Alexander Leishman is the Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Technology Officer at River Financial. He brings his expertise in software engineering, information security, and Bitcoin to River, where he is responsible for investor relations, corporate strategy, and engineering. Prior to co-founding River Financial, Alexander worked on the investment and engineering teams at Polychain Capital and Polychain Labs, focusing on Bitcoin-related venture investments. He has also served as an engineer at Airbnb's security team, a management consultant for Deloitte, and was an early engineer at Maicoin, Taiwan's largest digital asset exchange. Mr. Leishman holds a degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Maryland and a Master's in Computer Science from Stanford University, where he assisted in teaching the first Bitcoin class under Professor Dan Boneh.