Stefan Thomas Email & Phone Number

British Virgin Islands

San Francisco, CA, US

Coil is building a better business model for the web. We want all creators to be supported directly by their audience, whether that audience is big or small. Coil builds on open standards such as Web Monetization and Interledger, which means that payments are extremely fast, cheap, and not tied to one particular provider or platform.

San Francisco, California, US

The Interledger Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit advocate for the web, promoting innovation, creativity, and inclusion by advancing open payment standards and technologies that seamlessly connect our global society.As a co-creator of the Interledger Protocol and in furtherance of my passion for improving financial access, I'm currently the chairperson.

San Francisco, California, US

As part of Coil's investment, I was honored to join Imgur's Board of Directors. Imgur is one of the largest independent user-generated content platforms out there and has the most positive community and content. With my background in payments technology I hope to help unlock new user-friendly, privacy-preserving monetization opportunities for Imgur. My.

San Francisco, California, US

Omni is your on-demand storage concierge, currently available at select residential buildings in San Francisco. They pick up on premise from your front desk, so you don't have to wait around, then store and catalog your items with photos and descriptions. You can let your friends borrow your stuff, rent it out or access it yourself, Omni will deliver daily.

As a board member of the JS Foundation, I participated in the foundation's governance process and helped with growth and outreach.

San Francisco, CA, US

I joined Ripple (then OpenCoin Inc.) as a senior engineer at its founding and was initially charged with the architecture and implementation of Ripple's first client application, aptly named Ripple Client, and our smart contracts platform Codius. Since taking over as CTO in June 2013, I've helped shape Ripple's vision of the 'Internet of Value' - a world.

Produced an animated video "What is Bitcoin?" and accompagnying website WeUseCoins.com for introducing beginners to the main concepts behind the Bitcoin cryptocurrency. The video was viewed more than 8 million times on YouTube, featured on numerous TV news networks around the world including CNBC, CNN, BBC and Al Jazeera and parodied on an episode of CBS'.

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Technical lead for developing a modern cloud-based document management and viewing platform for large publishers.

When I joined Eload24 their website was based around an ecommerce platform of which I had been the lead developer while working for Bitobito. So my duties included managing development and overseeing operation of the online store.

At Solutions Four my primary occupation was meeting with clients, consultation and project management based on the client's technical requirements. I also coordinated the work between designers, developers, server administrators, management, third-party service providers and the client.

This was my first foray into entrepreneurship, we developed intelligent custom ecommerce solutions for a small number of clients.

Justmoon is my platform for those ideas that I want to develop and explore on my own terms.