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 id: ahmed_siddique
 name: Ahmed Siddique
-rank: 2
+rank: 1
 memberships: threefold_foundation
 bio: A hardworking individual and a casual guy who loves to explore new ideas in Tech. Experience in Telecom/IT, Networks, Cloud and  Systems Engineering and Servers Administration. I enjoy learning new things as Learning never exhausts the mind. I have not yet come accross an organization who are rebuilding the entire ecosystem of how things work in Tech. ThreeFold is going to be huge and i want to make sure i was part of this great movement.
 excerpt: A hardworking individual and a casual guy who loves to explore new ideas in Tech.

content/person/ali_omari/ali_omari.md

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 id: ali_omari
 name: Ali Omari
-rank: 3
+rank: 1
 memberships: ambassador
 bio: Ali is the CEO of Safe City Group in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. 20 years of accumulative experience in the industry with a passion to concentrate on providing the latest technologies and solutions. I believe in ThreeFold Foundation’s dream in helping the world to become a better place.
 excerpt: Chief Executive Officer - Safe City Group

content/person/brian_bogaerts/brian_bogaerts.md

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 id: brian_bogaerts
 name: Brian Bogaerts
-rank: 3
+rank: 1
 memberships: ambassador
 bio: Brian is an internationally well-connected entrepreneur, with a passion for people and technology, at his best launching and building initiatives from scratch. He comes with relentless energy and a solid track record at Alcatel-Lucent, The Boston Consulting Group and KPN, where he held senior management positions in strategy, innovation and business development roles. More recently, Brian launched and sold a few data-driven companies, mainly focusing on cross- and up-sell logic and in the web analytics space.Today, Brian is a co-founder at DataTeam.Services, a pan European go-to-market company focusing on international expansion (and other activities) for its partners. He comes with an MSc in electromechanical engineering, holds an MBA, lives in The Hague and can be reached at +31613934639. The ThreeFold Foundation is a future path to an accessible and sustainable digital world, for entrepreneurs from around the world to build upon. Unleashing entrepreneurial power of the many, rather than the few.
 excerpt: Brian is an internationally well-connected entrepreneur, with a passion for people and technology.

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 id: bruce_lites
 name: Bruce Lites
-rank: 3
+rank: 1
 memberships: ambassador
 bio: Bruce is an internationally recognized astrophysicist specializing in studies of the Sun and its magnetic fields. He is best known for leading the development of innovative instrumentation for observing solar magnetic fields, both from the ground and in space. Throughout his career spanning more than 40 years, he has contributed to the advancement of our understanding of the Sun as witnessed by his authorship of over 170 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals. He received a PhD in Physics and Astrophysics at the University of Colorado, USA, and in retirement he is a Senior Scientist Emeritus and Distinguished Scholar at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, USA. Ambassador fell in love with Threefold I believe that access to a neutral, efficient, and secure internet is essential to the survival of humanity Planet Earth. The ThreeFold foundation is a shining example of facing these challenges with pragmatism and conscience.
 excerpt: Bruce is an internationally recognized astrophysicist specializing in studies of the Sun and its magnetic fields.

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 id: christine_renee_perry
 name: Christine Renee Perry
 tags: project
-rank: 3
+rank: 1
 memberships: project
 bio: VP of Global solutions engineering, my goal is to increase blockchain usability, through scalability solutions that aim to simplify the integration of blockchain into real world applications.
 excerpt: VP of Global solutions engineering.

content/person/christopher_hutton/christopher_hutton.md

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 id: christopher_hutton
 name: Christopher Hutton
-rank: 2
+rank: 1
 memberships: threefold_tech, ambassador
 bio: A serial entrepreneur and technology fanatic for 25 years now. Always researching tech trends and looking for new technologies to introduce to Africa.
 excerpt: A serial entrepreneur and technology fanatic.

