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Periwinkle Doerfler, Ph.D.

Periwinkle Doerfler, Ph.D.

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    CTO of Glittr.fi

  • Education

    • New York University

      2016 - 2021
      Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer Science

      PhD, Computer science. Thesis: Adversarial "Intended" Usage of Technology and the Need for New Threat Models Addressing Human Harms

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison

      2013 - 2016
      Bachelor’s Degree Mathematics and Computer Science

      Activities and Societies: AIESEC Madison, Wisconsin Consulting Club, Intercollegiate Programming Competition (ICPC) team I completed a major in mathematics and a certificate in computer science as well as substantial coursework (one class shy of a major) in statistics.

  • Experience

    • Badger Lawyer

      Mar 2012 - Aug 2013
      Legal Assistant

      Legal writing, client communication and administrative support for personal injury and other plaintiff cases.

    • AIESEC Madison

      Sept 2013 - Dec 2015

      I lead a team of 10 responsible for managing all relationships with universities. This includes managing liability and compliance, forming partnerships with academic departments at UW-Madison, forming partnerships with other colleges and universities in Wisconsin, and maintaining these relationships. I worked alongside the national VP of incoming exchange and a team of four coaches to help the VPs of local branches optimize their team management and sales strategy to achieve national benchmarks. Working on a team of five to pilot new national sales strategy and push high volumes of sales in the spring 2014 semester. I worked as a team leader managing a small team of members who are new to the organization. My duties primarily included supporting and educating new members about the organization and helping them to succeed in their sales work. Worked on a team to contact local companies and negotiate contracts to bring talent from aborad. Personally signed a contract with a Wisconsin company to take a trainee.

      • Vice President of University Relations

        Jan 2015 - Dec 2015

      • National Support Team Leader - Sales

        May 2014 - Dec 2014

      • National Sales Team

        Feb 2014 - Jun 2014

      • Sales Coordinator

        Dec 2013 - Jun 2014

      • IT Sales Associate

        Sept 2013 - Jan 2014

    • Midwest Digital Media & Marketing

      Jan 2014 - Jun 2014
      Online Advertising & Analysis Intern

      Writing online advertisements and managing online advertising campaigns. Analysis of ROI and brand strategy, as well as weekly reports for clients. Frequent use of Google AdWords and Google Analytics.

    • Wisconsin School of Business

      Aug 2014 - Feb 2015
      Web Traffic Analyst

      I worked with the Academic Technology department at the Wisconsin School of Business as the main analytics responsible. My job duties included monthly reporting on website traffic, reporting on specific traffic patterns, and aiding the development team in making data-driven design decisions. In this position I worked closely with Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Microsoft Excel, and other data management softwares.

    • International Accelerator

      May 2015 - Aug 2015
      Event Manager

      I am responsible for organizing all events hosted by the accelerator, including networking events, showcases, and the semi-annual selection event. I am responsible for coordinating attendance by founders of companies, investors, company mentors, and the International Accelerator team.

    • Wisconsin Center for Educational Research

      Sept 2015 - Aug 2016
      Research Assistant

      I work in the Epistemic Games Group, assisting with the development of underlying models for virtual interships.

    • Beaconinside

      Sept 2015 - Feb 2016
      Technology Evangelist

      I work with the CTO of Beaconinside to contsruct content for the devloper hub, create marketing materials, target influencers in the field of beacon technologies, and present at hackathons and conferences in the United States about Beaconinside's API and SDK.

    • Department of Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Madison

      May 2016 - Aug 2016
      Research Assistant

      I am working on a summer project with Professor Roch, investigating new probabilistic methods for deriving underlying phylogenies from genome data.

    • Edhesive

      Jul 2016 - May 2019
      Teaching Assistant

      As a TA at Edhesive my primary goal is to answer students' and teachers' questions as they make their way through an online AP Computer Science course.

    • Google

      May 2017 - Aug 2017
      Research Intern

      I spent the summer at Google investigating the effectiveness of next-generation authentication schemes in terms of usability and relative to various threat models. I worked primarily in Python and R and handled datasets with billions of entries. My findings will lead into further measurement and user studies, and will hopefully be published within the next year.

    • Google

      Sept 2018 - Dec 2018
      Research Intern

    • Facebook

      May 2019 - Aug 2019
      Research Intern

    • Facebook

      Jan 2020 - Apr 2020
      Research Intern

    • Facebook

      Jul 2021 - Jun 2024
      Senior Security Engineer

    • Glittr

      Mar 2024 - now
      CTO & Co-Founder

    • NewChic Capital Family Office

      Nov 2024 - now
      Partner, BTC Ecosystem Lead

    • Arkova

      Jun 2025 - now
      Chief Technology Officer

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Google Analytics Platform Principles

      Google
      Mar 2014

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Periwinkle Doerfler, Ph.D.
      GAANN Fellowship US Department of Education Jul 2016 I have been very fortunate to receive a GAANN fellowship to pursue my PhD at NYU which completely covers the cost of my attendance.
    • Awarded to Periwinkle Doerfler, Ph.D.
      Grand Prize Winner European Hackathon Championship Sep 2015 Myself and another student from the University of Wisconsin entered the Oktoberhackfest in Munich, Germany, which refers to itself as the "European Hackathon Championship" as it is one of the largest in the continent. Along with two other comeptitors, our team won first place out of 35 competing.
    • Awarded to Periwinkle Doerfler, Ph.D.
      Semifinalist Hacker Rank World Cup Sep 2015 Myself and another student from the University of Wisconsin entered the Hacker Rank World Cup, a global programming competition with thousands of entrants. We were able to progress to the semifinals but were unfortunately unable to compete in them do to prior engagements.

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Assistant Debate Coach

      Issued by La Crosse Central High School on Sept 2012
      La Crosse Central High SchoolAssociated with Periwinkle Doerfler, Ph.D.

    • Co-Director of Technical Research

      Issued by NYU Blockchain Lab on Oct 2018
      NYU Blockchain LabAssociated with Periwinkle Doerfler, Ph.D.

    • AP Computer Science Tutor

      Issued by Tutoring on Sept 2015
      TutoringAssociated with Periwinkle Doerfler, Ph.D.