Signal Technology Foundation

Ang Aming Misyon

Protektahan ang free expression at bigyang-daan ang ligtas na global communication gamit ang open source privacy technology.

Organizational Structure

Signal Technology Foundation formed in 2018 to support Signal Messenger. The Foundation supports Signal's growth and global operations, while championing privacy for all.

Privacy First

With our communications application, Signal, we believe protecting user privacy means keeping your data in your hands and out of anyone else's, including our own.

Open Source

As a committed member of the open source community, we publish our technology and share knowledge to encourage other companies to adopt our innovations.

Nonprofit

We're proud of our 501(c)(3) nonprofit status, and we're out to prove a nonprofit can innovate and scale as well as any commercial venture.

Board Members

Larawan ni Amba Kak

Amba Kak

Si Amba Kak ay isang abogado at eksperto sa technology policy, at siya'y may higit isang dekadang trans-national expertise sa pagpapayo sa government regulators, industry, civil society organizations, at philanthropies. Siya ang kasalukuyang Executive Director ng AI Now Institute, isang leading policy research organization sa New York, at isa rin siyang Senior Fellow ng Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute ng Northeastern University.

Si Amba ay naglingkod bilang Senior Advisor ng U.S. Federal Trade Commission para payuhan ang nasabing regulator tungkol sa emerging technology issues. Bago ang AI Now, si Amba ay isang Global Policy Advisor sa Mozilla kung saan siya ang nag-develop at nagsulong ng posisyon ng nasabing organisasyon sa mga isyu gaya ng data privacy laws at network neutrality sa Asia-Pacific region at sa iba pang lugar. Kasalukuyan siyang nakaupo sa Board of Directors program committee ng Mozilla Foundation. Nakuha ni Amba ang kanyang BA LLB (Hons) mula sa National University of Juridical Sciences sa India. Siya'y mayroong Masters in Law (BCL) at MSc sa Social Science of the Internet mula sa University of Oxford, kung saan siya pumasok bilang isang Rhodes Scholar.

Portrait ni Brian Acton

Brian Acton

Brian Acton is an entrepreneur and computer programmer who co-founded the messaging app WhatsApp in 2009. After the app was sold to Facebook in 2014, Acton decided to leave the company due to differences surrounding the use of customer data and targeted advertising to focus his efforts on non-profit ventures. In February of 2018, Acton invested $50 million of his own money to start the Signal Technology Foundation alongside Moxie Marlinspike. Signal Technology Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to doing the foundational work around making private communication accessible, secure and ubiquitous.

Prior to founding WhatsApp and Signal Technology Foundation, Acton worked as a software builder for more than 25 years at companies like Apple, Yahoo, and Adobe.

Larawan ni Jay Sullivan

Jay Sullivan

Si Jay ay isang product builder na may malawak na background sa senior product at engineering leadership roles sa consumer technology. Nito lamang, siya ang General Manager ng consumer and revenue products ng Twitter, kung saan siya ang namumuno sa engineering, product, design, research, at data science nito. Bago siya napunta sa Twitter, si Jay ay pumasok rin sa Facebook, kung saan siya ang namuno sa development ng Reality Labs' AI Assistant, at pagkatapos ay pinamunuan rin niya ang Privacy, Integrity, at Systems product teams ng Messenger at Instagram Direct. Si Jay ang dating SVP ng Product at dating Chief Operating Officer ng Mozilla, kung saan ay pinamunuan niya ang major releases ng Firefox noong sumisikat pa lamang ito, at isa rin siya sa mga nagsulong ng web platform at pagbibigay ng malayang pagpili at pag-kontrol online.

Si Jay ay isa ring start-up founder, at nilaan niya ang unang parte ng kanyang karera bilang isang software engineer at engineering manager ng Firefly Network (kumpanyang binili ng Microsoft) at Oracle.

Si Jay ay may degree sa B.S. in Applied Mathematics mula sa Yale College at isa rin siyang co-inventor ng ilang United States patents.

Larawan ni Katherine Maher

Katherine Maher

Si Katherine Maher ay ang dating CEO at Executive Director ng Wikimedia Foundation, na siyang responsable sa Wikipedia. Siya ang kasalukuyang non-resident Senior Fellow ng Atlantic Council, kung saan siya'y naka-focus sa pagtatagpo ng teknolohiya, human rights, at demokrasya. Bago ang Wikipedia, siya ang Director of Advocacy para sa digital rights organization na Access Now. Si Maher ay isang term member ng Council on Foreign Relations, isang World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, at isang security fellow sa Truman National Security Project. Siya'y isa sa board of directors para sa Center for Technology and Democracy, Consumer Reports, the Digital Public Library of America, Adventure Scientists, at System.com, pati na rin isang trustee ng American University of Beirut. Siya'y isang appointed member ng Foreign Affairs Policy Board ng U. S. Department of State, kung saan siya ang nagpapayo sa Secretary of State tungkol sa technology policy. Nakuha niya ang kanyang Bachelor's degree sa Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies noong 2005 sa College of Arts and Science ng New York University, matapos mag-aral sa Arabic Language Institute of the American University sa Cairo, Egypt, at Institut français d'études arabes de Damas (L'IFEAD) sa Damascus, Syria.

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Meredith Whittaker

Meredith Whittaker is Signal's President and a member of the Signal Technology Foundation Board of Directors.

Mayroon siyang mahigit 17 taon na working experience sa tech sa mga area ng industry, academia, at government. Bago maging Presidente ng Signal, siya ay dating Minderoo Research Professor sa NYU, at naglingkod bilang Faculty Director ng AI Now Institute kung saan siya ang co-founder. Nakatulong ang kanyang research at scholarly work sa paghubog ng global AI policy at mailipat ang public narrative sa AI para mas makilala ang surveillance business practices at concentration ng industrial resources na siyang kinakailangan ng modern AI. Bago mag-NYU, nagtrabaho siya sa Google nang mahigit isang dekada bilang isang lead ng product and engineering teams, nagtatag ng Open Research Group ng Google, at bilang isang co-founder ng M-Lab, isang globally distributed network measurement platform na ngayon ay pinakamalaking source ng open data sa internet performance sa buong mundo. Tumulong rin siyang mamuno sa pag-organize sa Google. Isa siya sa core organizers na nagpoprotesta laban sa hindi sapat na pagtugon ng Google sa concerns tungkol sa AI at mga pinsalang naidudulot nito, at isa rin siyang central organizer ng Google Walkout. Nag-advise siya sa White House, the FCC, the City of New York, the European Parliament, at iba pang governments at civil society organizations patungkol sa privacy, security, artificial intelligence, internet policy, at measurement. Katatapos lang din ng kanyang termino bilang Senior Advisor sa AI sa Chair ng US Federal Trade Commission.

Emeritus

Portrait ni Moxie Marlinspike

Moxie Marlinspike

Si Moxie Marlinspike ay ang founder ng Signal.