content/person/didem_gordon/didem_gordon.md

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 id: didem_gordon
 name: Didem Gordon
-rank: 3
+rank: 1
 memberships: ambassador
 bio: Didem has over 25 years of experience in building and developing businesses in emerging markets and strategic management. Her career as a top executive in investment banking and wealth management and an opinion leader in the Turkish finance sector resulted in a valuable global reach over the years. Didem's thirst for knowledge and passion for creation paved her way into venture consulting over the recent years where she advises in make ideas into enterprises with a focus on operational excellence, talent management, and stakeholder relations​. Having a keen interest in technology and innovation, as a water-bearer, she has been investing her time in continuously learning and working with high-tech startups in Europe and the US. Making a positive impact for a better world defines her business scope as she carefully choses the projects she works on that aim towards a better world and is in the process of establishing her startup, Phaida Ventures upon this key principle. Didem is very honored to be part of the ThreeFold team in thriving to provide a green and neutral internet shared by all. Business Developer fell in love with Threefold I joined ThreeFold as part of my lifeworks to make the world a better place.  Passion and courage  to create positiveimpact , working out of  love and respect  not striving for power based on ego, that is what Threefold  means to me.  Use of technology and consciousness; exponential good for humanity. 
 excerpt: Didem has over 25 years of experience in building and developing businesses in emerging markets and strategic management.

content/person/dieter_legat/dieter_legat.md

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 id: dieter_legat
 name: Dieter Legat
-rank: 3
+rank: 1
 memberships: ambassador
 bio: More than 50 years experience as business manager in I.T. (AEG-Telefunken, Honeywell, Hewlett-Packard) and top management consultant - with special expertise in operational business leadership. Coach in operational management fell in love with Threefold.
 excerpt: More than 50 years experience as business manager in I.T. (AEG-Telefunken, Honeywell, Hewlett-Packard).

content/person/dina_adbelrahman/dina_adbelrahman.md

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 id: dina_adbelrahman
 name: Dina Abdelrahman
-rank: 3
+rank: 1
 memberships: threefold_tech
 bio: Dina 1 year experience in CloudComputing, getting her Bachelor degree in Communication Engineer. Free time = Reading, Cooking, watching movies and keep in touch with technology. Engineer fell in love with Threefold I believe in ThreeFold goals and ideas. Plus, it has lots of bright minds I'm so proud to work/learn from them on a daily basis.
 excerpt: Dina 1 year experience in CloudComputing, getting her Bachelor degree in Communication Engineer.

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 id: dina_magdy
 name: Dina Magdy
-rank: 3
+rank: 1
 memberships: threefold_tech
 bio: Dina Magdy is working as an Automation Software Testing Engineer, starting her carreer at codescalers, and now has about 2 year experience in cloudcomputing software. Engineer fell in love with Threefold Threefold create future internet,so it amazing to be part of this.
 excerpt: Dina Magdy is working as an Automation Software Testing Engineer, starting her carreer at codescalers.

content/person/erik_reitsma/erik_reitsma.md

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 id: erik_reitsma
 name: Erik Reitsma
-rank: 3
+rank: 1
 memberships: ambassador
 bio: Erik is an entrepreneur and designer from Holland. Together with his companions he loves to invent, create and make things possible. By looking at things from another perspective they reinvent reality. That is how unexpected but often simple solutions arise on things such as one's own pension fund, circulair material use and sharing-projects. To be able to accomplish things, he strongly believes in keeping things simple and bringing people together. Ambassador fell in love with Threefold I love the TFF’s decentralized solution for the future of internet and like to help making it a reality for everyone in any way i can. 
 excerpt: Erik is an entrepreneur and designer from Holland.

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 id: erwin_raets
 name: Erwin Raets
-rank: 3
+rank: 1
 memberships: ambassador
 bio: Erwin has always been interested by the latest technologies, and always eager to try out the latest crazy things. He worked in the entertainment business, autosports, as a software developer and architect, and currently also running a company that provides charging solutions for electric cars. He came to realize in the past few years that we as humans need to address some very important issues to make sure we don’t ruin our planet in front of our grandchildren. That is why he want to help focus on making effective use of energy resources and fine-tuning the capture and storage of green energy. Ambassador fell in love with Threefold I strongly believe that blockchain technology will bring about big changes in the foreseeable future, and what the ThreeFold Foundation has set forth as goals, and the way they want to do it, has my full support.The edge computing backbone combined with a value-backed token will provide a solid foundation to expand the internet to those that currently have no access to the world’s information highway.
 excerpt: Erwin has always been interested by the latest technologies, and always eager to try out the latest crazy things.

