonathan Sobel

Jonathan Sobel is a Consulting Architect at Shielded Technologies, a role commenced in September 2025 following the company's spin-out from Input Output, focusing on the development of the Midnight Network. Sobel also serves as Associate Pastor at Saint Francis United Methodist Church and is the Founder of Small Beautiful Software, which develops open source projects and provides software consulting. Previous positions include Consulting Architect for the Midnight blockchain at Input Output, where Sobel collaborated with senior leadership to shape the technology, and Principal Engineer at Cisco Systems, where responsibilities included technology trend analysis and corporate strategy development. Sobel's early career involved roles at SAS Institute, IBM, and Nortel, where expertise in software architecture and systems analysis was demonstrated. Sobel holds a Master of Divinity from Duke Divinity School, an MS in Computer Science from Indiana University Bloomington, and a BS in Computer Science-Math and Physics from Furman University.