The Minds Behind Elené

Our team combines visionary leaders, engineering rockstars, and design ninjas - all united by a passion for open-source innovation.

Founding Team

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Alice Newman

CEO & Co-founder

Passionate about decentralized systems and AI alignment. Open-source evangelist with 12+ years of engineering experience.

1200+ commits
40+ open-source projects
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Raj Patel

CTO & Co-founder

Blockchain security expert and Rust language advocate. Architect of the QuantumMesh protocol stack.

3500+ lines of secure code
25+ security audits performed
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Maria Gonzalez

Lead UX Architect

Design systems evangelist and accessibility advocate. Created the Elené design language used across all products.

50+ user interviews
20+ open design systems

Core Contributors

The community is our power. Meet the passionate developers and designers who help keep Elené running smoothly.

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Julia Chen

Frontend Architect

Wrote 60% of the core UI components and led the redesign of the NeuroForge dashboard interface.

87% of issues closed
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Bruno Silva

Security Architect

Security lead for QuantumMesh smart contracts - published 3 open-source security frameworks for web3 apps.

95%+ security audits
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Lily Wang

Community Architect

Organized 14 global code sprints and mentorship programs that helped over 2000 new developers get started.

30+ local chapters

Ready to Make a Difference?

We're always looking for passionate developers, designers, and contributors of all experience levels to help shape the future of open-source development.

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Hackathons

Join virtual and in-person hackathons where we collaborate on breaking boundaries in open-source innovation.

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Mentorship

Get paired with senior engineers for guided learning, open challenges, and real-world impact projects.

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