content/person/evon_yacoub/evon_yacoub.md

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 id: evon_yacoub
 name: Evon Yacoub
-rank: 2
+rank: 1
 memberships: threefold_tech
 bio: Experienced Office Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry. Skilled in Human Resources, Management, Office Administration .. has Strong administrative professional. Admin Coordinator fell in love with Threefold I dream about a world where everyone can be happy.
 excerpt: Experienced Office Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry.

content/person/garry_veale/garry_veale.md

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 id: garry_veale
 name: Garry Veale
-rank: 3
+rank: 1
 memberships: ambassador
 bio: Technology veteran & previous EMC EMEA Vice President - who was part of the original/founding EMC EMEA team that was recognised by for both creating a new market category & being the fastest growing technology company of the decade. Expertise around introducing and developing world class, disruptive & game changing technologies – previous experience also includes EMEA Director & VP roles at IBM, HP & Avaya - plus several tech start-ups. Ambassador fell in love with Threefold Sometimes in life - it's about making a stand, calling it as it is & doing the right thing. That's what the ThreeFold Foundation is about - innovation & integrity! 
 excerpt: Technology veteran & previous EMC EMEA Vice President.

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 id: geert_machtelinckx
 name: Geert Machtelinckx
-rank: 3
+rank: 1
 memberships: ambassador
 bio: Geert has 24 years of experience in IT of a Belgian financial institution, and is passionate about new technologies such as AI and blockchain. Project Coordination fell in love with Threefold With digitisation and blockchain, the world is changing. I believe that doing it the ThreeFold way, the world will change according to the true spirit of blockchain, enabling a real decentralisation and bringing more equality. Moreover, having internet capacity used as a real world value backing and a monetary instrument, ThreeFold can make the bridge between the cryptoworld and the ‘old’ world.
 excerpt: Geert has 24 years of experience in IT of a Belgian financial institution, and is passionate about new technologies such as AI and blockchain.

content/person/georges_gesek/georges_gesek.md

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 id: georges_gesek
 name: Georges Gesek
-rank: 2
+rank: 1
 memberships: ambassador
 bio: George Gesek is the founder and CEO of NOVARION.systems, the high performance computer maker, who wants to create the first commercially successful Quantum Computer. After his studies of physics at the Technical University of Vienna, Gesek entered the ICT industry to foster the beginning merge of computer and quantum science. This milestone of humanity seems to be reached now with the state of the art production techniques in the nanometer realm. Ambassador fell in love with Threefold I see the ThreeFold Foundation as the first comprehensive attempt to create a fail-safe and non-manipulable algorithmic transaction system, which will be capable of distributing fundamental resources, like compute power or food, equally and suitably to all humans. 
 excerpt: George Gesek is the founder and CEO of NOVARION.systems.

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 id: gert_de_spiegeleer
 name: Gert De Spiegeleer
-rank: 2
+rank: 1
 memberships: ambassador
 bio: After a brief period of working in the financial world, Gert fell in love with education. He has been teaching (business) economics and accounting in a secondary school in Flanders for years. Gert became the schoolmanager in 2008 and in 2016 he was elected general manager of his schoolcommunity. Gert is a true believer of life long learning. Ambassador fell in love with Threefold I strongly believe that IT can help to create a better world and that is exactly the mission of the ThreeFold Foundation. Every human being, born on this planet should have acces to good education and equal chances in the pursuit of happiness. We need to create a legacy of a greener, healthier and happier world for our children. 
 excerpt: Gert is a true believer of life long learning.

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 id: gloria_anne
 name: Gloria Anne
-rank: 3
+rank: 1
 memberships: threefold_foundation
 bio: The relentlessly helpful office administrator in Mazraa, but she is also like a bookkeeper. Admin & Bookkeeping fell in love with Threefold The feeling of contributing to something larger than myself... very significant.
 excerpt: The relentlessly helpful office administrator in Mazraa.

