Rui Marinho

In 2014, Rui joined the founding team at Uphold building on the discovery of the blockchain. Later, after heading the Core Engineering and R&D groups at Uphold, he became a Fellow Engineer where he currently drives innovation and is responsible for developing systems for the next million-user milestone.

Prior to that, while still at university, Rui co-founded Seegno, a successful product innovation company that used cutting-edge technologies to deliver pioneering digital products.

Rui has made extensive and noteworthy contributions to the open-source community and published an online book on security. While not at the computer, he spends his time on microelectronics, home automation, and traveling.

Rui holds a Masters Degree in Biomedical Engineering from Universidade do Minho, Portugal.