Alex Stewart

Alex Stewart is a Senior Software Engineer at Switchboard, specializing in secure runtime development and blockchain software with a focus on data privacy. With a strong background in privacy-preserving technologies, Alex served as an unofficial tech lead at Nautilus, contributing to a white paper on digital rights tokens. Alex also founded TrustedHealth, transforming a master's thesis into a privacy-focused health management platform, and operated as Head Software Engineer at the Algorand-UCT Financial Innovation Hub, where Alex played a crucial role in team growth. Earlier experience includes research at CoviID on privacy-preserving tracking technology and co-founding a drop-shipping company. Alex holds a Master's in Data Science from the University of Cape Town, among other academic qualifications.