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 id: gregor_sideris
 name: Gregor Sideris
-rank: 3
+rank: 1
 memberships: ambassador
 bio: Gregor lives in Vienna, Austria and is currently a Digital Marketing Manager responsible for Social Media at IBM Central Europe Region headquarters. Since 2009 Gregor is very active in Social Media where he now reaches over 8 million people every month and runs a successful Lifestyle Blog (www.theviennablog.com). As one of the leading Tech & Lifestyle Influencer in Europe he is often invited as a consultant and public speaker. Ambassador fell in love with Threefold I am sure the concept and strategy of ThreeFold is exactly what the world/markets needs now. Most importantly I believe in the people and Ambassadors who are part of the movement/mission.
 excerpt: Gregor lives in Vienna, Austria and is currently a Digital Marketing Manager responsible for Social Media at IBM Central Europe Region headquarters.

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 id: jeroen_christiaan_burks
-name: Jeroen Burks
+name: Jeroen Christiaan Burks
-rank: 2
+rank: 1
 memberships: ambassador
 bio: I grew up in the south of Holland with a passion for mathematics, physics and business. After spending some time on the TU in Delft I switched to Business administration, because I think the link between technology and business is the holy grail :). Did some jobs/companies after that and ended up trading hardware from datacenters. This gave me an insight in the energy use of these datacenters, so now I'm using the waste energy as a heating source. Vacation often revolves around sports, weather it is Skiing, sailing or golf. Expecting to be father in June. Ambassador fell in love with Threefold So I’m active in the datacenter / renewable energy sector. Next to that I’m an enthusiast about the opportunities that Blockchain can bring us, apart from the transfer of money. I think Threefold is a nice intersection between my working field and interests. In my work I come across a lot of people who are working on projects, where they need to be facilitated with a digital infrastructure like VM’s and Kubernetes. In part we can accommodate them with the necessary services, but services like geo redundancy is something we cannot offer at the moment without the help of a platform like threefold. Next to that it might be an interesting administration and virtualization tool. 
 excerpt: I grew up in the south of Holland with a passion for mathematics, physics and business. 

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 id: joris_vermeulen
 name: Joris Vermeulen
-rank: 3
+rank: 1
 memberships: ambassador
 bio: Joris Vermeulen is a passionate entrepreneur always ready for new challenges, he graduated with a Master of Science degree and has over 2 decades of experience in IT. He started his career as a programmer and gradually worked his way up to become a business consultant and later a senior/head solution architect within various large companies (AG Insurance, 3M, Honda, BNP Paribas). Joris is also enterprising and as a side business, he combined the professional network he had built throughout the years with the needs of several companies (AG Insurance, BNP Paribas, Bank Delen) to help them recruit highly trained IT consultants. Joris is a very warm, open and versatile person. Advisor fell in love with Threefold Threefold is where we can give something back to the world and to humanity, to contribute to a better future, to make sure that everybody gets the same opportunities, and for that everybody needs to have at least access to the internet.
 excerpt: Joris Vermeulen is a passionate entrepreneur always ready for new challenges.

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 id: josef_ehrenhoefer
 name: Josef Ehrenhoefer
-rank: 2
+rank: 1
 memberships: ambassador
 bio: Josef Ehrenhoefer - also called Pepo - is the founder and owner of consult2win and is a Certified Management Consultant focused on M&A implementations and Digital Transformation Projects. Previously Pepo was Vice President of Enterprise Services at HP, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and DXC Technology in Austria and Central & Eastern Europe. He has gained tremendous experience in successfully implementing complex, multi-country transformation projects.
 excerpt: Ambassador fell in love with Threefold I'm very passionate and excited about the opportunities of Digital Transformation for our economies, societies and lifes. However it is obvious that the current System is heavily centralized and extremely tuned to the success of a few. ThreeFold Tech and Threefold Foundation are perfectly positioned to fundamentally transform the Status Quo and to better serve future internet demand and to benefit many - not just a few. 

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 id: judi_bechard
 name: Judi Bechard
-rank: 2
+rank: 1
 memberships: ambassador
 bio: Judi holds qualifications in Information Systems having spent 12 years working internationally for corporations as a Technical Specialist in the field of Information Technology. Judi Bechard is also a certified and experienced Intuitive Consultant and Healing Therapist, working with clients in 8 countries and counting. In addition to her current private practice, Judi is the Director of HealthCare Victoria, a community resource providing access to over 1600 natural healthcare providers. Ambassador fell in love with Threefold It was love at first byte! When you know, you know.ThreeFold has an admirable and worthy mission to expand and revolutionize the way the global community connects online in a responsible, sustainable, future-minded way. 
 excerpt: Judi holds qualifications in Information Systems having spent 12 years working internationally.

