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<p class="caption" role="heading"><span class="caption-text">Contents</span></p>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="executive.html">1. Executive summary</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="what-verae-provides.html">2. What Verae provides — and what it does not</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="datacube-server.html">3. The Verae DataCube Server Solution</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="data-in-transit.html">4. Secure communications — data in transit</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="data-at-rest.html">5. Encryption at rest — IPFS blocks and Peergos</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="timestamped-receipts.html">6. Global timestamped receipts</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="peergos-eu-evaluations.html">7. Peergos security evaluations in Europe</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="global-timestamping.html">8. Verae global timestamping — a cross-blockchain receipt</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="iceberg-archive.html">9. Write-once Iceberg archive</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="architecture.html">10. Architecture for an audit interview</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="baa-dpa.html">11. BAAs, DPAs, and ciphertext without host keys</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="checklist.html">12. Audit-ready checklist</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="howto.html">13. How to use this briefing</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1 current"><a class="current reference internal" href="#">14. James H. Garfinkel</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="#name-and-sources">14.1. Name and sources</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="#role-at-verae">14.2. Role at Verae</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="#finra-brokercheck-crd-5052743">14.3. FINRA BrokerCheck (CRD 5052743)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="#education-public-professional-listings">14.4. Education (public professional listings)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="#why-this-biography-is-in-the-briefing">14.5. Why this biography is in the briefing</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="what-verae-provides.html">1. What Verae provides — and what it does not</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="datacube-server.html">2. The Verae DataCube Server Solution</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="data-in-transit.html">3. Secure communications — data in transit</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="data-at-rest.html">4. Encryption at rest — IPFS blocks and Peergos</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="timestamped-receipts.html">5. Global timestamped receipts</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="peergos-eu-evaluations.html">6. Peergos security evaluations in Europe</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="global-timestamping.html">7. Verae global timestamping — a cross-blockchain receipt</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="iceberg-archive.html">8. Write-once Iceberg archive</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="architecture.html">9. Architecture for an audit interview</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="baa-dpa.html">10. BAAs, DPAs, and ciphertext without host keys</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="checklist.html">11. Audit-ready checklist</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="howto.html">12. How to use this briefing</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1 current"><a class="current reference internal" href="#">13. James H. Garfinkel</a><ul>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="#name-and-sources">13.1. Name and sources</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="#role-at-verae">13.2. Role at Verae</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="#finra-brokercheck-crd-5052743">13.3. FINRA BrokerCheck (CRD 5052743)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="#education-public-professional-listings">13.4. Education (public professional listings)</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="#why-this-biography-is-in-the-briefing">13.5. Why this biography is in the briefing</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="bio-stuart-haber.html">15. Stuart Haber</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="bio-george-lambert.html">16. George Lambert</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="contact.html">17. Verae Inc — contact</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="bio-stuart-haber.html">14. Stuart Haber</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="bio-george-lambert.html">15. George Lambert</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="contact.html">16. Verae Inc — contact</a></li>
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<li><a href="index.html">Documentation overview</a><ul>
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<li>Next: <a href="bio-stuart-haber.html" title="next chapter"><span class="section-number">15. </span>Stuart Haber</a></li>
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<section id="james-h-garfinkel">
<h1><span class="section-number">14. </span>James H. Garfinkel<a class="headerlink" href="#james-h-garfinkel" title="Link to this heading"></a></h1>
<h1><span class="section-number">13. </span>James H. Garfinkel<a class="headerlink" href="#james-h-garfinkel" title="Link to this heading"></a></h1>
<section id="name-and-sources">
<h2><span class="section-number">14.1. </span>Name and sources<a class="headerlink" href="#name-and-sources" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
<h2><span class="section-number">13.1. </span>Name and sources<a class="headerlink" href="#name-and-sources" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
<p>This chapter summarizes <strong>James H. Garfinkel</strong> (the spelling on
the FINRA BrokerCheck individual report; also styled Garfinkle
in some informal references). Two public sources were used, as
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</ul>
</section>
<section id="role-at-verae">
<h2><span class="section-number">14.2. </span>Role at Verae<a class="headerlink" href="#role-at-verae" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
<h2><span class="section-number">13.2. </span>Role at Verae<a class="headerlink" href="#role-at-verae" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
<p>Public professional listings (including a long-standing
Facebook work listing) identify Garfinkel as <strong>CEO of Verae
LLC</strong>, from <strong>January 2020</strong>, based in <strong>New York, New York</strong>.
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at operating a public chain.</p>
</section>
<section id="finra-brokercheck-crd-5052743">
<h2><span class="section-number">14.3. </span>FINRA BrokerCheck (CRD 5052743)<a class="headerlink" href="#finra-brokercheck-crd-5052743" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
<h2><span class="section-number">13.3. </span>FINRA BrokerCheck (CRD 5052743)<a class="headerlink" href="#finra-brokercheck-crd-5052743" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
<p>The following facts are from the public BrokerCheck report.
They are <strong>registration history</strong>, not a Verae claim and not an
endorsement by FINRA.</p>
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registration status changes.</p>
</section>
<section id="education-public-professional-listings">
<h2><span class="section-number">14.4. </span>Education (public professional listings)<a class="headerlink" href="#education-public-professional-listings" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
<h2><span class="section-number">13.4. </span>Education (public professional listings)<a class="headerlink" href="#education-public-professional-listings" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
<p>Public professional listings state:</p>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p><strong>Hamilton College</strong>, B.A. Economics, class of <strong>1980</strong></p></li>
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primary evidence of Verae corporate structure.</p>
</section>
<section id="why-this-biography-is-in-the-briefing">
<h2><span class="section-number">14.5. </span>Why this biography is in the briefing<a class="headerlink" href="#why-this-biography-is-in-the-briefing" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
<h2><span class="section-number">13.5. </span>Why this biography is in the briefing<a class="headerlink" href="#why-this-biography-is-in-the-briefing" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
<p>A compliance briefing is not a pitch deck. Garfinkels
biography is here because the user of this system is entitled
to know <strong>who is on the commercial and regulatory-facing side