Tyler Spalding is the President of the Ampera Foundation, focusing on building open-source Web3 projects. He also serves as the Founder/CIO of Mendako Group, a technology investment firm. Previously, Tyler was the Co-Founder/CEO at Flexa, the largest pure-digital payments network, the CTO of Raise.com, and the Founder of three e-commerce startups. Prior to focusing on software, Tyler was an engineering lead with the United Space Alliance, US Air Force, and the NASA Space Shuttle Program. He holds two graduate degrees from MIT and UIUC.