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 id: katja_luik
 name: Katja Luik
-rank: 3
+rank: 1
 memberships: ambassador
 bio: 44 years, living close to Stuttgart in Germany. Almost 20 years professional experiences at Hewlett Packard Enterprise in various EMEA Business Unit and Supply Chain Finance/Controlling functions for the Storage and Servers Business segment. Enjoy a GAP Year since May 2018, with focus on social engagement and a growing interest in new technologies and markets (…but still not a tech Lady :-) ). Ambassador fell in love with Threefold I believe the world needs positive changes - end to end- the way we communicate, the way we support each other, the way we care - in all aspects of life - including the IT side. TF has a great approach - and I’m excited to get closer into the TF mission. Therefore- THANK YOU Owen and Peter for the chance to gather more insight about TF technology and the people involved.
 excerpt: Almost 20 years professional experiences at Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

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 id: kevin_louis_obeegadoo
 name: Kevin Louis Obeegadoo
-rank: 3
+rank: 1
 memberships: ambassador
 bio: Kevin enjoys 20+ years’ consulting across private and government sectors, on strategy, value creation, and assisting in structuring for international business, and is based in Mauritius since 2001. Having consulted across various business sectors including Automobile, Financial Services, FMCG, IT and Telecommunications, Media, Property Development & Management, he enjoys team‐working on game-changing projects, creating value, and moving businesses to new levels, while being committed to charitable and social endeavours. Ambassador fell in love with Threefold With a unique, realistic, and achievable solution to building a green, decentralised, distributed, and neutral IT infrastructure globally, committed to true values and charity, how can anyone not believe in the ThreeFold Foundation vision?
 excerpt: Kevin enjoys 20+ years’ consulting across private and government sectors.

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 id: kristian_jarnefeld
 name: Kristian Järnefeld
-rank: 2
+rank: 1
 memberships: ambassador
 bio: Kristian Järnefelt is the Executive Vice President of Consumer security of F-Secure Corporation. He has been a member of the Leadership Team since February 2016, when he joined F-Secure. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Järnefelt worked for Fujitsu Finland Oy as Sales Director (2014-2015). Previously he has also worked as CEO and partner at Miradore Oy (2010-2014), CEO and partner at Concilio Networks Oy (2006-2009) and in several senior leadership roles at Hewlett Packard (1994-2006). He holds a Master's Degree in Economics and Business Administration. Ambassador fell in love with Threefold The internet has turned into a centralized mainframe like phenomena dominated by a few global giants and ThreeFold Foundation’s grid-like distributed & eco-friendly internet is taking it back to its roots providing an alternative. Using this infrastructure to back-up the new Coin Offering brings also a solid alternative to the speculative virtual currencies making it also more tangible.
 excerpt: Kristian Järnefelt is the Executive Vice President of Consumer security of F-Secure Corporation.

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 id: kyn_chaturvedi
 name: Kyn Chaturvedi
 tags: project
-rank: 3
+rank: 1
 memberships: project
 bio: VP of Global solutions engineering, my goal is to increase blockchain usability, through scalability solutions that aim to simplify the integration of blockchain into real world applications.
 excerpt: VP of Global solutions engineering, my goal is to increase blockchain usability.

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 name: Leonora Blekaityte
-rank: 3
+rank: 1
 memberships: ambassador
 bio: Leonora (Be You) Blekaityte; a motivational speaker, personal development consultant, book author, creator of femininity unleashing techniques and certified body consiousness technique NIA trainer. Leonora successfully completed different psychological studies and is closely collaborating with recognized psychologists, therapists and scientists. Leonora specializes in human personal growth and especially focuses on women psychology and spirituality. Leonora has been been delivering trainings, seminars, individual consultations, group meditations, giving speeches and organizing retreats all over the world. Ambassador fell in love with Threefold ThreeFold Foundation is a world empowering project. I believe in it’s vision and actions, which helps to connect the world in a more eco friendly, decentralized and independent way, helping the world to be a better place.
 excerpt: A motivational speaker, personal development consultant, book author, creator of femininity unleashing techniques.

