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THE TEAM

Cryptographers. FPGA engineers. Financial infrastructure veterans.

The people building the hardware your institution's quantum migration depends on.

Leadership

Robert Lindstrom

Robert Lindstrom

CEO & Co-Founder

Nine years in financial security architecture roles in Chicago before co-founding Cryptrig in 2022. Ran cryptographic infrastructure for payment clearing operations tied to Fedwire and ACH settlement. Holds a Ph.D. in applied cryptography from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Leads technical evaluations and CEO briefings for institutional customers.

Maya Osei

Maya Osei

CTO & Co-Founder

FPGA hardware architect with eight years building tamper-resistant cryptographic hardware before co-founding Cryptrig. Designed CQ1's Number Theoretic Transform pipeline and the physical security boundary architecture targeted at FIPS 140-3 Level 3. Author of the CQ1 Security Policy documentation submitted to NVLAP testing.

Daniel Pryce

Daniel Pryce

Head of Hardware Engineering

Hardware security engineer with prior experience in PKCS#11 driver development and PCIe host adapter design for cryptographic accelerators. Leads CQ1's hardware bring-up, interface compliance testing, and the integration engineering program for evaluation customers.

Sarah Nkurunziza

Sarah Nkurunziza

Director of Financial Partnerships

Worked for seven years in financial technology partnerships and regulatory compliance at early-stage infrastructure companies before joining Cryptrig. Manages institutional evaluation engagements, regulatory coordination, and the FIPS 140-3 CMVP lab relationship. Led Cryptrig's angel funding round in early 2026.

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