members:
  - name: Raphael
    title: CEO
    joined: December 2017
    handles:
      - icon: twitter
        external_url: https://twitter.com/Raphty101
      - icon: linkedin
        external_url: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphael-fiedler-808a7441
      - icon: reddit
        external_url: https://reddit.com/u/Raphty101
    description: >
      Raphael noticed that online - everywhere he went - he was treated like a 1st class citizen. He soon realized: when he received benefits he did not earn, someone else had to pay to cover the costs. His responsibility is developing and managing our business. He also takes care of networking, company culture and accounting.
  - name: Daniel
    title: CTO
    joined: January 2017
    handles:
      - icon: twitter
        external_url: https://twitter.com/dehaavi/
      - icon: github
        external_url: https://github.com/dhaavi/
      - icon: reddit
        external_url: https://reddit.com/u/dhaavi/
    description: >
      Daniel studied IT-Security. At his first job, his skills led him to become the system architect of the first Austrian cyber attack simulation platform. Ever since the Snowden revelations he invested most of his free time to conceptualize privacy solutions. He is the brain behind the Safing Privacy Network and its lead developer.
  - name: David
    title: Dev & Community Manager
    joined: January 2017
    handles:
      - icon: twitter
        external_url: https://twitter.com/davegson/
      - icon: github
        external_url: https://github.com/davegson/
      - icon: reddit
        external_url: https://reddit.com/u/davegson/
    description: >
      Previously, David worked on large scale gaming applications with millions of users. Seeing first hand how the industry gathers and processes intimate user data, he became more and more aware of the importance of privacy. His responsibilities at Safing are development, community management as well as writing and podcasting.
  - name: Alex
    title: Developer
    joined: September 2019
    description: >
      Alex is involved in building the backends of the major web platforms of Safing, including the SPN user platform and payment system. As the first employee he also helped shaping the company.
  - name: Luke
    title: Designer
    joined: October 2019
    handles:
      - icon: twitter
        external_url: https://twitter.com/LukeSeers/
      - icon: github
        external_url: https://github.com/lukeseers
    description: >
      Luke's uncompromising passion for privacy led us to hire him directly from within the community. With his pragmatism and determination towards easy design he already made a big impact.
  - name: Tabitha
    title: Backoffice
    joined: January 2020
    description: >
      Tabitha is supporting us to tackle all emerging bottle-necks in the office. May it be accounting, reporting, writing or editing podcasts - she is always eagerly helping out.
  - name: Patrick
    title: Senior Dev & Server Admin
    joined: March 2020
    handles:
      - icon: github
        external_url: https://github.com/ppacher
    description: >
      With his wide experience, ranging from IT-security and pen-testing to driver development to server management, Patrick rapidly became an invaluable part of the team. With his passion for Go-lang he is primarily advancing the SPN.
externals:
  - name: Pranav
    title: Freelancer
    joined: August 2021
    handles:
      - icon: earth
        external_url: https://brainbits.in
      - icon: twitter
        external_url: https://twitter.com/tweetsbypranav
    description: >
      Pranav is a minimalist who enjoys writing about privacy, web development and philosophy. He joined forces with Safing to tackle the "Portmaster vs X" comparison blog posts, where he is the main contributor.