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 id: mahmoud_ayoub
 name: Mahmoud Ayoub
-rank: 2
+rank: 1
 memberships: threefold_tech
 bio: Mahmoud is a passionate Computer Scientist who loves exploring new areas in life and technology. Software Engineer fell in love with Threefold because threefold is the future of technology.
 linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmahmou

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 id: maria_marchenko
 name: Maria Marchenko
-rank: 3
+rank: 1
 memberships: ambassador
 bio: Maria has over 10 years experience on Russian IT market. Now she is the Founder & CEO of Data Frame (www.data-frame.ru). She holds an MBA in Finance from California State University, East Bay, USA and degree in Economics from Moscow StateUniversity of Economics, Statistic and Computer Technologies. Prior to founding Data Frame, Maria spent five years as a Vice President for Business Development working in DataSpace — the leading data center colocation operator where she managed to sign service contracts with number of domestic and international companies, including leading Russian banks and closed the most important and significant deal with Moscow Exchange. From 2004 to 2010, Maria served as Leasing Account Director at Cisco Capital, the leading vendor finance company owned by Cisco Systems, Inc. She was awarded Best Deal Achiever FY’06 and Sales Achiever Award FY ’08. Ambassador fell in love with Threefold I believe in the ThreeFold Foundation since it provides the innovative solutions to the revolutionary crypto currency technology. It solves challenges of complexity, costs and energy usage.
 excerpt: Maria has over 10 years experience on Russian IT market.

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 id: marina_achillea
 name: Marina Achillea
-rank: 2
+rank: 1
 memberships: ambassador
 bio: My name is Marina Achillea and I am a 36 year old fashion designer from Sweden working and living in London with my husband. I am proud to be reperesenting the ThreeFold foundatoin and look forward to exciting and changing times ahead. Ambassador fell in love with Threefold I believe that the internet should be a fundamental right for every person in the world. That belief is shared by the ThreeFold foundation in it’s quest to expand the reach of the web to every corner of the world.
 excerpt: 36 year old fashion designer from Sweden working and living in London.

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 id: nayer_sobhy
 name: Nayer Sobhy
-rank: 2
+rank: 1
 memberships: threefold_tech
 bio: Nayer is a passionate about people’s development, and that we can be the change we want to see. After his B.Sc. in Business Management from Cairo University in Egypt, he got a postgraduate degree in Human resources management from The American University in Cairo, Egypt. Currently he is part of Threefold's family, managing cairo's office since June 2014. Project Coordinator fell in love with Threefold ThreeFold is about believing in people, empowering people and most importantly helping the planet by going green.
 excerpt: Nayer is a passionate about people’s development, and that we can be the change we want to see.

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 id: otto_bauer
 name: Otto Bauer
-rank: 3
+rank: 1
 memberships: ambassador
 bio: Having worked for a multinational technology company, I have 35+ years of experience in the ICT market. Change was the only constant, not only in technology but also in the political and economic environment especially in the emerging markets which I served. The greatest gift was the privilege to work with multicultural teams in several regional management functions. Nowadays I am proud to pass on some of my experience as lecturer at an educational college. Ambassador fell in love with Threefold Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it; Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it” – This quote from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe has accompanied me throughout my life. I view the Threefold Foundation of being the intersection between technology and sustainability, thus helping coming generations finding the world a good place to live. I am excited and passionate about the vision, values and ideas of the Foundation.
 excerpt: Having worked for a multinational technology company, I have 35+ years of experience in the ICT market.

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 id: peter_nashaat
 name: Peter Nashaat
-rank: 2
+rank: 1
 memberships: threefold_tech
 bio: Passionate DevOps Engineer. Engineer fell in love with Threefold I believe that Threefold will change how to world works, and i want to be part of that, we are building the future.
 excerpt: Passionate DevOps Engineer.

