The Team
The P2P VPS team is small, but growing. We are currently looking for business partners, investors, and community developers. If you are a developer or represent a potential business partner, please contact us.
Chris Troutner
Project Lead
Chris has over 10 years of experience developing JavaScript applications. As a freelance, full stack developer, he is well versed in technological intricacies of managing servers, deploying code, creating user interface, and continuously improving user experience. P2P VPS is Chris’ brainchild. You can download his resume at ChrisTroutner.com and view his portfolio at Island Web Help.
Julie Daq
Communications
Julie Daq has over eight years of business development and website design experience. She currently assists small businesses with their online presence at Island Business Design and is in the process of creating programs for start-ups as well as courses specializing in Business Design. Julie is contributing to the P2P VPS project with branding, graphics, design, and social media assistance.
Advisors
P2P VPS is fortunate to count the following people as advisers to the company. As we seek to understand the value we can bring to the decentralized computing space, these advisers are helping to guide us to the business opportunities in this fledgling industry.
Brian Hoffman
CEO of OB1
Brian is the CEO of OB1, and the project lead of OpenBazaar. He started OpenBazaar in April 2014, and founded OB1 nearly a year later. Brian is a developer with a background in building encryption software for managing healthcare records.
OB1 was founded in 2015 after a year of development on OpenBazaar by a small team in their spare time. They saw the concept of decentralized trade gain enthusiatic support in the Bitcoin community, and decided to accept venture capital funding in order to build a company and hire a development team to build OpenBazaar into something that could revolutionize ecommerce.
Jeremy Kauffman
CEO of LBRY
Jeremy is the CEO of LBRY. He knows how to build and scale a startup starting from day one. He knows how to deliver usable products and get those products in front of the right people.
Jeremy is responsible for the packing, presentation, and strategy of LBRY, as well as some design aspects. He is a longtime supporter of decentralized technology and freedom of information.
Jeremy founded TopScore, a startup that processes millions of dollars monthly in event and activity registrations. He also attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he received degrees in physics and computer science.
