Jazear Brooks is the former Lead Architect at Thorchain, current Sif Benevolent at SifChain.

Jazear is a computer scientist (BS Computer Science and Economics from Yale) with a decade of leadership and engineering experience working within the technology and financial services industry. Before moving into blockchain, Jazear held positions at Microsoft, Glassboard, Pixorial, and Madrone (a hedge fund analytics company). Blockchain became Jazear's paradise when he was able to combine his skill set in engineering and economics to develop novel cryptoeconomic models and trading strategies.