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 id: peter_richter
 name: Peter Richter
-rank: 3
+rank: 1
 memberships: ambassador
 bio: Born in Belgium, from German/Dutch descent, Peter is a German citizen with a 25+ year background in Logistics & Supply Chain, of which the last 15 years managing the Supply Chain for Ferrero Russia. In 09/2010 left Ferrero – Appointed Business Development Director at Swiss based DEGA AG - sphere (Industrial Park Development & Decentralised Energy). In 04/2014 – Divested 67% of Dega’s 30MW CHP Plant to E.ON Connecting Energies In 11/2014 – Appointed GM at E.ON Connecting Energies Russia – sphere (B2B Decentralised Energy). In 02/2016 – Became self employed project integration / management consultant –sphere (primarily Industrial Development & Construction and Decentralised Energy). In 07/2019 – Joined the Business Development Team of Threefold Tech – part-time – sphere (IT infrastructure). In 08/2019 – Appointed GM at Kadeon Development – part-time – sphere (Industrial Development & Construction). Peter is the Chairman of the Expert Council at the Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Odintsovo (RF), Member of the Expert Council at the Strategy Foundation, as well as an Ambassador at the Threefold Foundation. Business Development fell in love with Threefold Threefold is a wonderful Ecosystem based on cutting edge & disruptive information technology, bringing together amazing people and offering a range of great business models, as well as incredible social impact opportunities, hopefully allowing us to contribute to making this a better world for generations to come
 excerpt: Peter is a German citizen with a 25+ year background in Logistics & Supply Chain

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 name: Phillippe Guillemot
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 memberships: ambassador
 bio: Philippe Guillemot, 58, is the former Chief Operating Officer at Alcatel-Lucent SA, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, prior to its acquisition by Nokia Oyj at the beginning of 2016. Prior to this tenure with Alcatel-Lucent, Guillemot was Chief Executive Officer and Board Director of Europcar Group from 2010 to 2012, Guyancourt, France; Chairman and CEO of Areva T&D, Paris, from 2004 to 2010; Group Executive Vice President, Faurecia SA, Paris, from 2001 to 2003; Group Vice President, Valeo, Paris, from 1998 to 2000; and he held several global executive positions with Michelin from 1983 to 1998. Guillemot is graduated from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Nancy, France; and received an MBA from Harvard Business School. He serves on the board of directors of Constellium a global aluminium products manufacturer, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Sonoca a global provider of a variety of consumer packaging, Hartsville, S.C. USA and previously served on the Board of Visteon Corporation, an auto parts manufacturer, Detroit, MI USA. Ambassador fell in love with Threefold Access to the digital world has become as essential as access to water and electricity. Internet and cloud, even though a utility, is today dominated by a few large multinational companies. ThreeFold Foundation ambition is to build an internet and cloud that is close and belong to its users.
 excerpt: Philippe Guillemot, 58, is the former Chief Operating Officer at Alcatel-Lucent SA, Boulogne-Billancourt.

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 name: Pierre van Hoorebeke
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 memberships: threefold_tech, threefold_foundation
 bio: Experienced business lawyer, assisting founders, investors and private companies on corporate, commercial and IP matters. Advising on venture capital and private equity transactions, capital restructurings, contribution and shareholders’ agreements, issuance of stock options, warrants, etc. Counselling in M&A and corporate transactions (including corporate restructuring, due diligence, share and asset deals, national and cross-border mergers, etc.); Drafting and negotiating complex commercial transactions (including NDA’s, distributor and reseller agreements, sale and lease agreements, license agreements, OEM agreements, etc.); Trusted corporate advisor (incorporation, director’s liability, corporate housekeeping, insolvency proceedings, liquidations, etc.). Legal Advisor fell in love with Threefold As a lawer I thrive in fast paced environments. ThreeFold is one of them where I get challenged enough but also add to a better world. 
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 name: Rana Hassan
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+rank: 1
 memberships: threefold_tech
 bio: Rana is an enthusiastic Computer Engineer with a passion in learning and development. She enjoys a good cup of coffee and exploring new technologies. Threefold's innovattion bring great technology and new ideas to the world. Being a part of that is definetly a lifechanging experience.
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 name: Rob Tol
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 memberships: ambassador
 bio: Rob is a passionate coach, qigong teacher and former tour professional golfer. He combines several disciplines and different fields of science in his coaching work. People are often touched by his stillness and inner peace or triggered by his sharp observations and straightforward messages that effortlessly uncover the essence of your being. In whatever way you come into contact with Rob, one thing is for sure, that it will change your life. ThreeFold's intention of creating a self-healing, small-scaled but world wide Internet seamlessly fits my idea of 'One world, One mind'. As humans, we are already connected at a deep level. A level before ideas of separation and perceived differences. I see ThreeFold as a physical, real world reflection of this connectedness. A move towards unity and equality.
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 name: Ronald de Bruijn
-rank: 2
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 memberships: ambassador
 bio: I am tech-savy, an entrepeneur since 2005 with several start-ups in the past subsequentially started. Furthermore I like dynamic environments due to my own nature and have excellent negotiating and sales skills. Able to build solid teams and display and execute my vision.
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 name: Samir Hosny
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 memberships: threefold_tech
 bio: Samir is a person who has a passion for learning new technologies all the time, I got my Bachelor degree in Computer Science and then started working in the field of cloud computing since 5 years. I think that Threefold step in a place where no one go there before, touching the limits of technology and how it can help with the daily life actions of people.
 excerpt: Samir is a person who has a passion for learning new technologies all the time.

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 name: Souvik Ghosh
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 memberships: threefold_tech
 bio: I have been working in the financial industry mainly IT as engineer, architect and more recently as AI/ML engineer. I am passionate about technology and along with my day-job, I am also working as a freelance ML specialist. The technology behind threefold is convicing and the mission to build more user-centric internet. Most importantly, I am originally from India and I understand fully why access to free internet is a fundamental human right and what information warfare can do to a country. Threefold is on a mission to make it right and it would be an honour to be part of such a mission. My contributions will be mostly technical coming from a world of analytics and working on Natural Language Processing for past 2 years dedicated a good amount of my time building open-source products. My contribution for the moment is focussed around 3bot.
 excerpt: I am passionate about technology and along with my day-job, I am also working as a freelance ML specialist.

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 name: Virgil Ilian
-rank: 2
+rank: 1
 memberships: ambassador
 bio: Virgil is a researcher and innovator who is always looking to improve the world around him both on a macro and micro scale. For the past 11 years he has been working with new technologies, helping organizations integrate them into their existing services and create their new products. He holds a PhD in autonomous robotics, artificial intelligence and reliability. Virgil also lectures at a technical university and an academy.
 excerpt: Because a truly neutral internet enables the world to flourish.

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 name: Waleed Hammam
-rank: 2
+rank: 1
 memberships: threefold_tech
 bio: Threefold is the gate for our digital freedom that was never existed before, It gave me the chance to learn special technologies and has great people working there.
 excerpt: Waleed is a Software Engineer with great passion in Computer Science and new technologies.

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 name: Yves Kerwyn
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 memberships: ambassador
 bio: Prior to starting at Milernas I joined in September 2015 a team of datacenter, storage, networking and hardware design experts to co-found Green IT Globe.Before that I spent 16 wonderful years at Microsoft. In my last role, partner sales executive, I managed the top Belgian partners for Microsoft’s Cloud Productivity business, leveraging my broad experience as a highly successful solution specialist for Office 365.As a solution specialist I accomplished (1x) +100% and (3x) +150% quota attainment, for which I was rewarded in 2012 with the Microsoft Circle of Excellence Top Attainment Platinum Award.Prior to the solution sales role I was for 5 years a product marketing manager for SharePoint and Office Professional Plus. Main achievement in this role is my leading contribution in developing the SharePoint ecosystem, particularly by devotedly representing Microsoft at virtually all public platforms where collaboration, enterprise content management and enterprise search were debated, directly and indirectly supporting the local SharePoint – and by consequence the Office – revenue growth acceleration. I started at Microsoft in January 1999 as a systems engineer and later developer evangelist, typically spending most of my time preparing and delivering TechNet & MSDN roadshows, covering a wide spectrum of products including Windows Server, SQL Server, Exchange Server, BizTalk Server and all Microsoft programming languages and development tools.In between I was for approximately 4 years a partner technology advisor, supporting the recruitment and development of Microsoft business partners, especially in new business opportunity domains. In this period I gradually converted from being rather technology-oriented to more business-focused, without losing my passion for technology. Before joining Microsoft I worked at Softamed, a computer telephony integration (CTI) start-up. In 1999 I co-founded Artilium, a mobile virtual network enabler (MVNE) spin-off. The internet should treated as a human right for all, and I love contributing to a goal that would make this possible. 
 excerpt: Future-proof Competence Developer | Matchmaker | Inspirator | Passionate about People & Technology